1st February 1917 On this day:    By 1917 the factory at Gretna was employing 11,576 women and 5,966 men, and producing eight hundred tons of Cordite RDB every week, more than all the total production of all other munitions plants in Britain. Enemy Artillery very Active   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report from Ypres. Enemy artillery very active indeed on Back areas and Batteries. A test SOS call was received by Group at 2111 and all Batteries had full response within two minutes. 2/Lt D S Culterall was transferred from C236 Battery to the 47th Divisional Ammunition Column with effect from 31st January 1917. War Diaries Railway Activity   16th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles - Pioneers. Work continued with the temporary labour battalion in the front line and support trenches throughout February with the rest of the Pioneers still fully occupied on the following Railway lines: Broadgauge Railway - work continued at Ouderdom. 60cm railway line - from point L1 to a point on the Wijverhock/Vierstraat line. 60cm railway line - from Busseboom to Ouderdom. 60cm railway line - Busseboom, Brandhoek, Kemmel branch lines included. Substantial replacements were received in manpower. In total they had an influx of 220 men from 1/5 and 2/15 London Regiments, the Bedfordshire Regiment and 20 from the Reserve Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Infantry training continued to be carried out, presumably on Sundays as a break from the heavy railway work. February 1917 casualties, none recorded. The Terrors by SN White Ongoing training   6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Feb. 1917 - In billets - 2 companies at Hanchy, HQ and 2 companies at Le Festel. Company training. Snow fell during the morning. war diaries    Advance    HEUZECOURT Continuation of training according to Divisional Programme. Frost continued. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Attack Made  Entertainment  Recruitment  New CO  Bravery Recognised  Heavy Shelling Received  Forty 105mm Shells  In Camp  Working Parties  Orders  Reliefs  Very Cold  In the Trenches    Artillery Targets - 1st Phase  Machine Gun Targets  Artillery Targets - 3rd Phase  Artillery Targets - 2nd Phase  Orders  Very Cold  On the March  Specialists Training  Training.  Orders that the Division was to be ready to move  Balloon Spotted  Battalion resumed training.  Reliefs  In the trenches.  Reorganisation  In the Front Line  Training  Reorganisation  Reinforcements  Enemy Active  Holding the Line  In Camp  28th Australian Battalion reconoitered trenches  Parade  G.A. 119 received  Relieved  Sopwith Pup captured by German airforce  German navy trapped in port 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 February 1917. Deck Hand George Scott Aitken. H.M. Trawler Stratherrick. Read their Story. Pte. Alex Bennett. Jamaica Contingent British West Indies Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. R. H. Billings. 173 Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William Boothby. 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Duffy. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Mitchell Fryer. 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Mitchell Fryer. 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment Read their Story. Cpl Benjamin Harry Hunt. 14th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Pte. John Isherwood. 20th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Nicholas McFarlane. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Thomas McKnight. 10th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Gnr. Charles James Munday. 173rd Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Horace Walter Nicholls. 5th (London) Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Pte. William Paul. 14th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. CSM Albert Edward Purkiss. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Pte. Peter Reynolds. 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Jesse Sheppard. 14th (Service) Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. William George Stimpson. 2nd Division Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery Add a name to this list.

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