2nd June 1917 On this day:  Armourer Sgt. inspected rifles of "A" & "B" Coys. Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Wire cutting continued in cooperation with French Mortars and harassing fire carried out on tracks and communication trenches. D236 Battery bombarded five forward enemy front positions. In reply to all day bombardment by our heavy batteries the enemy retaliated with a few rounds on Batteries and Group HQ. Staff Sergeant Masters and one gunner were killed and two Sergeants wounded all in A236 Battery. Lieut A.F. Blackwell A236 Battery slightly wounded and missing in back area,believed killed. Later found to have been killed. Usual heavy firing on enemy roads and communications and wire. War Diaries  Moved Out  Return of working parties  Route Recce  Patrols  Training  Trench Work  Messines Hit by Anzacs  Working Parties  Bombardment  Working Parties  Fundraising  Training  In Billets  Moves Afoot  Move  Position Occupied  Inspection  Training  In Action    Reliefs  Reliefs  Training  Working Parties  Bathing completed  Instructions for attack  Route March  Col. Baker-Carr D.S.O. inspected  Very little Enemy Sniping  Training. 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, 2nd of June 1917. Pte. Cecil Beaumont Badnall. 48th Btn. L/Cpl. John Henry Cravern. 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Robert Norval Cunningham. 1st/10th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Rgt. Read their Story. Alfred Forman. 9th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Garbutt. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Gnr. C. H. Goodier. 103rd Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery Rfmn. John Hanna. 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Ast.Cook. Robert Hannan. SS Hollington Read their Story. Dvr. Ernest Lees. MM. 103rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William Corless Lilley. 36th Btn. Royal Fusiliers L/Cpl. James McCoubrey. 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Private Norman Ernest Milne. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Pte. John Thomas Noble. 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Cptn. Stuart Ramsay. DSO MID 8th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. William Wade. 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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