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57th Infantry Brigade Jul 1915 Training Instruction Jul 1915 Billets 11th of August 1915 Resting 29th of August 1915 Bombs 14th of September 1915 At Rest 29th Sep 1915 Reliefs 14th Nov 1915 Trench Work 15th Nov 1915 Trench Work 16th Nov 1915 Trench Work 2nd of December 1915 Inspection and an Accident 13th of December 1915 Relief Arranged   2nd Apr 1917 Heavy Snow 14th Jun 1916 Reliefs 22nd Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed   22nd Jul 1916 Preparations   23rd Jul 1916 In Action   24th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   25th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   31st July 1916 Bivouacs in Becourt Wood 5th of August 1916    3rd of September 1916 A Gas Alarm   4th of September 1916 Casualties During Move 6th of September 1916 Germans Alert 1st Oct 1916 Orders 2nd Oct 1916 Brigades Training 3rd Oct 1916 Reliefs 4th Oct 1916 On the Move 6th Oct 1916 Orders   8th Oct 1916 Orders Issued   12th Oct 1916 Shelling   14th Oct 1916 Orders   15th Oct 1916 Orders   22nd Nov 1916 CO Visits 1st Dec 1916 Training 2nd Dec 1916 Training 15th Dec 1916 Inspection 18th Dec 1916 Inspections 21st Dec 1916 Sports Medals 22nd Dec 1916 Company Training 31st Dec 1916 Training 1st Apr 1917 Artillery Registration   3rd Apr 1917 Blizzard   4th Apr 1917 Artillery Active   5th Apr 1917 Some Shelling   6th Apr 1917 Artilery in Support   7th Apr 1917 Shelling   8th Apr 1917 Artillery Registration 9th Apr 1917 Hail Stones   22nd of May 1917 Quiet Day 31st of May 1917 Training and Congratulations 24th of June 1917 Church Parade 19th of July 1917  Congratulations 18th of September 1917  GOC's Address 19th of September 1917 Preparing for Battle   20th of September 1917 Attack on a wide front   21st of September 1917 Relief 5th of February 1918 Change of Command 15th of February 1918 New Draft Inspected 21st Mar 1918 In Action 23rd Mar 1918 In Defence 23rd Mar 1918 Heavy Fighting 24th Mar 1918 Town Lost 24th Mar 1918 Fighting Withdrawal 25th Mar 1918 Enemy Attacks 26th Mar 1918 On the March   27th Mar 1918 Enemy Push 28th Mar 1918 On the March 29th Mar 1918 On the Move 6th Apr 1918 Orders 7th Apr 1918 Orders 9th Apr 1918 In Action   9th Apr 1918 Artillery Active 10th of April 1918 Under Attack   10th Apr 1918 In Action   10th of April 1918 Into Battle   11th of April 1918 Quiet...and then...   11th Apr 1918 In Action   12th of April 1918 Enemy Advances   12th Apr 1918 Shelling   13th of April 1918 Under Heavy Attack   13th Apr 1918 In Reserve   14th of April 1918 A Counter-Attack   15th Apr 1918 Shelling   16th Apr 1918 Attack   17th Apr 1918 Attack   18th Apr 1918 Attack Held   19th Apr 1918 On the March   20th Apr 1918 On the March   21st Apr 1918 Losses   24th Apr 1918 At Rest   26th Apr 1918 Attack   27th Apr 1918 In Support 28th Apr 1918 In Camp 29th Apr 1918 In Defence 10th of May 1918 Heavy Shelling   3rd June 1918 Night Relief 9th of June 1918 Composite Brigade 9th of June 1918  23rd of June 1918 Church Parade 20th of September 1918 All Objectives Taken   18th of October 1918 Relieved   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 57th Infantry Brigade? There are:100 items tagged 57th Infantry Brigade 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 57th Infantry Brigade during the Great War 1914-1918. Evans Percy James. Pte. 5th Btn. D Coy. (d.30th July 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 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. Looking for help with Family History Research?    Please see Family History FAQ's Please note: We are unable to provide individual research. Can you help? The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Announcements 19th Nov 2024     Please note we currently have a massive backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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. 255273 Pte. Percy James Evans 5th Btn. D Coy. South Wales Borderers (d.30th July 1916) Percy Evans was the fifth son of 13 children to George and Fanny Evans of the Black House, Putley, Herefordshire. Four of the Evans boys enlisted for service in WW1. Percy enlisted to the South Wales Borderers at Pontypool and served in D company, 5th Battalion He Went to France on 1st of July 1916 and was killed in action on 30th July 1916 aged 19, whilst the Battalion was under the orders of the 57th Infantry Brigade, in the area of Bazentin-le-Petit wood and Mamtez Wood. Percy has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. James Greenhill Add to this record.

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