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5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)   15th Apr 1915 Advance Party 16th Apr 1915 Advance Party 17th Apr 1915 Advance Party 18th Apr 1915 Move 19th of April 1915 Establishing HQs 19th Apr 1915 On the March 22nd of April 1915 Germans Attack 22nd of April 1915 At Readiness Level 22nd of April 1915 Standing by 22nd Apr 1915 Orders 23rd of April 1915 Under attack 23rd of April 1915 Troop concentrations 23rd of April 1915 Northunberlands Transferred 23rd of April 1915 Moving forward 23rd of April 1915 Urgent Moves 23rd Apr 1915 On the March 24th of April 1915 Transfer of Infantry 24th of April 1915 Units in position 24th of April 1915 Positions of Northumberland Division   24th Apr 1915 Under Shellfire   25th of April 1915 Considerable losses 25th Apr 1915 In Action 26th of April 1915 Confusion 26th Apr 1915 In the Trenches 27th Apr 1915 In the Trenches 28th of April 1915 Messages 28th Apr 1915 Relief 29th Apr 1915 At Rest 30th Apr 1915 Shelling 1st May 1915 On the March 2nd May 1915 On the March 3rd of May 1915 Divisional Area Allotted 3rd of May 1915 Orders 3rd May 1915 On the March 4th of May 1915 CinC to address troops 4th May 1915 In Billets 5th of May 1915 HQ Report   8th May 1915 Orders 8th May 1915 Gun fire 9th May 1915 On the Move 11th May 1915 Digging in   12th May 1915 Instruction 13th May 1915 Working Parties 14th May 1915 Working Parties 15th May 1915 On the March 15th May 1915 Shelling 16th May 1915 Shelling 17th May 1915 Wounded 18th May 1915 Instruction 19th May 1915 Instruction 20th May 1915 Reliefs 21st May 1915 In the Trenches 22nd May 1915 Reliefs Complete 23rd May 1915 At Rest 24th May 1915 Gas 25th May 1915 Shelling 25th May 1915 Under Fire 26th May 1915 Awful Stuff 26th May 1915 Digging in 27th May 1915 Duty 27th May 1915 In the Trenches   28th May 1915 In the Trenches 29th May 1915 In the Trenches 30th May 1915 In the Trenches 31st of May 1915 Report 31st May 1915 In the Trenches 1st Jun 1915 Shelling 2nd Jun 1915 On the March 3rd Jun 1915 At Rest 4th Jun 1915 Into Camp 6th of June 1915  6th Jun 1915 Reliefs Complete   6th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 9th of June 1915 Recce 9th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 10th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 11th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 12th Jun 1915 Reliefs Complete 16th Jun 1915 Digging in 17th Jun 1915 Reliefs 17th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 18th Jun 1915 In Support 18th Jun 1915 In the Trenches 19th Jun 1915 Trench Work 21st June 1915    23rd Jun 1915 Reliefs 23rd Jun 1915 Shelling 25th Jun 1915 On the March 1st Jul 1915 In Billets 2nd Jul 1915 Reliefs 6th Jul 1915 Reliefs 7th Jul 1915 In Billets 10th Jul 1915 Reliefs 11th Jul 1915 Award 16th Jul 1915 Reliefs 17th Jul 1915 On the March 21st Jul 1915 Reinforcements 24th Jul 1915 Reliefs 29th Jul 1915 Reinforcements 1st Aug 1915 Reliefs 5th Aug 1915 Reliefs 6th Aug 1915 In the Trenches 7th Aug 1915 Reliefs 13th Aug 1915 Reliefs Complete 21st Aug 1915 In the Trenches 22nd Aug 1915 Reliefs Complete 25th Aug 1915 Move 27th Aug 1915 Reinforcements 28th Aug 1915 Inspection 31st Aug 1915 Reliefs Complete 3rd Sep 1915 Reliefs Complete 5th Sep 1915 Reliefs 8th Sep 1915 Trench Work 12th Sep 1915 Reliefs Completed 12th September 1915 Reliefs 12th Sep 1915 Reliefs 18th Sep 1915 Into the Trenches 22nd September 1915 Smoke 23rd Sep 1915 Reliefs 24th September 1915 Orders   24th September 1915 Programme 24th Sep 1915 Reliefs 25th September 1915 Wind 25th September 1915  25th September 1915 Patrols 25th September 1915 Orders   26th September 1915 Patrols 26th Sep 1915 Reliefs 27th Sep 1915 Move 28th Sep 1915 Reliefs 29th Sep 1915 Reliefs 1st Oct 1915 Reliefs 4th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 5th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 7th Oct 1915 Reinforcements 8th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 9th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 10th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 12th Oct 1915 Reliefs Complete 14th Oct 1915 Reliefs 15th Oct 1915 Reinforcements 16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme 