It is unknown whether this is a letter or part of a personal diary. It is very faint but talks about the attack as a great success. It also talks about casualities sustained by the battery and of a poison gas attack. The paper was sent to Sgt John Regan's wife by one of the other Sergeants in the battery who has also written on it.
Sergeant John Regan was born in Penarth on 1 May 1882. He enlisted as a volunteer to fight in the First World War. At the time he was called away he was the father of a large family of four boys and a girl. His wife was also expecting another child, who was born on 6 May 1916 while John was preparing to cross over to France. Sadly, he never had the chance to meet his youngest daughter. He was killed in action on 31 July 1916. He was buried at Peronne Road Military Cemetery near Maricourt on the Somme, close to the spot where he died.