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5th Division    5th Division was part of the original British Expeditionary Force and remained on the Western Front until late 1917 when it moved to Italy. It took part in most of the major actions. 1914 The Battle of Mons and subsequent retreat, including the Action of Elouges The Battle of Le Cateau and the Affair of Crepy-en-Valois The Battle of the Marne The Battle of the Aisne The Battles of La Bassee and Messines 1914 The First Battle of Ypres 1915 The Second Battle of Ypres and the Capture of Hill 60 In late 1915, many units were switched for those of 32nd Division, a newly arrived volunteer formation. The idea was to strengthen the inexperienced Division by mixing in some regular army troops; even though by now many of the pre-war regulars had gone and the regular battalions themselves were often largely composed of new recruits. 1916 March 1916 saw a move, with 5th Division taking over a section of front line between St Laurent Blangy and the southern edge of Vimy Ridge, in front of Arras. This was a lively time, with many trench raids, sniping and mining activities in the front lines. When the Franco-British offensive opened on the Somme on 1 July 1916, the 5th Division was enjoying a period of rest and re-fit and was in GHQ Reserve. However, this restful time was not destined to last. The Attacks on High Wood - Somme The Battle of Guillemont - Somme The Battle of Flers-Courcelette - Somme The Battle of Morval - Somme The Battle of Le Transloy - Somme By 5th of October 1916 the Division had left the Somme and was holding a quieter line near Festubert. There was a constant threat from enemy artillery and sniper fire, but in comparison with the Somme it was a relatively tranquil period that lasted until March 1917. 1917 The Battle of Vimy - Arras The Attack on La Coulotte - Arras The Third Battle of the Scarpe - Arras 1 including the Capture by the Division of Oppy Wood The Battle of Polygon Wood - Third Battle of Ypres The Battle of Broodseinde - Third Battle of Ypres The Battle of Poelcapelle - Third Battle of Ypres The Second Battle of Passchendaele - Third Battle of Ypres 5th Division was one of five British formations selected to be moved to Italy in Late 1917. This was a strategic and political move agreed by the British Government at the request of the Allied Supreme War Council, in an effort to stiffen Italian resistance to enemy attack after a recent disaster at Caporetto. Many diaries at this time, by men who had witnessed slaughter in the floods of Passchendaele, talk of the move and Italy as being "like another world". Much work was done preparing to move into the mountainous area of the Brenta, but eventually the Division was instead moved to the line along the River Piave, taking up positions in late January 1918. Unfortunately this pleasant period was not to last, for the Division was recalled hurriedly to France, once the enemy had made an attack in overwhelming strength on 21 March 1918. 1918 The Battle of Hazebrouck, the Defence of Nieppe Forest - Battles of the Lys The Battle of Albert - Somme The Battle of Bapaume - Somme The Battle of Drocourt-Queant - Somme The Battle of the Epehy - Hindenburg Line The Battle of the Canal du Nord - Hindenburg Line The pursuit to the Selle - Final Advance in Picardy The Battle of the Selle - Final Advance in Picardy The Division remained in the area of Le Quesnoy until mid-December 1918, as demobilisation commenced. On 13 December, the Division began a march into Belgium, eventually to the area between Namur and Wavre. The first men were demobilised on 22 December and more followed at regular intervals through early 1919. Order of Battle of the 5th Division 13th Brigade 13th Brigade was attached to 28th Division between 23 February 1915 and 7 April 1915 in exchange for 84th Brigade 2nd Btn, King's Own Scottish Borderers 2nd Btn, Duke of Wellington's left January 1916 1st Btn, Royal West Kent Regiment 2nd Btn, Yorkshire Light Infantry left December 1915 1/9th Btn, London Regiment joined November 1915, left February 1915 14th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined December 1915, left October 1918 15th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined January 1916, disbanded October 1918 16th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined October 1918 13th Machine Gun Company formed on 24 December 1915, left to move into 5th MG Battalion 26 April 1918 13th Trench Mortar Battery formed April 1916 14th Brigade 14th Brigade transferred to 32nd Division on 30 December 1915 1st Btn, Devonshire Regiment left for 95th Brigade 12 January 1916 2nd Btn, Suffolk Regiment left September 1914 1st Btn, East Surrey Regiment left for 95th Brigade 12 January 1916 1st Btn, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry left for 95th Brigade 12 January 1916 2nd Btn, Manchester Regiment 1/5th Btn, Cheshire Regiment joined February 1915, left November 1915 1/9th Btn, Royal Scots joined November 1915 2nd Btn, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers joined November 1915 15th Brigade 15th Brigade was attached to 28th Division between 3 March 1915 and 7 April 1915 in exchange for 83rd Brigade 1st Btn, Norfolk Regiment 1st Btn, Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Btn, Cheshire Regiment 1st Btn, Dorsetshire Regiment t left November 1915 1/6th Btn, Cheshire Regiment joined December 1914, left March 1915 1/6th Btn, King's (Liverpool Regiment ) joined February 1915, left November 1915 16th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined December 1915, left October 1918 15th Brigade Machine Gun Company formed on 27 December 1915, left to move into 5th MG Battalion 26 April 1918 15th Trench Mortar Battery formed April 1916 95th Brigade Brigade transferred from 32nd Division on 26 December 1915 14th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment left for 13th Brigade 28 December 1915 15th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment left for 14th Brigade 28 December 1915 16th Btn, Royal Warwickshire Regiment left for 15th Brigade 26 December 1915 12th Btn, Gloucestershire Regiment disbanded October 1918 1st Btn, Devonshire Regiment joined from 14th Brigade 12 January 1916 1st Btn, East Surrey Regiment joined from 14th Brigade 12 January 1916 1st Btn, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry joined from 14th Brigade 12 January 1916 95th Brigade Machine Gun Company formed on 20 December 1915 as 14th Company, left to move into 5th MG Battalion 26 April 1918 95th Trench Mortar Battery formed April 1916 Divisional Troops 1/6th Btn, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion in June 1915, left October 1918 1/5th Btn, Cheshire Regiment joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion in November 1915, left February 1916 14th Btn, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion in October 1918 205th Company, the Machine Gun Corps joined 19 March 1917, left to move into 5th MG Battalion 26 February 1918 No 5 Battalion, the Machine Gun Corps formed 26 February 1918 Divisional Mounted Troops A Squadron, the 19th Hussars left April 1915 C Sqn, 1/st Northamptonshire Yeomanry joined and left in early April 1915 5th Company, Army Cyclist Corps left June 1916 Divisional Artillery VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA left May 1916 XV Brigade, RFA XVII Brigade, RFA XVIII Brigade, RFA left January 1917 5th Divisional Ammunition Column RFA 108th Heavy Battery RGA left April 1915 No 6 Pom-Pom Section RGA attached 12 September 1914 to December 1914 V.5 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA formed 18 October 1916, left November 1917 X.5, Y.5 and Z.5 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA joined in April 1916; on 15 March 1918, Z broken up and batteries reorganised to have 6 x 6-inch weapons each Royal Engineers 17th Field Company left September 1915 59th Field Company 2nd (Home Counties) Field Company joined February 1915, later renamed 491st Field Company RE 2nd (Durham) Field Company joined September 1915, later renamed 527th Field Company RE 5th Divisional Signals Company Royal Army Medical Corps 13th Field Ambulance 14th Field Ambulance 15th Field Ambulance 6th Sanitary Section joined 9 January 1915, left 2 April 1917 Other Divisional Troops 5th Divisional Train ASC 4, 6, 33 and 37 Companies 5th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC 208th Divisional Employment Company joined 22 May 1917 at which time it was 10th Divisional Employment Company being renamed in June 1917 5th Divisional Motor Ambulance Workshop joined by 13 June 1915, transferred to Divisional Train 16 April 1916         21st of August 1913 Lecture 4th Aug 1914 Orders Received 5th Aug 1914 Medicals 6th Aug 1914 Reinforcements 7th Aug 1914 Reinforcements 9th of August 1914 At Southampton 13th of August 1914 Landing in France 13th of August 1914   Landing in France 14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave 14th Aug 1914 On the Move 15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny 15th Aug 1914 On the Move 16th of August 1914 Billets Organised 16th Aug 1914 On the Move 17th of August 1914  Brigades Pass Through 17th Aug 1914 On the Move 18th of August 1914 15th Bde Arrives 18th Aug 1914 On the Move 19th Aug 1914 In Billets 19th Aug 1914 On the Move 19th of August 1914 5th Div Arrives 19th Aug 1914 Outposts 20th Aug 1914 In Rest Camp 20th of August 1914 Preparing to March 20th Aug 1914 Address 21st Aug 1914 On the Move 21st of August 1914 March Instructions 22nd of August 1914  On the March 23rd Aug 1914 Orders Recieved 23rd Aug 1914 Patrols 23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line 24th August 1914 Withdrawals 24th Aug 1914 In Action 24th Aug 1914 In Action 24th Aug 1914 Entrenching 24th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 25th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 25th Aug 1914 On the March 25th Sep 1914 On the March 25th Aug 1914 Rear Guard 25th Aug 1914 In Defence 26th August 1914 Ongoing Retirement 26th Aug 1914 In Action 26th Aug 1914 In Action 26th Aug 1914 Orders 26th Aug 1914 Under Fire 26th of August 1914  Holding Position 27th Aug 1917 Lack of a Map 27th Aug 1914 Defensive line 27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark 27th August 1914 On the Move 28th Aug 1917 On the March 28th Aug 1914 On the March 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 29th Aug 1917 Waiting 29th Aug 1914 Bivouack 29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets 30th Aug 1914 On the March 30th of August 1914 A Hot March 31st Aug 1914 On the March 31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans 1st September 1914 Continued withdrawals 1st Sep 1914 In Action 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 2nd September 1914 Continued withdrawals 2nd Sep 1914 On the March 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 3rd September 1914 Continued withdrawals 3rd Sep 1914 On the March 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 4th Sep 1914 On the March 4th of September 1914 An Easier March 5th Sep 1914 Reinforcements 5th of September 1914 March Finished 6th Sep 1914 On the March 6th of September 1914 Army Advances 7th Sep 1914 Shelling 7th of September 1914  Another March 8th September 1914 Advanced Guard 8th September 1914 Ongoing Battles 8th Sep 1914 In Reserve 8th of September 1914 An Early March 9th September 1914 Ongoing Action 9th Sep 1914 Shelling 9th of September 1914 On the Move 10th September 1914 Davance 10th Sep 1914 Prisoners Taken 10th