The 8th Bn.  The Durham Light Infantry has this to say about 18 July 1943:
"...Although the fighting for the bridge was over, the German still tried to destroy it, and by midday the range of Primosole bridge had been registered by the enemy, using one very heavy gun from positions some miles to the north. The shelling was most unpleasant and very accurate, and several men of the 8th, including one of the Anti-Tank Platoon officiers, Lieut. W. Nesham, were wounded whilst bathing in the Simeto.
That night 69 and 168 Brigades put in attack to extend the bridgehead, which has only moderately successful. However, it did have the effect of bringing 151 Brigade into reserve, and during the afternoon of July 18th the 8th Battalion was ordered to withdraw south of the river to a rest area on the high ground where it had been prior to the attack.
A company crossed the bridge without sustaining any casualties, but the troop movement had been seen and heavy long-range shelling of the bridge area commenced almost immediately. Unfortunately for B Company they had been fought, and were moving in extended order across open ground. One shell landed amongst a section of five men, killing them all, wounding four others and thus reducing B Company to little more than ten men. As the casualities were being evacuated another shell landed and wounded Lieut- Colonel Lidwill, but fortunately not seriously. The rest of the Battalion forded the river and everyone was well pleased to get away from the bridge.
The story of Primosole bridge closes with a tragic incident. When darkness fell, Captain Neale – with four volunteers – went back to the area beyond the river to bury the men who had been killed by the long range shelling. C/sergeant T. Marsden of H. Q. Company, one of the oldest members of the Battalion and a territorial, joined the party and , whilst the B Company men were being buried, Mardsen went down to the river bank to fill some water cans. He had only been gone a few minutes when the enemy long-range gun opened fire, and by some strange trick of fate he was killed by the first shell. Captain Neale and his party returned safely to the rest area. … page 226: