F.B.Wearne, late 11th Essex Regiment, won the V.C.Mention ought also to be made of the very gallant repulse of an enemy raid by the 1st K.S.L.I.

and the 1st The Buffs on the 7th July.

In one post of the 1st K.S.L.I.

one wounded Lewis gunner, the only survivor of his post from the enemy bombardment, kept his gun in action and beat off the raiders.
On the 25th July the Division was relieved by the Canadians, with a view to an attack by the latter on Hill 70, and withdrew into rest in the Monchy Breton area with Divisional Headquarters at Ourton.
A feature of this period of rest was the very successful two-day rifle meeting, held on the Monchy-Breton Range.
During the month's rest out of the line Major-Gen.

Ross left the Division, being succeeded in command by Major-Gen.