17th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 18th Oct 1915 In the Trenches 20th October 1915 Orders 20th Oct 1915 Reliefs 22nd Oct 1915 Reliefs 28th Oct 1915 Reliefs 30th Oct 1915 Reliefs 31st Oct 1915 In the Trenches 1st Nov 1915 In the Trenches 1st November 1915 Warnings 1st Nov 1915 In the Trenches 2nd November 1915 Ammunition Allotment 2nd Nov 1915 Reliefs 3rd of November 1915  4th November 1915 Reliefs 4th November 1915 Orders 4th November 1915 Training Programme 5th Nov 1915 4th Yorks Relieve 5th Yorks 7th Nov 1915 5th Yorks Relieve 5th DLI 7th November 1915 Orders Issued 7th November 1915 Reliefs 7th Nov 1915 Reliefs 8th November 1915 Orders   10th November 1915 Shelling 11th November 1915 Reliefs 11th Nov 1915 Reliefs 12th November 1915 On the Move 12th Nov 1915 On the March 13th November 1915 Training Programme 24th Nov 1915 Inspection 1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets 2nd December 1915 Orders 11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment 11th December 1915 Orders 13th December 1915 Reliefs   13th December 1915 Orders   13th December 1915 Order   13st December 1915 Orders   13th December 1915 Reliefs   13th December 1915 Orders   15th December 1915 Advance Parties 19th of December 1915 On the Move   19th Dec 1915 On the Move 20th Dec 1915 On the Move 23rd Dec 1915 Reliefs 24th Dec 1915 In the Trenches 25th Dec 1915 In the Trenches 26th Dec 1915 In the Trenches 27th Dec 1915 Reliefs 31st Dec 1915 Reliefs 1st Jan 1916 In the Trenches 3rd Jan 1916 In the Trenches 4th Jan 1916 Reliefs 8th Jan 1916 Reliefs 10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens 10th Jan 1916 Wiring Party 11th Jan 1916 In the Trenches 12th Jan 1916 Not such a Merry Christmas 12th Jan 1916 Reliefs 16th January 1916 Visit 16th January 1916 Reorganisation   16th Jan 1916 Reliefs 20th Jan 1916 Reliefs 24th Jan 1916 Reliefs 25th Jan 1916 In the Trenches 26th January 1916 Strafe   26th Jan 1916 In the Trenches 27th January 1916 Snipers, Sausages and Whizz-bangs   27th Jan 1916 In the Trenches 28th Jan 1916 In the Trenches 29th of January 1916 Machine Gun Emplacements   29th January 1916 Machine Guns   30th January 1916 Snipers   30th Jan 1916 In Camp 31st January 1916 Casualties 31st January 1916 Enemy Lines   1st Feb 1916 In the Trenches 1st February 1916 Enemy Aircraft   2nd February 1916 Aeroplane Photographs   4th February 1916 Reliefs   4th February 1916 Enemy Guns 4th February 1916 Enemy Artillery   5th February 1916 Shelling 5th February 1916 Shelling   5th February 1916 Snipers 5th February 1916 Uniforms 5th Feb 1916 In Reserve 6th February 1916 Orders   6th Feb 1916 Reliefs 7th February 1916 Shelling   7th February 1916 Artillery Active   9th February 1916 Orders   9th of February 1916 Orders 9th February 1916 Artillery Active   9th February 1916 Call Ups 10th February 1916 Artillery in Action   11th February 1916 Warning 11th February 1916 Enemy Active   12th Feb 1916 Reliefs 12th February 1916 Gas Alert   12th February 1916 Quieter   12th Feb 1916 Reliefs 13th Feb 1916 In Support 14th February 1916 Bomardment   14th Feb 1916 In Support 15th February 1916 Orders   15th Feb 1916 Carrying Parties   18th of February 1916 Reliefs Complete   18th Feb 1916 Reliefs 21st February 1916 Snow 21st Feb 1916 In Reserve 22nd February 1916 Gas 22nd of February 1916 Machine Guns   23rd February 1916 Warning 24th February 1916 Reliefs 24th Feb 1916 Reliefs Complete 25th February 1916 Dangerous Wind 26th February 1916 Hostile Artillery   27th Feb 1916 In the Trenches   28th Feb 1916 5th Yorks in trenches  The Battalion Diary records that the 5th Yorks are in the trenches in Sanctuary Wood, East of Ypres. 3 ORs wounded. 