of September 1914 Marching 11th September 1914 Continued progress 11th Sep 1914 Wet Weather 11th of September 1914 Marching 12th September 1914 Bad Weather 12th Sep 1914 Wet Weather 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 13th September 1914 Strong Opposition 13th Sep 1914 On the March 13th of September 1914 A Showery March 14th September 1914 Further Advance 14th Sep 1914 In Action 14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges 15th September 1914 Shelling 15th Sep 1914 In Action 15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters 16th September 1914 Difficulties 16th Sep 1914 Shelling 16th of September 1914 Bad Roads 17th Sep 1914 Digging in 17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced 18th Sep 1914 Into Billets 18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing 19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed 19th Sep 1914 Into the Trenches 19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly 20th September 1914 Reliefs 20th Sep 1914 Reliefs Complete 20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge 21st September 1914 Attacks 21st Sep 1914 Trench Work 21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire 22nd September 1914 Reliefs 22nd Sep 1914 Trench Work 22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring? 23rd September 1914 Patrols 23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling 24th September 1914 Artillery Exchange 24th of September 1914 Artillery Drives out Germans 25th September 1914 Pontoon Bridge damaged 25th of September 1914  Very Quiet 26th September 1914 Aircraft Assists 26th of September 1914 Moves Successful 27th September 1914 Continuing action around bridges 27th of September 1914 A False Alarm 28th September 1914 Bridges 28th of September 1914 Shelling 29th September 1914 Ongoing fighting on all fronts 29th of September 1914 Quiet 30th September 1914 September Intelligence Summary 30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne 1st October 1914 Commencement of Move 1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal 2nd October 1914 Continued reorganisation of front 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 3rd October 1914 Continued reorganisation of front 3rd of October 1914 On the March 4th October 1914 Move westwards 4th of October 1914 On the March 5th October 1914 Divisional entrainment westwards 5th of October 1914 A New HQ 6th October 1914 Divisional entrainment westwards continued 6th of October 1914 Orders to Move 7th October 1914 Divisional detrainment near Abbeywell 7th of October 1914 A Train Ride 8th October 1914 Divisional relocation continuing 8th of October 1914 Entraining Finished 9th of October 1914 A Bus Ride 10th of October 1914 On the Road 11th October 1914 Cavalry cover for further Moves 11th Oct 1914 On the March 11th of October 1914 New Billets   12th October 1914 Cavalry cover for further Moves 12th Oct 1914 Shelling 12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance   13th October 1914 Slow progress in Attack renewal 13th Oct 1914 Heavy Shelling 13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   14th October 1914 Continued slow progress in Attack 14th of October 1914 Supporting the French   14th October 1914 Ground Gained 15th October 1914 Change in GOC due to casualty 15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue   16th October 1914 Advance in foggy conditions 16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches   17th October 1914 Advance continued   17th of October 1914 An Advance   18th October 1914 Attack meet strong resistance   18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   19th October 1914 Attack meets further setbacks.   19th of October 1914  Slow Progress    20th October 1914 Major German attack   20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front   21st October 1914 Continued German attack   21st of October 1914 Some Retirements   22nd October 1914 Divisional move   22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked   23rd October 1914 Divisional move 23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line   24th of October 1914 Germans Attack   25th of October 1914 More Attacks   26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed   27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters    29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack   30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades   31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    1st November 1914 Regroup all fighting troops 1st of November 1914 Dispositions   2nd November 1914 Notification of German Troop locations 3rd November 1914 Notification of German Troop locations 2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised   3rd of November 1914  Situation Report   4th November 1914 Little change in situation 4th of November 1914  French Attack   5th November 1914 Move to new line 5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters 5th Nov 1914 On the Move   6th November 1914 Attacks on new line positions east of Ypres 6th of November 1914  Around Ypres 6th Nov 1914 Training   7th November 1914 Mixed results in ongoing attacks 7th of November 1914  Messines Attack Slow 7th Nov 1914 Training   8th November 1914 Line readjusted to defend against ongoing attacks 8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks   9th November 1914 Ongoing shelling and sniping 9th of November 1914 Quiet Day 10th November 1914 Ongoing shelling and sniping 10th of November 1914 Mountain Guns Requested 11th November 1914 Attack 11th of November 1914 In the Line   12th November 1914 Ongoing shelling and sniping 12th of November 1914  Quiet Day 13th November 1914 German Attack repelled by Artillery and machine guns 13th of November 1914  Reliefs Completed    14th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 14th of November 1914 Reliefs 15th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise 16th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 16th of November 1914 Reorganisation   16th Nov 1914 Route March   17th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 17th of November 1914 Relief   18th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 18th of November 1914 Shell Fire 19th November 1914 Ongoing German Attacks repelled by Artillery and machine guns 19th of November 1914 Movements    20th November 1914 4th Hussar stables destroyed by enemy artillery 20th of November 1914 Artillery in Action   21st November 1914 Divisions relieved by French   21st of November 1914 Regiments Under-strength   22nd November 1914 Division to rest in billets in Westoutre 22nd of November 1914 In the Line   23rd November 1914 Division to rest in billets in Westoutre 23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In   24th November 1914 Division to rest in billets in Westoutre 24th Nov 1914 On the March 24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective   25th November 1914 Division to rest in billets in Westoutre 25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled 26th November 1914 Division orders back to trenches 26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty   27th November 1914 3rd Division ordered back to trenches   27th of November 1914 Relief Commences   28th November 1914 Division had quiet day in trenches 28th of November 1914  On the Move 29th November 1914 Division on night reconnaissance activity 29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution   30th November 1914 3 Div Brigades relief rota carried out 30th of November 1914 Germans Improve Defences 30th of November 1914    30th November 1914 Support 1st of December 1914  Quiet Time 2nd December 1914 Operations restricted by bad weather 2nd of December 1914  A Moonlit Night   3rd December 1914 Operations restricted by bad weather 3rd of December 1914 Instructions 3rd December 1914 Reliefs 4th December 1914 Operations restricted by bad weather 4th of December 1914 Reliefs   4th of December 1914 Relief   4th December 1914 Improving trenches 5th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 5th of December 1914  Relief Complete    6th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 6th of December 1914 Frosty Night 7th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 7th of December 1914  Patrols Fired On 8th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 8th Dec 1914 On the March 8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions 8th December 1914 Reliefs 9th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 9th of December 1914 Active Patrols   10th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 10th Dec 1914 On the March 10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered 11th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 11th of December 1914  Battalions Strengthened   12th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 12th of December 1914 No Incidents    13th December 1914 Limited action due to bad weather 13th of December 1914 Wire Cut   14th December 1914 Multiple attacks by 3 Div and French 14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive   15th December 1914 Further attacks suspended by 3 Div due to French failure 15th of December 1914  Operations Resumed   16th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 16th of December 1914  Instruction   17th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 17th of December 1914 Wet Weather    18th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 18th of December 1914 No Progress 18th December 1914 Holding the Line 19th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 19th of December 1914 Demonstration 20th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 20th of December 1914 Direct Hits Made 21st December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced   22nd December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 22nd of December 1914  Four Germans Shot   23rd December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 23rd of December 1914 Frosty Night 24th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 24th Dec 1914 Reinforcements   24th of December 1914 Heavies Silence Enemy   25th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 25th Dec 1914 Inspection 25th of December 1914 Fraternization   26th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 26th Dec 1914 In the Trenches   26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted    27th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 27th of December 1914 Some Shelling   28th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 28th of December 1914 Report   29th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 29th of December 1914 Report   29th December 1914 Reliefs 30th December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 30th December 1914 Message 31st December 1914 Bad weather limiting action again 31st of December 1914 Message   1st Jan 1915 In Billets   1st Jan 1915 In Reserve   1st of January 1915 POW Taken 2nd Jan 1915 In Reserve   2nd of January 1915 Artillery Active    3rd Jan 1915 In Reserve   3rd of January 1915 Patrols Active 4th Jan 1915 Relief Completed   4th of January 1915 Trench Work   5th Jan 1915 Blind Shells   5th of January 1915 Hostile Patrol Engaged   6th Jan 1915 Reliefs   6th of January 1915 German Guns Silenced 7th Jan 1915 Reliefs   7th Jan 1915 Relief   7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather   7th January 1915 Very Wet 8th Jan 1915 In Reserve   8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged    9th Jan 1915 Enemy Artillery   9th Jan 1915 In Reserve   9th of January 1915 Trenches Baled Out   10th Jan 1915 Difficult Conditions   10th Jan 1915 Reliefs Complete   10th of January 1915 Flooding and Baling   10th January 1915 Reliefs 11th Jan 1915 Poor Conditions   11th of January 1915 Six Direct Hits   12th Jan 1915 Poor Conditions   12th of January 1915 Enemy Very Alert   13th Jan 1915 Reliefs   13th Jan 1915 Reliefs   13th of January 1915  Snipers Active    14th Jan 1915 In Reserve   14th of January 1915 Trenches Drying Out   15th Jan 1915 Under Shellfire   15th Jan 1915 In Reserve   15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   16th Jan 1915 Reliefs   16th Jan 1915 On the March   16th of January 1915 Squally Weather   17th Jan 1915 In Reserve   17th of January 1915 Quiet Day   18th Jan 1915 In Reserve   18th of January 1915 Artillery Active    19th Jan 1915 In Reserve   19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In   20th Jan 1915 In Reserve   20th of January 1915 HQ Shelled    21st Jan 1915 In Reserve   21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled   22nd Jan 1915 In Reserve   22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling   22nd January 1915 In Reserve. 