year opened with 2nd Ypres followed by St Julien, Frezenberg, Aubers, Festubert , Bellwarde and Loos . During 1916 battalions were at Mount Sorrel, the Somme , Albert Canal, Bazentin, Delville Wood and a number of other engagements including Thiepval. The big battles of 1917 saw battalions in action at Arras