28th February 1916 Dummys 28th February 1916 Orders   29th February 1916 Report 29th February 1916 Orders   29th February 1916 Orders   29th Feb 1916 In the Trenches   1st March 1916 Orders   1st of March 1916 Bombardment   1st Mar 1916 In the Trenches   2nd Mar 1916 Demonstration   2nd of March 1916 Bombardment   3rd Mar 1916 In the Trenches   4th Mar 1916 Reliefs   6th of March 1916 Orders   7th of March 1916 Orders   7th of March 1916 Orders 8th of March 1916 Mining   9th of March 1916 Orders   9th Mar 1916 Reliefs Complete 10th of March 1916 Reliefs Completed   10th of March 1916 Orders   10th of March 1916 Orders   14th Mar 1916 On the March 16th of March 1916 Orders   18th Mar 1916 Reliefs   18th of March 1916 Orders   18th Mar 1916 Reliefs Complete 20th of March 1916 Orders   20th Mar 1916 In the Trenches 21st Mar 1916 In the Trenches 23rd of March 1916 Reliefs   24th Mar 1916 Reliefs 28th of March 1916 Reliefs   28th of March 1916 On the March   28th Mar 1916 On the March 28th of March 1916 Orders   31st of March 1916 Orders   1st of April 1916 Moves   1st Apr 1916 On the March 1st of April 1916 Orders   3rd Apr 1916 Working Parties 4th Apr 1916 Working Parties 5th Apr 1916 Working Parties 7th Apr 1916 Relief 8th Apr 1916 Shelling 15th Apr 1916 Reliefs 16th Apr 1916 Working Parties 22nd Apr 1916 Reliefs 23rd Apr 1916 In the Trenches 23rd of April 1916 Orders   24th Apr 1916 In the Trenches 25th Apr 1916 In the Trenches 26th Apr 1916 In the Trenches 27th Apr 1916 Standing by 28th Apr 1916 Reliefs 29th Apr 1916 Reliefs 29th of April 1916 Relief Complete 30th Apr 1916 Gas 30th of April 1916 Stand To 30th of April 1916 At Rest   1st of May 1916 Orders 11th May 1916 At Rest 12th May 1916 Working Parties 14th May 1916 Working Parties 14th of May 1916 Training & Sport 18th of May 1916 Orders 19th May 1916 Working Parties 20th May 1916 Working Parties 20th of May 1916 Orders   24th of May 1916 Orders 25th of May 1916 Orders 27th May 1916 Inspection 27th of May 1916 Reliefs   28th May 1916 Reliefs Complete 31st May 1916 Working Parties 4th Jun 1916 In Billets 4th Jun 1916 Reliefs 13th Jun 1916 Reliefs 14th Jun 1916 Working Parties 14th of June 1916 Tinme 14th of June 1916 Orders   17th Jun 1916 Working Parties 19th Jun 1916 Reliefs 20th Jun 1916 Working Parties 23rd Jun 1916 Working Parties 25th Jun 1916 Working Parties 29th Jun 1916 Working Parties 30th Jun 1916 Working Parties 1st Ju1 1916 Working Parties 3rd Jul 1916 Reliefs Complete 4th Jul 1916 Reliefs 9th Jul 1916 Report 9th of July 1916    10th Jul 1916 Trench Raid 11th Jul 1916 Reliefs 12th Jul 1916 Working Parties 13th Jul 1916 Working Parties 14th Jul 1916 Working Parties 15th Jul 1916 Reliefs 16th Jul 1916 Holding the Line 17th Jul 1916 Artillery Active 18th Jul 1916 Move 19th Jul 1916 Wounded 20th Jul 1916 Casualties 20th of July 1916  21st Jul 1916 In the Trenches 22nd Jul 1916 Patrol 23rd Jul 1916 Artillery Active 24th Jul 1916 Reliefs 25th Jul 1916 Working Parties 28th Jul 1916 Working Parties 29th Jul 1916 Working Parties 30th Jul 1916 Reliefs 31st Jul 1916 Holding the Line 1st Aug 1916 In the Trenches 1st of August 1916 Gas 2nd of August 1916 Alert 3rd Aug 1916 In the Trenches 4th Aug 1916 Relief Completed 5th Aug 1916 Shelling 7th Aug 1916 Reliefs Complete 8th Aug 1916 Training 8th of August 1916 Reliefs   10th Aug 1916 Training 11th Aug 1916 Into Reserve 12th Aug 1916 Training 15th Aug 1916 On the March 16th Aug 1916 On the March 17th Aug 1916 On the March 18th Aug 1916 Training 30th Aug 1916 Training 1st of September 1916 Locations 1st Sep 1916 Flies   2nd Sep 1916 Wet Day   7th Sep 1916 Conference   9th Sep 1916 On the March 10th Sep 1916 Reliefs 11th Sep 1916 Reliefs 11th Sep 1916 Return to Duty   12th Sep 1916 Reliefs 13th Sep 1916 Casualties 13th of September 1916 Instructions   13th of September 1916 Orders   14th Sep 1916 Stretcher Bearers   15th Sep 1916 In Action   15th Sep 1916 In Action   16th Sep 1916 Large number of Casualties   17th Sep 1916 Stretcher Bearers   18th Sep 1916 In Action   19th Sep 1916 Reliefs   20th Sep 1916 Reorganisation 21st Sep 1916 Reorganisation 21st Sep 1916 Poor Sanitation   22nd Sep 1916 In Support 23rd Sep 1916 In the Trenches 24th Sep 1916 In the Trenches 24th of September 1916 Reliefs   24th of September 1916 Orders   25th Sep 1916 In the Trenches 25th of September 1916 Attacks   26th Sep 1916 In Action   27th Sep 1916 In Action   27th of September 1916 Instructions 28th Sep 1916 Reliefs   28th of September 1916 Reliefs 28th of September 1916 Attacks Made   29th Sep 1916 Reliefs 29th of September 1916    29th of September 1916 Orders   29th of September 1916 Orders   30th Sep 1916 Reorganisation 30th of September 1916 Patrols   30th of September 1916 Barrage   30th of September 1916 Orders