23rd Jan 1915 In Reserve   23rd of January 1915 Quiet Day    24th Jan 1915 Reliefs   24th of January 1915 Machine Gun Silenced   25th Jan 1915 Holding the Line   25th of January 1915 Quiet Day   26th Jan 1915 Holding the Line   26th of January 1915 Cheshire's Sniping Effective   27th Jan 1915 Support   27th Jan 1915 Holding the Line   27th of January 1915  A Farm on Fire   28th Jan 1915 Reliefs   28th Jan 1915 Relief Completed   28th of January 1915 Active Snipers    28th of January 1915  28th January 1915 Considerable sniping. 29th Jan 1915 Patrol   29th Jan 1915 In Reserve   29th of January 1915  Artillery Intervenes   29th of January 1915 Message   29th January 1915 Trenches much improved. 30th Jan 1915 Reliefs   30th of January 1915 Chateau on Fire    31st Jan 1915 Support   31st of January 1915 Trench Improvements Reported   31st of January 1915    31st of January 1915  1st Feb 1915 Shelling 1st of February 1915  No 7 Trench Hit 1st of February 1915 Message   2nd of February 1915  Artillery in Action 2nd of February 1915     3rd of February 1915  Snipers Silenced   3rd of February 1915  4th of February 1915 Chicken Sentries 4th of February 1915  Message   5th of February 1915 Firing for Effect   5th of February 1915   6th of February 1915  Three Germans Shot   6th Feb 1915 Instruction 7th of February 1915 Sectors Rearranged    8th of February 1915 Inspection by Belgian King   8th February 1915 Inspection by the King of the Belgians 9th of February 1915 German Post Located   9th of February 1915   10th of February 1915 Artillery Redistribution   10th of February 1915 Message   11th of February 1915 Hostile MG Shelled   12th of February 1915  Quiet Day 12th of February 1915  13th of February 1915 Trenches Maintained   13th of February 1915  14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack?   14th of February 1915  15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain 16th of February 1915 Baling All Night   17th of February 1915 Patrols Out 17th March 1915 General Plumer visited. 18th of February 1915 Grenades Cause Confusion   18th of February 1915  19th of February 1915 Three Airships?   19th of February 1915   20th of February 1915 A Violent Explosion   20th of February 1915  21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave   21st of February 1915   22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets   22nd February 1915 Visit 23rd of February 1915  B Sector Shelled 23rd of February 1915  23rd Feb 1915 Reorganisation 24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   25th of February 1915  Trench Mortar Explodes   25th of February 1915  26th of February 1915 Patrol Encountered   26th of February 1915  27th Feb 1915 Signal Message   27th of February 1915 Brigade Relief   27th of February 1915 Message   28th of February 1915  Artillery Reorganised   28th of February 1915  1st of March 1915  Quiet   1st of March 1915 Registration   2nd of March 1915 Ammunition 2nd of March 1915  Patrols   2nd of March 1915  Machine Guns 3rd Mar 1915 On the March   3rd of March 1915 Enemy Fire Silenced   4th of March 1915 Enemy Nervous   4th March 1915 On the March 5th of March 1915   "Active and Nervous" Enemy    6th of March 1915  No Hostile Patrols    6th March 1915 Reliefs 7th of March 1915  A Searchlight Hit    8th of March 1915  Relief   8th March 1915 Into Brigade Reserve. 9th of March 1915 Enemy Guns Quiet 9th March 1915 In Brigade Reserve 10th of March 1915 POW Taken   10th March 1915 Reliefs. 11th March 1915  Deserter 11th of March 1915 Mortar Shells   12th of March 1915 Operation Postponed 13th of March 1915 Booby Trap   14th of March 1915 Artillery Quiet   14th March 1915 Heavy shelling 15th of March 1915  Active Artillery    16th March 1915  Information 16th of March 1915 No Hostile Patrols   16th March 1915 Reliefs 17th of March 1915 Retaliation   18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars 18th of March 1915 Quiet Day   18th March 1915 General Sir Horace Smith Dorrien visited. 19th of March 1915  Patrols   20th of March 1915     21st of March 1915 Intelligence 21st of March 1915     22nd of March 1915 Quiet Night 23rd Mar 1915 Reliefs   23rd of March 1915  Quiet Day    24th of March 1915 German Wire Increased   25th of March 1915 German Guns Active 26th of March 1915 Enemy Guns Active    27th of March 1915 German Air Activity   28th Mar 1915 Reliefs   28th of March 1915 German Guns Active   28th March 1915 Reliefs 29th of March 1915 Quiet Time    30th of March 1915  Hostile MG Damaged?    31st of March 1915     31st March 1915  Working Parties   31st of March 1915 Orders Issued   31st of March 1915    31st of March 1915  31st of March 1915 Staff 1st of April 1915 Situation Normal   1st of April 1915  Aircraft Downed 1st of April 1915 Orders   2nd of April 1915 Quiet Day   2nd of April 1915  Enemy Aircraft   2nd April 1915 Divisional Reserve 3rd of April 1915 Quiet Day   4th of April 1915 A White Flag   5th of April 1915 Quiet Day 6th of April 1915 A Hand Over   7th of April 1915 Mostly Quiet    7th Apr 1915 Reorganisation 8th of April 1915 Another Quiet Day 9th of April 1915  Quiet Day   10th of April 1915 Shells and Work   10th of April 1915 Information   11th of April 1915 Train Fired On   11th of April 1915 Message   12th of April 1915 German Planes Active    13th of April 1915 Enemy Active   13th of April 1915 Report   14th of April 1915 Quiet Night    15th of April 1915 Enemy Very Quiet   15th of April 1915  Orders   16th of April 1915 Quiet Night    16th of April 1915 Message   17th of April 1915 Traffic Control 17th April 1915 Shelling and Mines 17th April 1915 5th Division Attack   18th of April 1915 Action Continues   18th of April 1915 Information   18th April 1915 Counter attack   19th of April 1915  Holding Hill 60   19th of April 1915  19th April 1915 Heavy Shelling 20th Apr 1915 Bombardment   20th of April 1915 Quiet   20th of April 1915    20th April 1915 Attack   21st Apr 1915 Bombardment   21st of April 1915 Intense Bombardment   22nd of April 1915 Fairly Quiet Day   22nd of April 1915    23rd Apr 1915 Ready   23rd of April 1915 Quiet Night    23rd Apr 1915 Artillery in Action 24th of April 1915  A Quiet Night   24th of April 1915   24th Apr 1915 Artillery in Action 25th of April 1915 Reliefs 25th of April 1915   26th of April 1915  Quiet Night    27th of April 1915  Reliefs   28th of April 1915  Quiet Day and Night   28th of April 1915 Report   29th of April 1915 Very Quiet   30th of April 1915 Fairly Quiet Day    30th of April 1915   30th of April 1915 Report   1st of May 1915 Gas Casualties   2nd of May 1915  A Suspected Spy 3rd of May 1915  New German Bombs   4th of May 1915 Quiet Night   5th of May 1915 A Counter Attack   5th May 1915 Gas   6th May 1915 Exhaustion   6th of May 1915 Another Attack Fails   7th May 1915 Reliefs   7th of May 1915 Attack Ordered   8th of May 1915  Heavy Shelling   9th of May 1915  Staying Put 10th of May 1915 Normal Situation   11th of May 1915   No Retirement Planned   12th of May 1915 German Mine Hit    12th May 1915 On the Move 13th of May 1915 All Quiet   14th of May 1915 Quiet and Normal   15th of May 1915 German Mining?   16th May 1915 Snipers Active   16th of May 1915  17th of May 1915 Brisk Sniping    18th of May 1915 Revenge Shelling   19th of May 1915 Quiet Night   20th of May 1915 Gun Destroys Sap   21st of May 1915  Mining   22nd of May 1915 All Quiet   23rd of May 1915 Quiet Day   23rd May 1915 Reliefs 24th of May 1915 Much Shelling at Night   25th of May 1915 A Fine Day   26th of May 1915 Quiet Day, Quieter Night   27th of May 1915  Earth Tremors Felt    28th of May 1915 Quiet   28th of June 1915 Quiet Time 29th of May 1915  A Rumbling Explosion   30th of May 1915 Work Party Casualties   31st of May 1915 "Careful Watch" Kept   1st Jun 1915 Reliefs 1st of June 1915 Normal Situation 2nd of June 1915 German Aeroplane Down   3rd of June 1916  Quiet Day   4th of June 1915 German Work Stopped   5th of June 1915 Quiet Time   6th of June 1915  An Explosion 7th Jun 1915 Artillery   7th of June 1915  Quiet Time 8th of June 1915 Hot Weather 8th of June 1915  9th of June 1915 Quiet Night 10th of June 1915 Enemy Explode Mine   11th of June 1915 Heavy Rain   12th of June 1915    12th of June 1915  Quiet Day   13th Jun 1915 Shelling   13th of June 1915 Patrols Out 14th of June 1915  Lots of Rockets 15th of June 1915  Quiet Time 16th of June 1915 A Diversion   17th Jun 1915 Reliefs   17th of June 1915  No Incidents 18th of June 1915 A Failed Test 19th of June 1915  Tunnel Breached 20th of June 1915  Two Miners Killed 21st of June 1915 Situation Normal   22nd of June 1915 A Minor Operation 23rd of June 1915 Mining Suspected   24th June 1915 Normal Situation 25th of June 1915 Mortaring and Sniping Heavy   26th of June 1915 "Mother" Hits Chateau   27th of June 1915  Quiet Time 29th of June 1915   Some Shelling 30th of June 1915  A Reconnoitre   30th June 1915 Holding the Line July 1915 Appointments 1st of July 1915  Considerable Shelling 2nd of July 1915 A "Good Shoot" 3rd Jul 1915 Reliefs   3rd of July 1915  Explosion Heard 4th July 1915    4th of July 1915 Enemy Guns Active 5th of July 1915  Three-Hour Bombardment 6th of July 1915 Brigadiers Conference 7th of July 1915  7th of July 1915 Normal Night 8th of July 1915 Normal Situation   9th of July 1915  Monoplane Brought Down 10th of July 1915 A Mine Exploded 11th of July 1915  Enemy Creates Crater   12th of July 1915   Enemy Explode Mine   13th of July 1915  Enemy Active on Canal   14th of July 1915 Aeroplane Active   15th of July 1915  Reliefs   16th of July 1915 More Reliefs   17th of July 1915 Mine Explodes 18th of July 1915  Reconnaissance Made   19th of July 1915  Quiet Night   20th of July 1915 Mine Discovered 21st of July 1915 Relief   22nd of July 1915 Superior Sniping   23rd of July 1915 3rd Div Take Over   24th of July 1915 On the Move 25th of July 1915 New Area 26th of July 1915 Concentration Completed 27th of July 1915  An Inspection 28th of July 1915 Artillery Inspected 29th of July 1915  Entrainment Begins 30th July 1915 On the Move 30th of July 1915  Detrainment 31st of July 1915 Reconnoitring New Area 1st of August 1915   Enemy on the Move 1st August 1915 On the March 1st Aug 1915 On the Move 2nd of August 1915 Trench Inspection 2nd Aug 1915 At Rest 3rd of August 1915 Batteries Move 3rd Aug 1915 Inspection 4th of August 1915  Inspections 4th Aug 1915 On the March 5th of August 1915  Quiet Day 5th Aug 1915 In Billets 6th of August 1915 Quiet Night 7th of August 1915 Hop-Pole Mystery   7th Aug 1915 On the March 8th of August 1915  Two Batteries Join Division   8th Aug 1915 At Rest 9th of August 1915   Bridges Guarded   9th Aug 1915 Reliefs 10th of August 1915  Relief of French   11th of August 1915 Patrol   12th of August 1915 Quiet Time   13th of August 1915 Instruction   14th of August 1915 No Sausages   15th of August 1915  3 Salvos Fired   16th of August 1915  Enemy Active   17th of August 1915  Our Patrols Out   18th of August 1915  German Captured   19th of August 1915 Hostile Patrol   20th of August 1915 Quiet Night   21st of August 1915 Snipers Active   22nd of August 1915 Hostile Balloons   22nd August 1915 Order of battle. 