Major General Nugent* and his Staff arrived at Boulogne, France at midnight on the 3 October 1915. Between the 5 – 9 October, the 36th (Ulster) Division concentrated in the area round its Headquarters at Flesselles to the north of Amiens.

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Later to become Major General Sir Oliver Nugent KCB DSO, his home was Farren Conncil, Mount Nugent in County Cavan, Ireland.