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102nd Trench Mortar Battery 28th June Letters Home  The raider did not get much rest for on the 27th and 28th the Battalions of 34th Division began to move forward. This in preparation for the opening of the attack. For the previous four days the British Artillery had been bombarding the German trenches. Every man in the Brigade was aware that the opening of the offensive was very close. Before setting off for the front line men wrote what could be their last letters home. However the date and time of attack was to be delayed by forty eight hours. Heavy summer rain had fallen on the 26th and 27th there was a great possibility of flooding. On the 28th June the decision was taken to postpone the attack. The Divisional and Brigade staff Officers had the job of halting and turning around those battalions on their way to the front line. research 12th Sep 1916 Orders 21st Sep 1916 Quiet 22nd Sep 1916 Arrivals   23rd Sep 1916 Orders   24th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   25th Sep 1916 Shelling   26th Sep 1916 Some Shelling   27th Sep 1916 Trench Mortars   28th Sep 1916 Training & Reliefs   29th Sep 1916 Wire Cutting   30th Sep 1916 Trench Raid   1st Oct 1916 Quiet 2nd Oct 1916 Quiet 3rd Oct 1916 Shelling   4th Oct 1916 Orders   5th Oct 1916 Wire Cut   6th Oct 1916 Rounds Fired   7th Oct 1916 Trench Raid   8th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   9th Oct 1916 Quiet 10th Oct 1916 Quiet 11th Oct 1916 Course 12th Oct 1916 Trench Raids   14th Oct 1916 Reliefs 15th Oct 1916 Conference 16th Oct 1916 Courses 19th Oct 1916 Orders Issued 20th Oct 1916 Trench Raids 21st Oct 1916 Enemy Aircraft 22nd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   23rd Oct 1916 Artillery Active   24th Oct 1916 Experiment 25th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 26th Oct 1916 Wire Cutting 27th Oct 1916 Artillery Active 28th Oct 1916 Artillery in Action 29th Oct 1916 Heavy Shelling   30th Oct 1916 Artillery Active   31st Oct 1916 Warning   31st of January 1918 Training   3rd of February 1918  Weather Fine   14th of February 1918 Training 28th of February 1918 On the Move   21st Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks   22nd Mar 1918 In Action   23nd Mar 1918 Reliefs   24th of March 1918 On the Move 31st of March 1918 Relief Completed   1st Apr 1918 Enemy Active 2nd Apr 1918 Enemy Active 3rd Apr 1918 Artillery in Action 4th Apr 1918 Enemy Artillery Active   4th Apr 1918 Hostile Artillery 5th Apr 1918 Reliefs   5th Apr 1918 Reliefs Complete 6th Apr 1918 Quiet 7th Apr 1918 Gas 8th Apr 1918 Low Visibility 10th Apr 1918 Withdrawal   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 102nd Trench Mortar Battery ? There are:59 items tagged 102nd Trench Mortar Battery available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 102nd Trench Mortar Battery during the Great War 1914-1918. Ginn Alfred James. L/Cpl All names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of 102nd Trench Mortar Battery from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. Want to find out more about your relative's service? 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We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   L/Cpl Alfred James Ginn 12th (Bermondsey) Battalion East Surrey Regiment Alf Ginn attested for the East Surrey Regiment on the 5th of June 1915. Dad was transferred to a Steel Construction Company, to construct Steel AirShip Towers at Goonhilly Downs Air Station Cornwall, approx Sept/Oct 1917. He was possibly a member of a Machine Gun Section and was with 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. He then went back to France, possibly early 1918 With the 102nd Light Trench Mortar Battery. He was gassed one night taking stores by mules to the Front Line. Suffered with bad eyes all his Life. He lived to 92 Years. He was lucky wounded in the Leg by a rifle bullet, and was sent back to UK With frostbit from the trenches. Then returning to France. He was one of five brothers that served in France and all came home and lived long lives. Ron A Ginn Add to this record. 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