23rd of August 1915  Normal Situation   24th Aug 1915 Instruction 24th of August 1915 Relief Completed   25th of August 1915 Hostile Marsh Patrol   26th of August 1915  Reliefs   27th of August 1915  Trenches Mortared   28th of August 1915 Special Service Pathans   29th of August 1915 Enemy Patrol Pursued   30th of August 1915  Patrols   31st of August 1915 Germans in Khaki   1st of September 1915 Enemy Periscopes Hit    1st Sep 1915 On the March   2nd of September 1915  Our Transport Shelled   3rd of September 1915  Mining Actions   4th Sep 1915 Attachment 4th of September 1915 Mine Exploded   5th of September 1915  Damaged Aeroplane   6th of September 1915 Retaliatory Firing   7th of September 1915 No Incidents   8th of September 1915  Observation Station Hit   9th of September 1915  Quiet Time   10th of September 1915 More Moves 10th of September 1915  Enemy Hit Dummy Battery   11th of September 1915 Changes of Command   12th of September 1915  67th Brigade Under Instruction   13th of September 1915 Artillery Moves 13th of September 1915  German Mine Exploded   14th of September 1915  Both Sides Retaliate   15th of September 1915 36th Division Instructed   16th Sep 1915 Reliefs   16th of September 1915 Reliefs   17th of September 1915 Advance Units Arrive   17th of September 1915 German Post Hit   18th of September 1915 Relieving the French 18th of September 1915 Heavy Gunfire Heard   19th of September 1915  A Quiet Night   20th of September 1915 Catapults Effective   21st of September 1915 Catapults Active   22nd of September 1915  Bridges Guarded   23rd of September 1915 Hostile Patrol Seen   23rd Sep 1915 Orders   24th of September 1915 Wet Weather    25th Sep 1915 Attack Made   25th of September 1915  1st Army Success Cheered   25th Sep 1915 Attack Made   26th of September 1915  A Marsh Patrol   27th of September 1915 Deserter Comes In   28th of September 1915 Very Wet Weather   29th of September 1915  Enemy Alert   30th of September 1915 Watching the Enemy   1st of October 1915 Snipers Active   2nd of October 1915 Training 2nd of October 1915 `Shows' and Football   3rd of October 1915 Battalion Dispositions   4th of October 1915  New Biplane Spotted   5th of October 1915  A Mine Exploded   6th of October 1915  Another Mine Goes Up    7th of October 1915 German Field Guns Active   8th of October 1915 Patrols Active    9th of October 1915 Quiet Time   10th of October 1915 30 Whizzbangs    11th of October 1915 Promiscuous Whizzbangs   12th of October 1915 77th Brigade Arrives   13th of October 1915 Reliefs   14th of October 1915 Germans Explode Mine   15th of October 1915 No Ammunition   16th of October 1915  Bombs and Reliefs   17th of October 1915 Reliefs   18th of October 1915 Noisy Germans   19th of October 1915  Transport Heard   20th of October 1915 Gun Distribution   21st of October 1915 Reliefs   22nd of October 1915  Enemy Movement Noticed   23rd of October 1915 Reliefs   24th of October 1915 Reliefs   25th of October 1915 German Mine Exploded   26th of October 1915 Germans Search Road 27th of October 1915 German Work Destroyed   27th of October 1915 Orders 28th of October 1915 Situation Normal   28th October 1915 Quiet 29th of October 1915 Listening Post Blocked   30th of October 1915 Suzanne Shelled   31st of October 1915  Unusual Activity   1st of November 1915 East Surreys Shoot German   2nd of November 1915 Heavy Transport   3rd of November 1915 Wire Cutting   4th of November 1915 Bugle Calls   5th of November 1915 MG Fire Causes Confusion   6th of November 1915  Heavies in Action   7th Nov 1915 Attachment Ends 7th of November 1915 Gun is Bulged   8th of November 1915  A Newspaper Delivery   9th of November 1915  Orders   10th of November 1915 Enemy Explode Mine   11th of November 1915 Persistent Shelling   12th of November 1915   A Quiet Day   13th of November 1915 Sausages Fired   14th of November 1915 A Flag Removed   15th of November 1915 Heavy Snow    15th November 1915 Reliefs 16th of November 1915 A Spy Killed   17th of November 1915 Conference Held   18th of November 1915 Transport Heard   19th of November 1915 Another Flag Removed   20th of November 1915 Enemy Guns Active   21st of November 1915 Patrol   22nd of November 1915 Three Enemy Killed   23rd of November 1915 Heavy Traffic Heard   24th of November 1915 Artillery Active   25th of November 1915  Enemy Building Redoubts   26th of November 1915  Air Raid   27th of November 1915  Heavies Retaliate   28th of November 1915 Working Party Dispersed   29th of November 1915  Enemy Transport Shelled   30th of November 1915  Grenade Attack Successful   1st of December 1915 Bedfords Buried 1st December 1915 Mine Explodes 2nd of December 1915  Units Arrive 3rd of December 1915  Observation Difficult 4th of December 1915 Patrol 5th of December 1915 Grenade School 6th of December 1915  Quiet Day 7th of December 1915 Patrols Out 8th of December 1915 Germans Take POW 9th of December 1915 New Battery Joins 10th of December 1915 Bombing Attack   11th of December 1915  Enemy Active 12th of December 1915 German Deserter 13th of December 1915  German Planes Active 14th of December 1915 Bombs and Shells 15th of December 1915  Bombing Patrol 16th of December 1915 More Bombing Raids 17th of December 1915  Quiet Day 18th of December 1915 New Batteries Arrive 19th of December 1915  Patrol Out 20th of December 1915 Deserter Taken 22nd of December 1915  Quiet Time 23rd of December 1915 Maricourt Shelled   24th of December 1915  Enemy Guns Active 25th of December 1915 Patrols 26th of December 1915 Tit-for-Tat Shelling   27th of December 1915 Heavies Effective   28th of December 1915 Retaliatory Firing   29th of December 1915 Heavies Busy   30th of December 1915 Enemy Snipers Quietened 31st of December 1915 Quiet Time 1st of January 1916 Night-time Shelling 2nd of January 1916 Direct Hits   3rd of January 1916  German Post Bombed   4th of January 1916  Retaliatory Fire 7th of January 1916  A Combined Shoot   8th of January 1916 Enemy Driven Off   9th of January 1916 Enemy Patrols Active   10th of January 1916  Battalion Relief   11th of January 1916 Change of Brigades 12th of January 1916  Attack Repulsed   13th of January 1916 5th Division in Reserve 15th January 1916 Diary returned with the request that the 0.C. Unit may be directed to render it on A.F.C. 2118, in accordance with Sect. 140, Field Service Regulations, Pt.II. 29th of January 1916  31st of January 1916   1st of February 1916  2nd of February 1916 A Brigade Relief 4th of February 1916   6th February 1916 New Billets 10th of February 1916  MG Coys Join 11th of February 1916 A New Area 14th of February 1916   23rd Feb 1916 Cold 23rd of February 1916 Snowed Hard 24th Feb 1916 On the March 24th of February 1916  Snow 25th Feb 1916 On the March 25th of February 1916 Intense Cold 25th February 1916 Battalion marched to Candas. 26th of February 1916 A Conference 27th of February 1916 Reconnaissances 28th of February 1916 New Battery Positions 29th Feb 1916 On the March 29th of February 1916 A New Area 1st March 1916  1st Mar 1916 On the March 1st of March 1916 Division Halts 2nd Mar 1916 Recce 2nd of March 1916 New Position 3rd Mar 1916 On the March 3rd of March 1916  Relief 4th Mar 1916 Recce 4th of March 1916 Snow All Day 5th Mar 1916 Recce 5th of March 1916 Moving Around 6th Mar 1916 Recce 6th of March 1916  Enemy Dispersed 7th Mar 1916 Recce 7th of March 1916 Torpedoes Fired 8th Mar 1916 Recce 8th of March 1916  Dummy Battery Hit   9th Mar 1916 Reliefs 9th of March 1916  Noises Silenced 10th of March 1916 Unit Positions 11th of March 1916 Enemy Damage Line 12th of March 1916 100lb Minenwerfer   13th of March 1916 False Gas Alarm   14th of March 1916 MG Coy Arrive 15th Mar 1916 Reliefs 15th of March 1916  Local Relief 16th of March 1916 British Plane Shot Down 17th of March 1916 German Gas Attack?   18th of March 1916 Arras Hit 19th of March 1916  8 Hits Claimed   20th of March 1916 Small Gas Attack 21st of March 1916 Very Quiet   22nd of March 1916  Local Relief   23rd of March 1916 Germans Fire "Jam Tins" 24th of March 1916  Camouflet Exploded 25th of March 1916  German Mortars Silenced   26th of March 1916 Rain and Sleet   27th of March 1916  Quiet Night 28th of March 1916 A Combined Shoot   29th of March 1916 Retaliatory Fire 30th of March 1916 Mortars Active 31st Mar 1916 Reliefs 31st of March 1916 5 Guns Hit 1st Apr 1916 In Reserve 1st of April 1916  Change of Commander 2nd of April 1916  Combined Shoot   3rd of April 1916 Hot Weather 4th of April 1916  Quiet Day 5th of April 1916  TMs Active 6th of April 1916 Hazy Day 7th of April 1916 Cold Day   8th of April 1916 German Mine Explodes   9th of April 1916 Several TM Duals 10th of April 1916  Hostile TMs Active   11th of April 1916  Camouflet Blown 12th of April 1916 House Demolished   13th of April 1916 Brigade Relief 14th of April 1916 MGs Relieved 15th of April 1915  Camouflet Exploded   16th of April 1916 DCLI CO Killed 17th of April 1916 Weekly Conference 18th of April 1916  Redoubt Damaged   19th of April 1916 Arras Shelled 20th of April 1916 Arras Again Shelled 21st of April 1916  TMs Silence Enemy 22nd of April 1916  Gas Alert Cancelled 23rd of April 1916 Quiet Day 24th of April 1916 Trenches Damaged 25th of April 1916  TMs Active   26th of April 1916 A Combined Shoot   27th of April 1916  Heavy Retaliation 28th of April 1916  Guns Open on SOS 29th of April 1916  German Plane Downed 30th of April 1916 Germans Busy 1st of May 1916  Camouflet Exploded 2nd of May 1916 Reliefs 3rd of May 1916  Five Casualties   4th May 1916  4th of May 1916 Shelling 5th of May 1916 A Gas Alert   5th May 1916 Reliefs 6th of May 1916  Camouflets Blown 7th of May 1916 Enemy Fires 1,500 Shells 8th May 1916 527 Field Company RE, Arras sector works 8th of May 1916  Quiet Day 9th of May 1916  Mine Heads Shelled 10th May 1916 Artillery Active 10th of May 1916 Shoot Postponed 11th of May 1916 Shoot Again Postponed 12th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 12th May 1916 Artillery in Action 12th of May 1916 Retaliatory Shoot   13th May1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 13th of May 1916 Very Wet 14th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works.  Arras 14th May 1916. 527th (2nd Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers. 5th Division. Activity: One driver transferred from the 1st/6th Battalion, the Black Watch reported for duty. Kit and marching order inspection of the Company carried out. War Diaries 14th of May 1916 Arras Cathedral Shelled 15th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 15th of May 1916  Active Sniping 16th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 16th of May 1916  German Relief Noted 17th of May 1916 Camouflets Blown 18th of May 1916 A Newspaper Delivery 19th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 19th of May 1916  Germans Blow Mine 20th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 20th of May 1916 Sniping Considerable 21st May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 21st of May 1916 A Heavy Bombardment 22nd May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 22nd of May 1916 Quiet Time 22nd of May 1916 Quiet Time 23rd May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 23rd of May 1916  Miners Killed 24th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works.  