Amended   1st Oct 1916 Brigade Reserve 2nd Oct 1916 Divisional Reserve 2nd of October 1916 Orders 2nd of October 1916 Reliefs 2nd of October 1916 Orders 3rd Oct 1916 In Billets 3rd of October 1916 Reliefs   3rd of October 1916 Congratulations 4th Oct 1916 Reorganisation 4th of October 1916 On the March 6th of October 1916 Training 7th Oct 1916 Into Camp 7th of October 1916 Training 8th of October 1916 Rain 9th of October 1916 Working Parties 10th Oct 1916 Training 11th Oct 1916 March 12th of October 1916 Training 14th of October 1916 Training and Working Parties 15th of October 1916 Exercise 19th of October 1916 Orders   20th of October 1916 Working Parties 22nd of October 1916 Situation 22nd of October 1916 Orders   22nd of October 1916 Signals 23rd Oct 1916 Working Parties 23rd of October 1916 Orders 23rd of October 1916  24th Oct 1916 Reliefs 24th of October 1916 Reliefs 25th of October 1916 Situation   25th of October 1916 Instructions   25th of October 1916 Information Required   26th of October 1916 Orders   26th of October 1916 Orders 28th of October 1916 Orders   28th of October 1916 Appendix   28th of October 1916 Orders 29th Oct 1916 Reliefs   30th Oct 1916 Working Parties 30th of October 1916 Orders   31st Oct 1916 Working Parties 31st of October 1916 Orders 31st of October 1916 Orders   1st Nov 1916 Reliefs   1st of November 1916 Thick Mud   2nd Nov 1916 In the Trenches   2nd of November 1916 Orders 2nd of November 1916 Instructions 2nd of November 1916 Orders   2nd of November 1916 Shelling   3rd Nov 1916 Reliefs   3rd of November 1916 Orders   3rd of November 1916 Reliefs   3rd of November 1916 Orders   4th of November 1916 Secret   6th Nov 1916 Reliefs 6th of November 1916 Orders 9th Nov 1916 Reliefs 11th Nov 1916 Reliefs 12th Nov 1916 In the Trenches 13th Nov 1916 In the Trenches 14th Nov 1916 In the Trenches 15th Nov 1916 Reliefs 16th Nov 1916 Into Camp 21st of November 1916  30th Nov 1916 Working Parties 1st Dec 1916 On the Move 7th of December 1916  29th Dec 1916 Training 30th Dec 1916 Reliefs 30th of December 1916    1st Jan 1917 Reliefs Complete 1st of January 1917    6th Jan 1917 Working Parties and Training 7th Jan 1917 Reliefs 12th Jan 1917 Reliefs 15th Jan 1917 Reliefs 19th Jan 1917 Change of Camp 23rd Jan 1917 Reliefs Complete 27th Jan 1917 Reliefs 29th Jan 1917 Training 30th Jan 1917 On the March 8th Feb 1917 Training 9th Feb 1917 On the March 9th of February 1917 Orders   10th Feb 1917 Training 12th Feb 1917 Reliefs 12th of February 1917    13th of February 1917    15th Feb 1917 Reliefs 20th Feb 1917 Reliefs 28th Feb 1917 Reliefs 2nd Mar 1917 In the Trenches 3rd Mar 1917 In the Trenches 4th Mar 1917 In the Trenches 5th Mar 1917 In the Trenches 6th Mar 1917 Reliefs 7th Mar 1917 On the March 8th Mar 1917 Training 27th Mar 1917 Training 30th Mar 1917 On the March 31st Mar 1917 On the March 1st Apr 1917 In Billets 2nd Apr 1917 On the March 3rd Apr 1917 On the March 4th Apr 1917 On the March 7th Apr 1917 On the March 8th Apr 1917 On the March 9th Apr 1917 At Rest 10th Apr 1917 On the March 11th Apr 1917 In Billets 12th Apr 1917 On the March 12th Apr 1917 On the March 13th Apr 1917 In Reserve 14th Apr 1917 In Reserve 15th Apr 1917 Into the Trenches 15th Apr 1917 In Support 16th Apr 1917 In Support 17th Apr 1917 In Support 18th Apr 1917 In Support 19th Apr 1917 Holding the Line 20th Apr 1917 In Reserve 21st Apr 1917 In Reserve 22nd Apr 1917 In Reserve 23rd Apr 1917 Attack and Counter Attack 24th Apr 1917 Relieved 26th Apr 1917 On the Move 27th Apr 1917 Reorganisation 28th Apr 1917 Reorganisation 29th Apr 1917 Reorganisation 30th Apr 1917 Reorganisation 1st May 1917 On the March 2nd May 1917 On the March 3rd May 1917 In Reserve 4th May 1917 On the March 5th May 1917 On the March 6th May 1917 Training 16th May 1917 Training 17th May 1917 On the March 18th May 1917 On the March 19th May 1917 Training 20th May 1917 In Reserve 23rd May 1917 On the March 1st Jun 1917 Training 15th Jun 1917 On the March   17th Jun 1917 Into the Trenches 25th Jun 1917 In the Trenches 26th Jun 1917 Attack Made   27th Jun 1917 In Support 29th Jun 1917 In Support 1st Jul 1917 In Support 2nd Jul 1917 Reliefs   4th Jul 1917 On the March 10th Jul 1917 Reliefs 12th Jul 1917 In the Line 