The troops of the 1st Hampshire Regiment boarded the Braemar or the Cestrian at Southampton on 21st and 22nd August 1914 and sailed for Le Havre. They were involved in the Battle of Le Cateau on 26 August 1914 and the action at Nery on 1 September - part of the retreat from Mons. The troops were involved in the Battle of the Marne (7-10 September) and then the Battle of the Aisne (12-15 September). In the Battle of the Aisne, the British advanced at night in dense fog. However, when the fog lifted, the soldiers were left totally exposed and easily targeted by the Germans.
Samuel was probably treated at a field hospital before being transferred to the Number 8 General Hospital which was located in a large private villa in Bois-Guillaume - now a suburb of Rouen.
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