Arras 24th May 1916. 527th (2nd Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers. 5th Division. Activity: One NCO admitted to hospital. Field work in progress. No.1 Section. Trench 102 Erecting trench shelter. No.2 Section. Bogey Avenue A28d.7.5 Enlarging existing mined shelter. No.3 Section. Thursday Avenue G10a.4.6 Mining bomb proof grenade store. No.4 Section New Street G6c 4.9 Extending existing mined shelter St. Catherine G14b.4.4 Erecting tubular steel shelter. Observatory Redoubt G56.1.1 Repairing damaged shelter. Work party: Royal Army Medical Corps. Sunday Avenue G56.3.8 Mining regimental aid post Friday Avenue A28d.5.7 Mining regimental aid post Work party: Cyclist Detachment. Thursday Avenue G4b Cleaning communication trench and improving support line trenches War Diaries 24th of May 1916 Retaliation 25th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 25th of May 1916  German Patrol Fired At 26th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 26th May 1916 Football & Horse Show 26th of May 1916 Arras Shelled 27th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 27th of May 1916 TMs Active 28th May 1916 Horse Show   28th of May 1916 Retaliatory Fire 29th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 29th May 1916 Reliefs 29th of May 1916 Arras Shelled 30th May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works.  30th May 1916. 527th (2nd Durham) Field Company, Royal Engineers. 5th Division. Activity: Two men discharged from hospital. Field work in progress. No.1 Section. Forward Trench 105 Erecting trench shelters No.3 Section. Forward Trench 124 Erecting trench shelters Thursday Avenue G10a.4.5 Mining bomb proof grenade store. No.4 Section New Street G6c 4.9 Extending existing dugout St. Catherine G14b.4.4 Erecting tubular steel shelter. Observatory Redoubt G56.1.1 Repairing damaged dugout. Work party: Royal Army Medical Corps. Sunday Avenue G56.3.8 Mining regimental aid post Friday Avenue A28d.5.7 Mining regimental aid post Work party: Cyclist Detachment. K2 Sub Section Improving support line. War Diaries 30th May 1916 Quiet 30th of May 1916 Explosion Heard 31st May 1916 527 Field Company RE - Arras sector Field Works. 31st May 1916 Quiet 31st of May 1916 Artillery Retaliates 1st of June 1916 Tunnellers Move 2nd of June 1916 Slight Shelling 3rd of June 1916  Huge Minenwerfer 4th of June 1916  Germans Raid Trenches   4th June 1916 Very wet. 5th of June 1916  German POWs Taken 6th of June 1916 Camouflet Blown 7th of June 1916  Annoying Tactics 8th of June 1916 Arras Shelled 8th June 1916  9th of June 1916  TM Duals 10th of June 1916  Working Parties Worried 11th of June 1916 Successful Shoot 12th of June 1916  Working Parties Worried 13th of June 1916 Pope's Nose Hit 14th of June 1916  A German Flag 15th of June 1916 Sector Shelled 16th of June 1916 Camouflet Fired 17th of June 1916  Two Fokkers Seen   18th of June 1916  Enemy Planes Active   19th of June 1916  Divisional Relief 19th of October 1916 Misty Morning 20th of June 1916 TMs Active 21st of June 1916 Relief Completed 22nd of June 1916 Reliefs 23rd of June 1916  Quiet 24th of June 1916  Quiet Time 25th of June 1916  Quiet Time 25th June 1916 Military Medals 26th of June 1916 Taking Over the Line 27th of June 1916 More Movements 28th of June 1916 Quiet Time 29th of June 1916  Quiet Time 30th of June 1916 Working Parties 1st of July 1916 No Reports 2nd of July 1916 New Orders   3rd of July 1916 On the Move 4th of July 1916  No Reports 5th of July 1916 Quiet Time 6th of July 1916  Working Parties 7th of July 1916  On the Move Again 8th of July 1916  No Reports 9th of July 1916  Quiet Time 10th of July 1916  Quiet 11th of July 1916  No Reports 12th of July 1916  No Reports 13th of July 1916 Readiness to Move   14th of July 1916 March is Continued 15th of July 1916  Orders 16th of July 1916 More Marching   17th of July 1916  On the Move   18th of July 1916  On Relief   19th of July 1916 Relief Carried Out   20th Jul 1916 Attack Made 20th of July 1916 Positions of Units   21st Jul 1916 Attack Made 21st of July 1916 Enemy Takes High Wood   22nd Jul 1916 Reliefs Completed   22nd Jul 1916 Preparations   22nd of July 1916 Front Adjustment Completed   23rd Jul 1916 Digging in 23rd Jul 1916 In Action   23rd of July 1916 Longueval Attack Report   24th Jul 1916 Artillery Active 24th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   24th of July 1916 Reliefs   25th Jul 1916 Heavy Shelling   25th of July 1916  Enemy Advances   26th of July 1916 A Combined Offensive   27th Jul 1916 In Action   27th of July 1916 Gas Shell Attack   28th Jul 1916 Reorganisation 28th of July 1916 Not Much Change   29th of July 1916  Quiet Situation   30th of July 1916 Artillery Active   31st of July 1916 KOSBs Hold Line   1st Aug 1916 In Action   1st of August 1916  Dispositions after Relief   2nd of August 1916 A Relief and a Move 3rd of August 1916 Bivouacking 4th of August 1916  Arrival in New Area 5th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions 6th of August 1916  Training 7th of August 1916  Training 8th of August 1916 Training 9th of August 1916  Training 10th of August 1916  Training 11th of August 1916 Training 12th of August 1916  Training 13th of August 1916  Training 14th of August 1916 Training 15th of August 1916 Training 16th of August 1916 Training 17th of August 1916 Training 18th of August 1916  A Route March 19th of August 1916  Training 20th of August 1916 Orders to Move 21st of August 1916  Training   22nd of August 1916  Attack Scheme 23rd of August 1916 Training 24th Aug 1916 On the March   24th of August 1916  On the Move   25th of August 1916 Warning Order Issued   26th of August 1916  Into Action   27th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions   28th of August 1916 Hostile Fire   29th of August 1916  A Postponement   30th of August 1916  Enemy Artillery Active   31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued   1st of September 1916 Enemy SOS   2nd September 1916 Orders   3rd Sep 1916 In Action   3rd of September 1916 Quiet Night 4th Sep 1916 In Action   4th of September 1916 Units Mixed Up   5th Sep 1916 In Action   5th of September 1916 Farm Captured   6th of September 1916 Wood Cleared   7th of September 1916 Reliefs   8th Sep 1916 At Rest   8th of September 1916 Prepare to Move 9th of September 1916 On the Move 10th of September 1916  HQ Moves 11th of September 1916 Training 12th of September 1916  Training 13th of September 1916  Training 14th of September 1916 Training 15th of September 1916  Training 16th of September 1916 Prepare to Move   17th of September 1916 Warning Order Received   18th Sep 1916 Reliefs   18th of September 1916  Brigade Dispositions   19th of September 1916 In the Front Line   20th Sep 1916 Reliefs   20th of September 1916  Artillery Active   21st of September 1916 Situation Normal   22nd of September 1916 Dispositions   23rd of September 1916 Reliefs   23rd September 1916 Operational Order No. 50.   24th Sep 1916 On the March   24th of September 1916 Foggy Night   25th Sep 1916 Orders 25th Sep 1916 Attack Made   25th of September 1916  Instructions for Tanks   26th Sep 1916 Reliefs 26th of September 1916 Reliefs   27th Sep 1916 On the March   27th of September 1916 Division Moves   28th Sep 1916 Move 28th of September 1916 Heavy Showers   29th Sep 1916 On the Move 29th of September 1916 Entraining 30th of September 1916 Dispositions 1st of October 1916 A New Area 2nd of October 1916  Reconnoitring the Line   3rd of October 1916 MG Coys into the Line   4th of October 1916  Reliefs Underway 5th of October 1916 More Reliefs 6th of October 1916  31st Div Relieved 7th of October 1916 In the Front Line 8th of October 1916  Front Changed   9th Oct 1916 Orders   9th of October 1916  Batteries Transferred   10th of October 1916  Front Readjusted   11th of October 1916 5th Div's Artillery Area   12th of October 1916  In the Trenches   13th of October 1916 Reliefs   14th of October 1916 Patrols Out   15th of October 1916 Patrols Examine Wire   16th of October 1916 Artillery Relief Complete   17th of October 1916 Patrols Out   18th of October 1916 Patrols Out Again   20th of October 1916  Patrol Report   21st of October 1916 Enemy Aeroplanes Heard?   22nd of October 1916  TMs Quiet   23rd of October 1916  Searchlights Reported   24th of October 1916 Heavy Artillery Busy   25th of October 1916  Many Patrols Out   26th of October 1916 Cookhouse Blown Up   27th Oct 1916 Orders   27th of October 1916 Raid Report   28th of October 1916 NCO's Raiding Party   29th Oct 1916 Orders   29th of October 1916   Patrol Reports   30th of October 1916 Two Successful Raids   31st of October 1916 Distribution   1st of November 1916  Instruction School Opened   2nd of November 1916 Patrol Reports Welcomed 3rd of November 1916 Artillery Active   4th of November 1916  German Attack   5th of November 1916 Enemy Guns Active   6th of November 1916 Shelling   7th of November 1916 Brickstacks Shelled   8th of November 1916 Shelling   9th of November 1916 Cookhouse Hit   10th of November 1916 Enemy Guns Quiet   11th of November 1916 Our Guns Active   12th of November 1916 TMs Irritate Enemy   13th of November 1916 Working Parties Hit   14th of November 1916  "Tortoise" Shelled   15th of November 1916 A Combined Shoot   16th of November 1916 Enemy Guns Inactive   17th of November 1916 Working Party Dispersed   18th of November 1916  Guns Active   19th of November 1916  Brickstacks Shelled   20th of November 1916 Working Party Dispersed   21st of November 1916  Embankment Redoubt Hit   22nd of November 1916 Enemy Unusually Quiet   23rd of November 1916 Division to Side Slip   24th of November 1916  Artillery and TMs Active   25th of November 1916  Active Enemy Guns   26th of November 1916 Enemy Blow Mine   27th Nov 1916 Reorganisation 27th of November 1916  LTMs Hit Enemy Saps   28th of November 1916 German Party Dispersed   29th of November 1916 Enemy TMs Silenced   30th of November 1916  Enemy Baling Out   1st of December 1916  Enemy Artillery Active   2nd of December 1916 Raiding Party Fails   3rd of December 1916  Artillery Quieter   4th of December 1916  German Trenches Damaged   5th Dec 1916 Reliefs 5th of December 1916   Brigade Relief Completed   6th Dec 1916 Musketry 6th of December 1916  Working Parties Dispersed   7th of December 1916   Dugout Caught Fire   8th of December 1916 Princes Island Hit   9th of December 1916  Artillery Fairly Active   10th of December 1916  Working Parties Dispersed   11th of December 1916 Wiring Parties Fired On   12th of December 1916  Combined Bombardment   13th of December 1916 Enemy "Quiet"   14th of December 1916  A Combined Shoot   15th of December 1916 5.9s Hit Festubert   16th of December 1916 Enemy Very Quiet   17th Dec 1916 Awards 17th of December 1916  Enemy MG Silenced   18th of December 1916 Blind 5.9s   19th of December 1916  German Artillery Inactive   20th Dec 1916 Reliefs 20th of December 1916 German TMs Active   21st Dec 1916 Carrying Parties 21st of December 1916 Ferme Cour d'Avoue Shelled   22nd Dec 1916 Reliefs 