14th Jul 1917 Prisoners 15th Jul 1917 New Line 16th Jul 1917 Trench Work 17th Jul 1917 Trench Work 19th Jul 1917 Attack Made 20th Jul 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jul 1917 Reliefs 25th Jul 1917 Raid 26th Jul 1917 Raid 27th Jul 1917 Reliefs 28th Jul 1917 In Reserve   31st Jul 1917 In Reserve   1st Aug 1917 Working Parties 3rd Aug 1917 Working Parties 4th Aug 1917 Reliefs 5th Aug 1917 Working Parties 10th Aug 1917 Working Parties 11th Aug 1917 Reliefs 12th Aug 1917 Trench Work 15th Aug 1917 Reliefs 19th Aug 1917 Reliefs 23rd Aug 1917 Orders 28th Aug 1917 Reliefs 29th Aug 1917 Working Parties 30th Aug 1917 Working Parties 31st Aug 1917 Working Parties 1st Sep 1917 Reliefs 2nd Sep 1917 In the Trenches 2nd of September 1917 Intelligence   3rd Sep 1917 In the Trenches 3rd of September 1917 Intelligence   3rd of September 1917 Intelligence 4th of September 1917 Intelligence   5th Sep 1917 Reliefs 5th of September 1917 Intelligence   6th of September 1917 Intelligence   7th of September 1917 Intelligence   8th Sep 1917 In Support 8th of September 1917 Intelligence   9th Sep 1917 Reliefs 9th of September 1917 Intelligence   9th of September 1917 Intelligence   10th of September 1917 Intelligence   11th of September 1917 Intelligence   12th of September 1917 Intelligence   13th Sep 1917 Reliefs 13th of September 1917 Intelligence   14th Sep 1917 Working Parties and Training 14th of September 1917 Intelligence   15th of September 1917 Intelligence   16th of September 1917 Intelligence   16th of September 1917 Intelligence   17th of September 1917 Intelligence   18th of September 1917 Intelligence   19th of September 1917 Intelligence   20th of September 1917 Intelligence   21st Sep 1917 Working Parties and Training   21st of September 1917 Intelligence   22nd of September 1917 Intelligence   22nd of September 1917 Intelligence   23rd of September 1917 Intelligence   24th of September 1917 Intelligence   25th Sep 1917 Reliefs 26th of September 1917 Intelligence   27th of September 1917 Intelligence   28th of September 1917 Intelligence   28th of September 1917 Intelligence 29th Sep 1917 Reliefs 29th of September 1917 Intelligence   30th of September 1917 Intelligence   1st of October 1917 Intelligence   2nd Oct 1917 In the Trenches 3rd Oct 1917 In the Trenches 4th Oct 1917 In the Trenches 4th of October 1917 Intelligence   5th Oct 1917 Reliefs Complete 6th Oct 1917 Training 12th of October 1917 Orders 12th of October 1917 Orders 16th Oct 1917 On the Move 17th of October 1917 Orders   21st Oct 1917 Move 22nd Oct 1917 On the Move   24th Oct 1917 March 25th Oct 1917 On the Move 26th Oct 1917 Reliefs 27th Oct 1917 Holding the Line 27th of October 1917 Movement   27th of October 1917 Intelligence   28th Oct 1917 Reliefs Complete 28th of October 1917 Intelligence   29th Oct 1917 In the Trenches 29th of October 1917 Intelligence   30th Oct 1917 Preparations 30th of October 1917 Intelligence   31st Oct 1917 Attack Made 31st of October 1917 Intelligence   1st Nov 1917 Working Parties 2nd Nov 1917 Working Parties 3rd Nov 1917 Working Parties 4th Nov 1917 Working Parties 5th Nov 1917 Working Parties 6th Nov 1917 Working Parties 7th Nov 1917 On the March 8th of November 1917 Orders   9th Nov 1917 In Camp 10th Nov 1917 Move 11th Nov 1917 Training 12th Nov 1917 Training 13th Nov 1917 Training 13th of November 1917 Dispositions   1st Dec 1917 Training 2nd Dec 1917 Training 10th Dec 1917 On the Move 11th Dec 1917 Move   12th Dec 1917 Reliefs 13th Dec 1917 Working Parties 14th Dec 1917 Working Parties 15th Dec 1917 Working Parties 16th Dec 1917 Reliefs 17th Dec 1917 In Camp 18th Dec 1917 In Camp 18th of December 1917 Intelligence   19th Dec 1917 Working Parties 19th of December 1917 Intelligence   19th of December 1917 Intelligence 20th of December 1917 Intelligence   21st of December 1917    21st of December 1917 Intelligence   22nd Dec 1917 Reliefs 22nd of December 1917 Intelligence   23rd Dec 1917 Working Parties 23rd of December 1917 Intelligence   24th Dec 1917 Reliefs Complete 24th of December 1917 Intelligence   25th Dec 1917 Holding the Line 25th of December 1917 Intelligence   25th of December 1917 Intelligence   26th Dec 1917 Shelling 26th of December 1917    26th of