1st December 1917 On this day:  Football  Retreat from Cambrai 327th Siege Battery, RGA join 23 HAG.   327th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was resubordinated to 23 Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) from 14 HAG on 01 December 1917. Reliefs   At 9.30 a.m. Orders received for 21st London Regiment to be ready to move at once to reinforce either 140th or 141st Infantry Brigade. Reconnaissance made of possible supporting positions W & E of Anneux. 3 p.m. Warning received of probable relief of 15th London Regt in Bourlon Wood. 5 p.m. Orders received to reinforce 141 Infantry Brigade East of Anneux. Battalion prepares to move. C.O. reports to 140th and 141st Brigade Hqrs for orders. 6 p.m. Orders cancelled & new orders received to proceed with the relief of 15th London Regiment already prepared for. War Diary 200 Siege Bty on The Somme   200th Siege Battery move from Verbrandenmolen down to the Somme in December 1917, where they served in a further 20 locations ending up in Pont a Pierre shorty before Armistice day. Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Gomincourt. The Battalion left Gomincourt at 1200 for Rocquigny and arrived at 1930. War Diaries SS Euphorbia lost   SS Euphorbia, Gross Tonnage 3,109, defensively-armed merchant ship, travelling from Bassein to London with cargo of rice on the 1st of December 1917, when she was torpedoed without warning and sunk by submarine U75 (Johannes Lohs) 14 miles E by S from Royal Sovereign Lighthouse Vessel, with 14 lives lost.  Training    Under Attack    ARLEUX EN GOHELLE Enemy artillery very active in the early morning until 2.45am with gas shells & HE on WILLERVAL, RED LINE and vicinity of ARLEUX, SUGAR FACTORY ROAD. Several HE falling near SEVERN ALLEY, TOMMY ALLEY ad ARLEUX LOOP SOUTH near Battalion HQ. During the day ARLEUX LOOP NORTH, OAK ALLEY & NOVASCOTIA TR also received considerable attention, especially in the vicinity of the AA Vickers Guns at the junction of OAK ALLEY, ARLEUX LOOP NORTH. Our artillery fairly active against FRESNOY, FRESNOY PARK, FRESNOY WOOD, NEUVIREUIL and BOIS VILAIN. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  In Action  Shelling  Counter Attack  Constant Lookout Kept  Holding the Line  In the Trenches  Training  Training  Night bomber training  In the Trenches  Reorganisation  Reliefs  New Squadron formed  Into Position  A Tiring March  New Squadron formed  Preparations  Instruction  Construction  Detachment to Aden  Reliefs  New Squadron formed    Football Match  In the Line  Guards, fatigues, escorts, blockade posts  Move  Battalion in Reserve.  Move  In Billets  Training  Enemy Massing  Reliefs  Reliefs  Operational Orders  Orders  Working Party  Aerodrome attacked in the Dardenelles  Brigade Commanders Conference Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 1st of December 1917. Cpl. Charles Arthur Balshaw. 2nd Pontoon Park Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. Leo Francis Banville. 2/4th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Coady. 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Ellis. 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards Read their Story. Pte. Lawrence Emmott. 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards Read their Story. Pte. James Goss. 24th (Pembroke and Glamorgan Yeomanry) Btn. Welch Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Edward Joyce. 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade Rflmn. Edward Joyce. 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade L/Cpl. Thomas McDermott. 11 Sqdn. Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Read their Story. Pte George McGowan. 15th Battalion Highland Light Infantry A/Capt. Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid. VC. 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) Read their Story. Capt. Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid. VC. 4th Btn. att. 17th Btn Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. F. Meiners. 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte Henry Pate. 1/5 Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpt. George Henry Tatham Paton. VC MC. 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards Read their Story. Rflmn. George Henry Perry. 1st Btn. Rifle Brigade Rflmn. Charles Percival H Proud. 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edward William Rees. 1st Btn. Welsh Guards Lt.Col. Robert Cecil Smith. 20th Bn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Mjr. Robert Lloyd Thompson. MC 173rd Brigade, C Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John Tibbatts. 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Read their Story. Stwd. George Ross Heron Wales. SS Euphorbia Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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