22nd of December 1916 Quiet Day   23rd Dec 1916 Recce 23rd of December 1916 Artillery Relief   24th Dec 1916 Reliefs 24th of December 1916 Germans Very Active   25th Dec 1916 Bombardment 25th of December 1916 British Bombardment "Intense"   26th of December 1916 Guns Active   27th of December 1916 Combined Shoot Continued   28th Dec 1916 Reliefs   28th of December 1916 Artillery Continue Shelling   29th Dec 1916 Billets   29th of December 1916  Artillery Quieter   30th of December 1916  Shelling "All Day"   31st of December 1916 Our TMs Very Active   1st Jan 1917 Reliefs   1st of January 1917  Organised Hostile Shoot   2nd of January 1917  German Artillery Active   3rd Jan 1917 Enemy Artillery 3rd of January 1917 Gun Emplacement Buried   4th Jan 1917 Mine 4th of January 1917 German Artillery Busy   5th Jan 1917 Reliefs 5th of January 1917  Aeroplanes Active   6th of January 1917  German Guns Quiet   7th of January 1917  Hostile Artillery Quiet   8th of January 1917  German Guns Active   9th Jan 1917 Reliefs 9th of January 1917  Spotted Dog Shelled   10th of January 1917 Heavy TM Silenced   11th of January 1917 Hostile Guns Active   12th of January 1917 Old Man's Corner Shelled   13th Jan 1917 Reliefs   13th of January 1917  Retaliation "Feeble"   14th of January 1917  Our Guns Active   15th of January 1917 MG Fire "Different"   16th of January 1917 Hostile Party Dispersed   17th Jan 1917 Reliefs 17th of January 1917 Guns Active   18th Jan 1917 Gas Shells 18th of January 1917  Guns Active   19th of January 1917 Poison Gas Released    20th of January 1917 Active Artillery   21st of January 1917 Our TMs Active   22nd Jan 1917 Reliefs 22nd of January 1917 A Combined Shoot   23rd of January 1917 Germans Fire Gas   24th of January 1917 Hostile Sniper Active   25th of January 1917 German Planes Active   26th of January 1917 TMs Busy   27th of January 1917 Quieter Day   28th of January 1917  Guns Active   29th of January 1917 Guns Less Active   30th of January 1917 Hostile TMs Busy   31st of January 1917 Two Patrols Dispersed   1st of February 1917  Balloon Spotted   2nd of February 1917  Aircraft Reconnaissances   3rd of February 1917 Artillery Active   4th of February 1917 Guns Active   5th of February 1917 Trench Mortars Active   6th of February 1917 Fairly Quiet   7th of February 1917  Feeble Retaliation   8th of February 1917 An Attempted Raid   9th of February 1917  Little TM Retaliation   10th of February 1917 Periscope Smashed   12th of February 1917 Artillery Quiet   13th of February 1917  Hostile Guns Quiet   14th of February 1917 Numerous Rifle Grenades   15th of February 1917 Enemy TMs Fall Short   16th of February 1917 Guns Active   17th Feb 1917 Trench Raid   17th of February 1917 TMs Quiet   18th of February 1917   A New MG?   19th of February 1917 Our Guns Active   20th of February 1917  Enemy TMs Active   21st of February 1917  Our Guns Active   22nd of February 1917 Hostile TMs   23rd of February 1917 Relief Ordered   24th of February 1917  Artillery Below Normal   25th of February 1917  Our Guns Active   26th of February 1917 Guns Active   27th of February 1917  Our Artillery Active   28th Feb 1917 Training   28th of February 1917 Artillery Quiet   1st Mar 1917 Relief 1st of March 1917 POWs Taken   2nd Mar 1917 Carrying Parties 2nd of March 1917 Hostile Arty Busy   3rd Mar 1917 Carrying Parties 3rd of March 1917  Our Guns Active   4th Mar 1917 In Reserve 4th of March 1917 Damage Caused by Heavies   5th Mar 1917 Reliefs 5th Mar 1917 Reliefs   5th of March 1917 Relief Arranged   6th Mar 1917 Enemy Active 6th Mar 1917 Recce   6th of March 1917  Brigades Attached   7th Mar 1917 Reliefs 7th Mar 1917 Recce   7th of March 1917  Enemy Guns Quiet   8th Mar 1917 Quiet   8th of March 1917  Divisional Relief   9th Mar 1917 Relief Completed   9th of March 1917  TMs Very Active   10th Mar 1917 Trench Raid   10th of March 1917 German Raid Defeated   11th Mar 1917 Instruction   11th of March 1917 Auchy Heavily Shelled   12th Mar 1917 Heavy Rain   12th of March 1917  Tear Gas Fired   13th Mar 1917 Reliefs   13th Mar 1917 Report   13th of March 1917 Shoot   14th Mar 1917 Working Parties   14th of March 1917 Pekin Trench Hit   14th March 1917 Message 15th Mar 1917 Working Parties   15th of March 1917  Brigade Relief   16th Mar 1917 Attempted Raid   16th Mar 1917 Working Parties   16th of March 1917 Artillery Active   17th Mar 1917 In Billets   17th Mar 1917 Reliefs   17th of March 1917  Relief Completed   18th Mar 1917 Recce   18th of March 1917 Front Handed Over 19th Mar 1917 Reliefs   19th Mar 1917 Reliefs   19th of March 1917  Reliefs 20th Mar 1917 In Billets   20th of March 1917  Composite Division Formed   21st Mar 1917 Snow   21st of March 1917 Quiet 22nd Mar 1917 In Reserve   22nd of March 1917  Orders to Move 23rd Mar 1917 Training   23rd of March 1917 Quiet Time 24th Mar 1917 Training   24th of March 1917 Pioneers On the Move 25th Mar 1917 On the Move 25th Mar 1917 On the March   25th of March 1917  Quiet Day 26th Mar 1917 Poor Billets 26th of March 1917 New Area Prepared 27th Mar 1917 Training 27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve   28th Mar 1917 Wet Day 28th of March 1917  Nothing to Report 29th Mar 1917 Training 29th of March 1917 Pioneers Move 30th Mar 1917 Training 30th of March 1917 Quiet Time 31st Mar 1917 Training 31st of March 1917 Marching Orders   31st Mar 1917 Communication Trenches 31st Mar 1917 Communication Trenches   1st of April 1917 Training 2nd of April 1917  Positions   3rd of April 1917 Training and Orders 4th of April 1917 Orders for Moves   5th of April 1917  Z Day Postponed 6th of April 1917 Orders Received 7th of April 1917 Battalion Locations 17th of April 1917 Consolidation   8th Apr 1917 In Reserve 8th of April 1917 HQ Moves 8th of April 1918  Division Transferred 9th of April 1917 At the Ready   10th Apr 1917 Recce 10th of April 1917 Orders 11th Apr 1917 Recce 11th of April 1917 Dispositions 12th of April 1917 Orders and Reliefs   13th of April 1917  A Push Forward   14th of April 1917 Orders to Move   15th of April 1917 German Line Strong   16th of April 1917 Heavies Bombard Wire   17th Apr 1917 Reliefs 18th Apr 1917 Defence 18th of April 1917 Divisional Front Readjusted   19th Apr 1917 Reliefs 19th of April 1917 Consolidation   20th Apr 1917 Reliefs 20th of April 1917 Orders to Attack   21st Apr 1917 Orders 21st of April 1917 Operations Postponed   22nd Apr 1917 Into Position 22nd of April 1917 Warning Order Received   22nd April 1917 Operational Orders   23rd Apr 1917 Attack Made   23rd of April 1917 Reliefs Complete   24th of April 1917 35 Minute Bombardment   25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front   26th Apr 1917 Inspection 26th of April 1917  At Rest 26th April 1917 Inspection 27th of April 1917 Rest and Training 28th of April 1917 Rest and Training   29th of April 1917  Rest and Reliefs 30th of April 1917 Rest and Training 1st of May 1917  Warning of Relief 2nd of May 1917 13th Inf Bde Moves 3rd of May 1917  95th Inf Bde Moves 4th of May 1917 Relief Completed   5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled   6th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active   7th of May 1917 Left Brigade Shelled   8th May 1917 Enemy Attack   8th of May 1917  Orders to Attack   8th May 1917 Operation 8th/9th May 1917. 8th May 1917 In Action   9th May 1917 Reliefs 9th of May 1917 No Further Advance   10th May 1917 Shelling 10th of May 1917 Enemy Concentration Reported   11th May 1917 Working Parties 11th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active   12th May 1917 Orders 12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled   13th May 1917 Reliefs 13th of May 1917 Front Line Shelled   14th May 1917 Trench Work 14th of May 1917  Divisional Relief Planned   15th of May 1917 Very Quiet Day   16th of May 1917 Quiet Day   17th of May 1917 A Surprise Attack   18th May 1917 Reliefs 18th of May 1917 Retaliatory Shelling   19th of May 1917 Enemy Movement Seen   20th of May 1917 Guns Active   21st May 1917 Reliefs 21st of May 1917 Quiet Night   22nd May 1917 Trench Work 22nd of May 1917  Quiet Day   23rd May 1917 Recce 23rd of May 1917   Enemy Withdrawal?   24th May 1917 Reliefs 24th of May 1917  Relief Completed   25th May 1917 Withdrawal   25th of May 1917 Enemy Raid Counter-attacked   26th May 1917 Recce   26th of May 1917 Quiet Day   27th May 1917 Recce   27th of May 1917 Work 28th of May 1917  Work 29th of May 1917  Work   30th May 1917 Work 31st May 1917 Work and Training   1st of June 1917   Work and Training 2nd of June 1917    3rd of June 1917    9th of June 1917  A Relief   10th of June 1917 Minor Op Planned   12th of June 1917 Relief   13th of June 1917  Work and Training 14th of June 1917 Relief   15th of June 1917   Relief Completed   16th June 1917  Quiet Night   17th of June 1917 Quiet Day   18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active   19th of June 1917  Quiet Day   20th Jun 1917 Reliefs   20th of June 1917 Enemy Reply Feeble   21st of June 1917  Brigade Relief Completed   22nd of June 1917 Gas Bombardment   23rd of June 1917  Quiet Day   24th of June 1917  A Raid   25th of June 1917  Raid Fails   26th of June 1917  Quiet Day   27th Jun 1917 Reliefs   27th of June 1917  Successful Raid   28th Jun 1917 Attack Made 28th of June 1917  Successful Operation    29th Jun 1917 Reliefs 29th of June 1917 Consolidating Gains   30th Jun 1917 Orders 30th of June 1917 Artillery Active   1st of July 1917  Front Line Adjusted   2nd of July 1917  Front Line Shelled   3rd of July 1917 Heavy Hostile Barrage   4th of July 1917  Hostile Battery Silenced   5th of July 1917  Our Trenches Damaged   6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief   7th of July 1917  Quiet Day   8th of July 1917  Heavy Shelling   9th of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled   10th of July 1917 A Raid Ordered   11th of July 1917  Very Quiet Day   12th of July 1917  Back Areas Shelled    13th Jul 1917 Awards 13th of July 1917   Front Extended   14th of July 1917 Quiet Time   15th of July 1917  Heavy Rain   16th of July 1917 A Successful Raid   17th of July 1917 Quiet Time   18th of July 1917 Direct Hits Made   19th of July 1917   Situation Quiet    20th of July 1917  Another Quiet Day   21st of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled   21st July 1917 Mounted Gymkana 22nd of July 1917  Hostile MGs Active   23rd of July 1917 Minenwerfer Active   24th of July 1917 Situation "Very Quiet"   25th of July 1917 MGs Active    26th of July 1917  Very Quiet    27th of July 1917  Gas Attack   28th of July 1917  Slight Shelling    29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief   30th of July 1917  Hostile TMs Active   31st of July 1917   Enemy Increases Artillery Fire   1st of August 1917 MG Activity   2nd of August 1917  Quiet   3rd of August 1917   Snipers Active   4th of August 1917  Hostile Shelling   5th of August 1917  Attempted Raid   6th of August 1917 Gas Used   7th of August 1917  A German Raid   8th of August 1917  LG Post Raided   9th of August 1917 German Guns Active   10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet   11th of August 1917 Very Quiet   12th of August 1917 Back Areas Shelled   13th of August 1917 Two Minute Barrage   14th of August 1917 Back Areas Shelled   15th of August 1917 German Battery Silenced   16th of August 1917 MGs Active   17th of August 1917  German Relief Hit   18th of August 1917  Quiet Day   19th of August 1917  Gas Drums Plan   19th August 1918 Instructions No.2   20th of August 1917 Gas Projected   20th August 1918 7th Tank