December 1917 Intelligence   27th Dec 1917 Shelling 28th Dec 1917 Reliefs 29th Dec 1917 Into Camp 1st Jan 1918 In Camp 2nd Jan 1918 On the March 3rd Jan 1918 Working Party 4th Jan 1918 On the Move 15th Jan 1918 On the Move 24th of January 1918  28th Jan 1918 On the Move 1st Feb 1918 In Camp 9th Feb 1918 Reliefs Complete 10th Feb 1918 Reliefs Complete 10th of February 1918 Orders 11th Feb 1918 In the Trenches 11th of February 1918  14th Feb 1918 Reliefs 15th Feb 1918 Working Parties 18th Feb 1918 Reliefs Complete 20th Feb 1918 In the Trenches 21st Feb 1918 Reliefs Complete 22nd Feb 1918 On the Move 27th of February 1918 Orders 8th Mar 1918 Training 9th Mar 1918 On the Move 10th Mar 1918 Orders 11th Mar 1918 On the March 13th Jun 1918 On the Move 17th Jun 1918 On the Move 19th Jun 1918 From the Line 21st Mar 1918 On the Move 22nd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   23rd Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal   24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Holding the Line 26th Mar 1918 Withdrawal 27th Mar 1918 Under Fire 28th Mar 1918 Confusion 29th Mar 1918 Orders 30th Mar 1918 Orders 31st Mar 1918 Attack 1st Apr 1918 In the Line 2nd Apr 1918 On the Move 3rd Apr 1918 On the Move 4th Apr 1918 On the Move 9th Apr 1918 Into the Line   10th Apr 1918 In Action   11th Apr 1918 In Action   12th Apr 1918 In Action   13th Apr 1918 On the Move   13th of April 1918 Report   14th Apr 1918 Working Party   15th Apr 1918 Working Parties   16th Apr 1918 On the Move 25th Apr 1918 On the Move 28th Apr 1918 On the Move 30th Apr 1918 On the March 1st May 1918 Field Day 4th May 1918 Training 5th May 1918 On the March 6th May 1918 Training 7th May 1918 Relief 8th May 1918 Reliefs Completed 12th May 1918 In the Trenches 14th May 1918 Relief 14th of May 1918 Enemy Aircraft 15th May 1918 In Billets 17th May 1918 Training 21st May 1918 Reliefs Completed 21st of May 1918 Reliefs 22nd May 1918 Quiet 23rd May 1918 Raid 24th May 1918 Quiet 25th May 1918 Under Fire 26th May 1918 Attack Expected 27th May 1918 In Action 28th May 1918 Hard Fighting 31st May 1918 Reorganisation 1st Jun 1918 Reorganisation 1st of June 1918  5th Jun 1918 Into the Line 6th Jun 1918 New CO 7th Jun 1918 In the Line 9th Jun 1918 Reliefs Complete 12th Jun 1918 Under Fire 21st Jun 1918 Address 23rd Jun 1918 On the Move 25th Jun 1918 Training 30th Jun 1918 On the March 1st Jul 1918 On the March 3rd Jul 1918 On the March 4th Jul 1918 On the Move 5th Jul 1918 In Billets 11th Jul 1918 Inspection 12th Jul 1918 On the March 15th Jul 1918 Reorganisation 19th Jul 1918 On the Move 15th Aug 1918 On the Move 20th Aug 1918 On the March Sep 1918 Transfers 6th Nov 1918 Demobilisation If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards)? There are:6064 items tagged 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) 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 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) during the Great War 1914-1918. Bailey Walter Percival. L/Cpl. (d.24th Apr 1917) Bollands Walter. Pte. Christon Reginald. L/Cpl. (d.30th Mar 1917) Cook John. Pte. (d.15th Sept 1916) Cornwell Joseph Tumans. Pte. (d.11th Apr 1918) Dobson James Willie. Pte. Fishburn William. Pte. (d.12th Mar 1916) Knowles William Walker. Pte. (d.27th September 1915) Melhado Owen Stirling. 2nd Lt. (d.7th Dec 1915) Pickup Ephraim Henry. Pte. (d.24th Apr 1916) Reed Harry. Pte. (d.24th Dec 1915) Reed John. Pte. (d.4th May 1915) Simpson Joseph Marmaduke. Pte. (d.20th Sep 1918) Thursfield Thomas John. Pte. (d.28th March 1918) Watts James Charles . Pte. (d.27th Feb 1916) Widdas John Edward. Pte. (d.15th Sept 1916) 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 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) 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? Want to know what life was like during the Great War? Our Library contains many many diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 264989 your submission is still in the queue, please do not resubmit. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. James Willie Dobson 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment James Dobson was my grandfather, who enlisted in 1915. He survived the war. My father has a copy of the Roll of Honour, purchased in a used book shop many years ago. My grandfather's entry states that he fought at “many important battles, including Neuve Chapelle, St. Eloi, Vimy Ridge, and the Somme. He was badly gassed and after treatment returned to the line where he was wounded in action 4 times". I was told that his father, my great-grandfather, enlisted on the same day, and I have a copy of the enlistment register which gives his enlistment date as 6th of January 1915 in the West Yorkshire Regiment. Guy Dobson Add to this record.   Pte. Ephraim Henry Pickup 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) (d.24th Apr 1916) Ephraim Pickup was a tailor at the time of the First World War. He lived in Gladstone Road, Scarborough with his father, sister, and younger brother. His mother had died a few years earlier. He died on the 24th of April 2016, aged 32. He is buried in Lindenhoek Chalet Cemetery near Ypres. I and my parents visited his grave on the 11th of November 2019. It was so moving. Karen Lowther Add to this record.   Pte. William Fishburn 1st/5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.12th Mar 1916) Billy Fishburn was my uncle, my mother's eldest brother. They lived in the small village of Gt Langton. He was the eldest boy in a family of 12 children, and had been working as a farm labourer before joining up, I think quite early in war. All I know is that he bought my mother a little toy before he left. Then the next thing she remembered was the telegram. He hadn't died straight away but was taken to hospital and died of his wounds. He died 12th of March 1916 soon after his 20th birthday and is buried at Etaples Cemetery. Add to this record.   2nd Lt. Owen Stirling Melhado 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.7th Dec 1915) Second Lieutenant Melhado was the Son of Reginald and Irene Melhado, of Devon House, Half Way Tree, Jamaica, British West Indies. He was Commissioned on the Field and died at age 23 whilst attached to the 11th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. He is buried in the Marsa Jewish Cemetery in Malta. S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Harry Reed 5th Btn. 7 Platoon Yorkshire Regiment (d.24th Dec 1915) Harry Reed left home to join his cousin who enlisted in the 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment at their Driffield Drill Hall in 1914. My grandmother did not know of his death for months as her father would not tell her. Add to this record.   Pte. Thomas John Thursfield 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.28th March 1918) Thomas Thursfield served with 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment. Bruce Ross Add to this record.   Pte. John Edward Widdas 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (d.15th Sept 1916) John Widdas is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. Pauline Hooper Add to this record.   Pte. John Cook 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (d.15th Sept 1916) John Cook was born on 9th May 1878 in Goose Green, Wigan, Lancashire. His mother was Anne Cook who worked as a weaver in a woollen mill and his father was unknown. He married Mary Ellen Bousfield on 25th August 1900 in Rosedale Abbey, North Yorkshire and together they had eight children of which my grandma Margaret Cook (b. Dec 1900) was the oldest. John was a miner and spent most of his working life in the ironstone mines in and around North Yorkshire. John enlisted in the 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in Whitby in 1915 and became Private 3496. He completed his training before leaving for France. Unfortunately for John the 1/5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment was deployed to the Somme area of Northern France. John fought in the Battle of Flers Corcelettes which was a major offensive and hundreds of men lost their lives. John was ‘Killed in Action’ on the 15th September 1916 and his name appears as a casualty of that Battle in the Yorkshire Regiment War Diaries. John is remembered with honour and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial in France. His name also appears on the Staithes War Memorial, near Whitby in North Yorkshire. To my knowledge there are no surviving photographs of John Cook. I am his great granddaughter. Margaret Martin Add to this record.   