Battalion. Instructions No.1    21st of August 1917 TMs Silenced   22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled   23rd of August 1917 TMs Hit Oppy Wood   24th of August 1917 Oppy Wood Hit by TMs   25th of August 1917  TMs Hit Oppy Wood   26th of August 1917 Hostile TMs   27th of August 1917 Quiet Time   28th of August 1917 Enemy Guns Active   29th of August 1917  Normal Fire   30th of August 1917  Gas Projected   31st August 1917 Quiet Time   1st of September 1917  Quiet Night   2nd of September 1917 Hostile MG Activity   3rd of September 1917  Quiet   4th of September 1917  Quiet Night   5th of September 1917 Brigades on the March   6th of September 1917 Gas Shelling   7th of September 1917 Training   8th of September 1917  95th Brigade Moves 9th of October 1917 Hostile Guns Active   9th of September 1917 Training Continues 10th of September 1917  Division to Move 11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches 12th of September 1917 Training Continues 13th of September 1917 Training Continues 14th of September 1917  Training Continues 15th of September 1917  Training Continues 16th of September 1917  Warning to Move 17th of September 1917  Training Continues 18th of September 1917 5th Division Transferring 19th of September 1917  Training Continues 20th of September 1917 Training Continues 21st of September 1917 Practice Attack 23rd of September 1917  Artillery Arrive 24th of September 1917 Entraining Starts 25th of September 1917 Entraining Continues   26th of September 1917  Moves Planned   27th of September 1917  Orders Received 28th of September 1917  On the Move   29th of September 1917 Plans   30th of September 1917  Reliefs 1st of October 1917 Orders to Attack   2nd of October 1917   Heavy Shelling   3rd of October 1917 More Heavy Shelling    4th of October 1917 Attack Launched   5th of October 1917 Quieter Night   6th of October 1917 Heavy Hostile Fire   7th of October 1917 Enemy Driven Off   8th of October 1917 Quiet Night   10th of October 1917   "Intense Barrage" Endured   11th of October 1917 Snipers Active   12th of October 1917 Relief Completed 13th of October 1917 Training 14th of October 1917 Training   15th of October 1917 Training 16th of October 1917 Training 17th of October 1917 Training   18th of October 1917 Training 19th of October 1917 Relief Ordered   20th of October 1917 Training   21st of October 1917 Offensive to be Resumed   22nd of October 1917 On the Move 23rd of October 1917 More Moves   24th of October 1917  Enemy Retaliates   25th of October 1917 Incessant Shelling   26th of October 1917 Intermittent Shelling   27th of October 1917  Quiet Time   28th of October 1917 Enemy Guns "Above Normal"   29th of October 1917 A Relief   30th of October 1917 Gas Shells   31st of October 1917 Some Gas Shells    1st of November 1917 Heavy Gas Shelling   2nd of November 1917 Gas Shelling   3rd of November 1917 Enemy Fire   4th of November 1917 Heavy shelling   5th of November 1917 An Attempted Raid   6th of November 1917 Attack Launched   7th of November 1917 Quiet Time   8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet   9th of November 1917  Hostile Selling   10th of November 1917 Quiet Time   11th of November 1917 Quiet Time   12th of November 1917  Quiet Time   13th of November 1917 Nothing to Report 14th of November 1917 95th Brigade Entrain 15th of November 1917 13th Brigade Entrain   16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain 17th of November 1917 Div Arty on the Move 18th of November 1917  18th of November 1917 121st Battery Moves   19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move 20th of November 1917 Nothing to Report 21st of November 1917 No Report 22nd of November 1917 Warning Order Received 23rd of November 1917 Division Ordered to Move 24th of November 1917 Field Coy Returns 25th of November 1917 Pioneers Return 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 12th Dec 1917 Orders   12th Dec 1917 Orders   12th Dec 1917 Orders   24th Dec 1917 Reorganisation 21st Jan 1918 Course 5th Feb 1918 Course Ends 13th Feb 1918 Personnel 21st Feb 1918 Reorganisation 25th Mar 1918 Reorganisation 25th Mar 1918 Appointments 1st of April 1918 Entrainment Starts 2nd of April 1918   HQ Entrains 3rd of April 1918 On the Move 4th of April 1918  Heading to France 5th of April 1918  En Route 6th of April 1918  Div HQ Moves 7th of April 1918  Div HQ Detrains 9th of April 1918 Orders 10th of April 1918  Relief Postponed 11th of April 1918 Movement Details 12th of April 1918 Attack Ordered   13th of April 1918 Enemy Attacks   14th of April 1918  Attacks and Counter-Attacks 15th of April 1918 Orders   15th of April 1918   Another Enemy Attack   16th of April 1918 Situation Quiet   17th of April 1918  A Relief and a Barrage   18th of April 1918  Artillery Active   19th of April 1918 A Raiding Party    20th of April 1918 Fairly Quiet   21st of April 1918   Gas Attack Expected   22nd of April 1918  A Gas Attack   23rd of April 1918 Constant Shelling   24th of April 1918 A Quiet Day   25th of April 1918  Division Attacks   26th Apr 1918 Dispositions of Machine Guns   26th of April 1918  Quiet   26th Apr 1918 Gun Positions   27th of April 1918 Artillery Active   27th Apr 1918 Transport   28th of April 1918 Artillery Quieter   28th Apr 1918 Relief   29th of April 1918 Gas Shelling   30th of April 1918 Artillery Very Active   1st of May 1918  Quiet Night    2nd of May 1918  Enemy Guns Active    3rd of May 1918 Enemy Artillery Active    4th of May 1918 Situation Quiet   5th of May 1918 Quiet Day   6th of May 1918 Our Planes Active    7th of May 1918  Some Gas Shelling   8th of May 1918 Quiet Night   9th of May 1918 Enemy Guns Quiet   10th of May 1918 Gas Shells Used    11th of May 1918 A Raid    12th of May 1918 Our Guns Active   13th of May 1918 Back Areas Bombed    14th of May 1918 Enemy Raid Fails   15th of May 1918 Our Heavies Busy    16th of May 1918 "Sneezing" Gas   17th of May 1918 Active Artillery   18th of May 1918  EAs Active   19th of May 1918 Quiet Front 20th of May 1918 British Attack Success   21st of May 1918 German Attack Fails   22nd of May 1918 Enemy Active   23rd of May 1918 Quiet Night   24th of May 1918  Heavy Gas Shelling   25th of May 1918  MGs Active   26th of May 1918 Quiet Night   27th of May 1918 German Guns Active   28th of May 1918 Our Artillery Replies    29th of May 1918  Two Raids   30th of May 1918 A Relief   31st of May 1918 Situation Unchanged   1st of June 1918  Divisional HQ Moves    2nd of June 1918  Support Coy Gas-shelled   3rd of June 1918   Gas Shelling   4th of June 1918 Quiet Day   5th of June 1918  Brigade Relief   6th of June 1918 Enemy Raid Defeated   7th of June 1918 Situation Normal   8th of June 1918  Gas Projected   9th of June 1918  Quiet Night   10th of June 1918 Wictes Heavily Shelled   11th of June 1918  2 POWs Taken   12th of June 1918 MGs Active   13th of June 1918  Brigade Relief Completed   14th of June 1918 MG Captured   15th of June 1918  Operation Proposed   16th of June 1918 Quiet Night   17th of June 1918 Quiet Day   18th of June 1918 Quiet Night   19th of June 1918 Operation Postponed   20th of June 1918 Situation Unchanged   21st of June 1918  Situation Unchanged   22nd of June 1918  Slight Activity   23rd of June 1918 Unchanged Situation   24th of June 1918  Very Quiet   25th of June 1918 WO95/1510/4   26th of June 1918  Quiet Day   27th of June 1918 Quiet Night   28th of June 1918 Successful Attack   29th of June 1918 Enemy Guns Active   30th of June 1918 Enemy's Heavy Response   1st of July 1918  Situation Unchanged   2nd of July 1918 Artillery Active   3rd of July 1918 Quiet Day   4th of July 1918  Shelling   5th of July 1918 Relief Completed   6th of July 1918 Very Quiet Day   7th of July 1918  Gas Shelling   8th of July 1918 Quiet Day   9th of July 1918   Quiet Night   10th of July 1918  Slight Shellilng   11th of July 1918  Quiet Day   12th of July 1918 Back Areas Bombed   13th of July 1918  Unchanged Situation   14th of July 1918  Snipers Active   15th of July 1918  Slight Shelling   16th of July 1918  Back Areas Bombed   17th of July 1918 Quiet Day   18th of July 1918  Our Guns Active   19th of July 1918 A Few Gas Shells   20th of July 1918  Whole Front Shelled   21st of July 1918  Quiet Day   22nd of July 1918 Quiet Time   23rd of July 1918 Quiet    24th of July 1918  Relief Completed   25th of July 1918 Quiet Day   26th of July 1918 Marraisse Shelled   27th of July 1918  Hostile Activity - Nil   28th of July 1918 Quiet    29th of July 1918  Quiet Day    30th of July 1918 Back Areas Shelled    31st of July 1918 Relief Completed   1st of August 1918 Quiet Day   2nd of August 1918  Situation Quiet   3rd of August 1918  Orders Issued   4th of August 1918 Divisional Relief Ordered   5th of August 1918  Quiet Day   6th of August 1918 Heavy Shelling   7th of August 1918 Divisional Move 8th of August 1918 Training 9th of August 1918  Training   10th of August 1918  Training 11th of August 1918 Training 12th of August 1918 Training 13th of August 1918 Entraining Commenced 14th of August 1918 A New Area 15th of August 1918  Training 16th of August 1918 Training 17th of August 1918  Training 18th of August 1918 On the Move   19th of August 1918 Advanced Brigades to Move   20th of August 1918 Move to Assembly Positions 21st August 1918 Attack Made 21st of August 1918  Division Advances   22nd of August 1918 A New Objective   23rd of August 1918  Division Attacks   24th of August 1918  5th Division Co-operates   25th of August 1918 Brigades Move   26th of August 1918  Enemy Retreats   27th of August 1918 Quiet   28th of August 1918   Situation Unchanged   28th August 1918 Report on Operations with 4th Corps.   29th of August 1918 Enemy Evacuate Town   30th of August 1918  Advance Continues   31st of August 1918  Counter-Attack   1st of September 1918  Attack Sucessful   2nd of September 1918 Strongly Defended 3rd of September 1918  Enemy Withdraws   4th of September 1918 Divisional Relief 5th of September 1918 Rest and Training 6th of September 1918 Rest and Training 7th of September 1918  Rest and Training 8th of September 1918  Rest and Training   9th of September 1918 Rest and Training 10th of September 1918  Rest and Training 11th of September 1918 Warning of Relief 12th of September 1918 Training   13th of September 1918 On the Move   14th of September 1918 On the Move 15th of September 1918 EAs Active   16th of September 1918 Our Artillery Shelled   17th of September 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of September 1918 Attack Commences   19th of September 1918 Enemy Guns Quiet   20th of September 1918  Quiet Time   21st of September 1918  Some Shelling   22nd of September 1918 Field Guns Active   23rd of September 1918 Situation Unchanged   24th of September 1918 Quiet Night   25th of September 1918  Advance Resumed   26th of September 1918 Preparing to Attack   27th of September 1918  28th of September 1918   29th of September 1918  30th of September 1918  Divisional Relief   1st of October 1918  Division Relieved 2nd of October 1918 Training 3rd of October 1918  Training 4th of October 1918   Training 5th of October 1918 Training 6th of October 1918 Training 7th of October 1918   Training 8th of October 1918 New Area   9th of October 1918  On the Move    10th of October 1918 On the Move   11th of October 1918  On the Move 12th of October 1918 New Divisional Area 13th of October 1918  Attack Repulsed   14th of October 1918 Frequent Shelling   15th of October 1918  Heavy Shelling   16th of October 1918 Gas Shelling   17th of October 1918 Situation Quiet    18th of October 1918  Gas Shelling    19th of October 1918 Very Quiet   20th Oct 1918 Attack Made   20th of October 1918    21st of October 1918     22nd of October 1918 Advance to Resume   23rd of October 1918 Heavy Bombardment 24th of October 1918 Resting and Training 25th of October 1918  Resting and Training 26th of October 1918  Resting and Training 27th of October 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Want to know more about 5th Division? There are:2071 items tagged 5th Division 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 Division during the Great War 1914-1918. Coates Ernest. Pte. 12th Btn. (d.5th Oct 1917) Donaldson Hugh Murray. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.4th Oct 1917) Edwards Joseph. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.18th Nov 1914) Higgins John. Pte. 1st Btn. D Coy. Johnston William Henry. Mjt. (d.8th Jun 1915) Lauder George Herbert. L/Cpl. 2nd Btn. (d.25th Nov 1917) McVitie William Johnston. L/Sgt. 9th Btn (d.25th Sep 1915) Parkes Alfred. Pte. 2nd Btn. Rae John. Pte. 2nd Btn. (d.3rd Sep 1916) Rason Thomas. Gnr. Tailyour George Foster Hercules. Maj. White Charles Gordon. Gnr. 460(H) Bty. (d.3rd June 1918) Wilkin George. Pte. 1st Btn. (d.27th Sep 1918) Wilson John. Gnr. 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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. 1206603 L/Cpl. George Herbert Lauder 2nd Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.25th Nov 1917) My Dad's Uncle George Lauder was always a favorite topic of his. He has photos of George in France from 1914 to 1917. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial. My dad was a Wilks, George was my grans elder brother. George played cricket for the same team as my grandad and possibly this is how my granddad Lance met Beatrice. George will be remembered this year and each year to 2017 with far moire poignancy than ever before. George served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry during WW1 and was killed, aged 22, on the 25th November 1917. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, near Ypres, Belgium. He was the Son of John Lauder, of 190 Wales Rd., Sheffield. Glenn Wilks Add to this record. 1206245 Pte. Ernest Coates 12th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment (d.5th Oct 1917) Ernest Coates joined the South Lancs Regiment enlisting in Preston around 1915. We think he was injured in France and returned to the UK for convalescence and recovery and then returned to active duty but was transferred to the 12 Gloucestershire Battalion sometime between December 1916 and Feb 1917. He was killed in the Battle of Broodseinde on the 5 Oct 1917 aged 21. Philip Coates Add to this record. 1206213 Pte. Alfred Parkes 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment Alfred Parkes was a Boy Soldier. He was only just 16 years old when he was volunteering in August 1915. He was drafted three months later to the Western Front where he was engaged in several sectors and took part in the Battle of the Somme, the Battle at Arras, the Battle at Cambrai and finally the Battle of St Quentin. During these engagements he was wounded and afterwards returning home he was discharged in November 1918. He holds the 1914 - 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals. Simon Long Add to this record. 1206104 Pte. John Higgins 1st Btn. D Coy. Cheshire Regiment My Grandfather John Higgins had served pre-war with the British Army as part of the 5th Btn, Manchester Regiment from August 1906 and at the start of World War 1 was an engine cleaner for Liverpool Corporation Tramways but also still an army reservist who was called up at Chester on 6th August 1914 and assigned to 1st Btn Cheshire Regt. He was sent with the regiment as part of 15th Brigade, 5th Division to France as part of the Original B.E.F which subsequently became known as "The Old Contemptibles". As a member of "D" company on 24th August 1914 he found himself positioned at a crossroad close to a colliery outside the small Belgian village of Audregnies. The 1st Cheshires were directly faced by 4 German battalions that day and together with 1st Battalion The Norfolk Regiment and supporting cavalry stopped the entire German advance on the town for over 4 hours thereby playing their part in preventing the encirclement of the British 2nd Corps by the German 4th Corps. John with the majority of his platoon was taken prisoner that day (only 8 days after arriving in France) and spent the next 4 years as a prisoner of war in the German PoW camp at Geissen near Frankfurt. After liberation he returned to work for The Liverpool Corporation Tramways as a Conductor, married my grandmother Charlotte Rumble, and unfortunately passed away prematurely at the age of 40 in 1930. Peter Higgins Add to this record. 259635 Gnr. Thomas Rason Royal Field Artillery Thomas Rason served with the Royal Field Artillery in 15th Brigade, 5th Division. Add to this record. 256906 Pte. John Rae 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.3rd Sep 1916) John Rae was my great Grandmother's nephew and a distant cousin of mine. John served with the 2nd Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers in WW1. He was killed in action at the Somme, 3rd of September 1916 aged 20. I have no photo. Susan Taylor Add to this record. 245967 Maj. George Foster Hercules Tailyour Royal Field Artillery Major George Tailyour was Brigade Major with 5th Division, Royal Field Artillery at the Battle of Le Cateau, referred to by the men as Cheese in the Le Cateau mousetrap, on 26th of August 1914. By 13.45 hrs the battle was going against the British and the decision was made by the Corps commander to withdraw. At the Reumont Wagon Lines Major Tailyour placed 52 Field Battery teams on standby to assist with the withdrawal and then led the 80 Field Battery teams forward to recover guns and howitzers. He verbally circulated the order to retire. He is believed to have ridden his horse past the Batteries calling out 'The order is to retire'. Then went further forward on foot among the Suffolks before ending up thoroughly exhausted and collapsing at the XV Field Brigade Group CP/OP. Together with 2,500 others he was captured and taken Prisoner of War. He was sent to the PoW camp at Clausthal in Bavaria until the 5th January 1918 when he was on parole in Holland until the 23rd October 1918. He died in command of the Royal Artillery Brigade in Colchester in 1921 due to problems caused by time as a Prisoner of War. R S Tailyour Add to this record. 220766 Pte. George Wilkin 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment (Queen's Own) (d.27th Sep 1918) George Wilkin served with the 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment during WW1. He died on the 27th September 1918 and is commemorated onthe Vis-en-Artois Memorial in France. He was the son of George and Rhoda Wilkin of 7 Dordans Road, Leagrave, Luton. Beds. S Flynn Add to this record. 220456 Pte. Joseph Edwards 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.18th Nov 1914) Joseph Edwards served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers during WW1 and died, age 15, on the 18th November 1914. He is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate in Belgium. J Edwards Add to this record. 219893 L/Cpl. Hugh Murray Donaldson 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.4th Oct 1917) Hugh Murray Donaldson was my great great grandfather. He died when my grandfather was 5 yrs old. I've found his army will online and I am trying to find his grave. I'm guessing he died at Ypres but I don't know for sure. Editor's note: 18448 L/Cpl Hugh Murray Donaldson served with the 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers and died on the 4th October 1917. He is buried in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium. Add to this record. 218663 Mjt. William Henry Johnston VC MID. Royal Engineers (d.8th Jun 1915) William Johnston served with the Royal Engineers as Brigade Major in 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division during WW1 and died on the 8th June 1915, Age: 34. He is buried in the Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium . He was the son of Mary Johnston, of 36, Cathcart Rd., South Kensington, London, and the late Maj. William Johnston. An extract from the Supplement to The London Gazette, No. 28985, of 25th Nov., 1914, records the following:- At Missy, on 14th Sept., under a heavy fire all day until 7 p.m., worked with his own hand two rafts bringing back wounded and returning with ammunition; thus enabling the advanced Brigade to maintain its position across the river. S Flynn Add to this record. 216447 L/Sgt. William Johnston McVitie 9th Btn London Regiment (d.25th Sep 1915) William Johnston McVitie, Lance Sergeant 2780, enlisted in Camden Town and served in the 1st/9th Battalion the London Regiment. He was killed in action age 24 on the 25th September 1915 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church, Jarrow Cemetery and Loos Memorial. Panel 130 to 135. His medal card shows the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals and that he was killed in action. William was born in Whitburn 1891, son of William and Margaret McVitie nee Hogg of 55 Monkton Terrace, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family are living 10 Maughan Street, Newcastle with William(61)an engineering works millwright and Margaret his wife of 32 years. They had 5 children with three having survived. Only William(20) a colliery clerk, is living at home. Vin Mullen Add to this record. 216256 Gnr. Charles Gordon White 460(H) Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.3rd June 1918) Charles Gordon White, Gunner 33960, enlisted in Newcastle on the 2nd September 1912 and served in 460 bty. Royal Field Artillery and died on the 3rd June 1918. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Douchy les Ayette British Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. Charles was born in Tursdale Colliery 1890. His mother was Sally White. He was married to Beatrice Ellen White. In the 1911 census they are living at West Terrace, Coxhoe. Charles(20) is a Coal Miner Rolleyman and Beatrice (19) has been married for 2 years. They have a daughter Sarah one year old. Beatrice remarried and effects were sent to Mrs BE Murray, 49 Charles Street, Jarrow. Vin Mullen Add to this record. 216178 Gnr. John Wilson Royal Garrison Artillery (d.12th April 1918) John Wilson, Gunner 37939, enlisted at Jarrow and served with the 5th/6th Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. He died age 29 on the 12th April 1918 and is remembered at St. Paul's Church and Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1. VI.B.13. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. John was born in Jarrrow 1889, son of Gibson and Ann Wilson of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 40 Nansen Street, Jarrow. Gibson(60) is a stevedore and his wife of 39 years Annie has had 11 children of whom 7 survived with 5 living at this address. Matthew(31) widower and John(24) single, are both stevedores. Annie(21), Frances(18) and Phyllis(16) are all single at home. Matthew,s only surviving daughter Phyllis is 8 years old. Early in 1918 Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries V5 with 5th Division and V6 with 6th Division were combined as Corps Units as target were reduced by German Tactics. They operated 9045 Mortars known as flying pigs. Vin Mullen Add to this record.

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