L/Cpl. Reginald Christon 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (d.30th Mar 1917) Reginald Christon served with 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment Add to this record.   Pte. Joseph Marmaduke Simpson 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment (d.20th Sep 1918) Joseph Simpson died aged 19 as a prisoner of war. He was born in Walker in 1899, son of Richard and Sarah Simpson. He lived and enlisted in Jarrow. In the 1911 Census he is recorded as Joseph Marmaduke Simpson age 12, lived with his parents Richard & Sarah Simpson & family at 10, Back York Street, Jarrow. He is buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. Vin Mullen Add to this record.   Pte. James Charles Watts 5th Btn Yorkshire Regiment (d.27th Feb 1916) James Charles Watts enlisted in Beverley and served in the Yorkshire Regiment, 5th Battalion. James was killed on the 27th of February 1916 and is buried in Maple Copse Cemetery Belgium. James Charles Watts was born in 1875 in Aldershot to an Army family and went on to be one of fourteen children, several who joined the services. Census records show him to move from Aldershot to Beverley via Sheffield. He married Rosa Butters in 1903 in Beverley and had two children, Charles and Wilfred. He had served in the East Yorks Regiment from 1891 to 1908 and then worked in a local tannery. Judging by his low Battalion number he must have been in the local Territorials some time before the War started. The Battalion Diary records that they were in the trenches in Sanctuary Wood, East of Ypres, at the time of his death, but a family story says that he was a devout Catholic and was trying to "recover" a cross from a church when he lost his life. Simon Beeston Add to this record.   Pte. Walter Bollands 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Walter Bollands of Middlesbrough, enlisted on 14/09/1915, age 16 years & 9 months. He was posted to the 3/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment was a Depot/training units formed in Northallerton and Scarborough, April and March 1915, transferred 08/02/1916 to 5th Yorkshire regiment. He went to France, Embarking from Southampton with 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment to Rouen. On the 1st of Aug 1916 Aged 17, he saw action on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette with the 5th Bat Yorkshire Reg. Between the 7th and 17th August 1916 the 5th Battalion moved from Kemmel to Millencourt, a village just West of Albert in the Somme. On the 11 Aug 1916, Walter joined 150th Machine Gun Corps Frances 50th (Northumbrian) Division, 150th (York & Durham) Brigade and was in action on the 16th Sep 1916 on the Somme in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th-22nd September) The following day, 17 Sep 1916 he recievd a Gun shot wound to the back, and was sent to Le Treport on the French coast which was the site for some significant hospital provision. In the 1 Oct 1916 issue of the Green Howard Gazette, Walter is amongst those listed in Sept - Oct 1916. On the 5th Oct 1916 he was admitted to the Scottish National Red Cross Hospital, Cardonald, Glasgow. But on the 6 Oct 1916 there is a AFW 3016 Army form authorising a wounded man to return to duty and he was posted to 87 Territorial Forces Depot. On the 16th of Nov 1916 He joined the Highland Light Infantry 2/5th (City of Glasgow) Battalion who were at Danbury, going on to the Curragh in January 1917, Dublin in August, and back to the Curragh in November 1917. On the 20th of Feb 1918 Walter was posted to 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (120th Brigade 40th Division) (202902) in France. On the 1st of Mar 1918 The battalion moved into the front line at Fleurbaix relieving 2/10th K.O.L.R. On the 9th of Apr 1918, then aged 19, Walter;s Service record shows him as reported missing. Walter Bollands was taken Prisoner of War after the Battle of the Lys, when the Portugeuse line collapsed and was taken to a German POW camp April 1918. Paul Bollands Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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