2nd March 1916 On this day:  Baths and Training 2nd Royal Fusiliers leave Suez   The 2nd Royal Fusilers embarked from Port Jewfick aboard the Alaunia, sailing through the Canel to Port Said. 7th Inniskillings under instruction in the line   7th Inniskillings are at Philosophe West, on the line under instruction from more experienced Scottish soldiers. 12th Btn KOYLI sail from Port Said   12th Btn Kings Oown Yorkshire Light Infantry leave Port Said on the 2nd of March 1916 onboard the LLandovery Castle.  Objective Captured  Into Trenches  Treated as an Honoured Guest  Attack made  On the Move On the Move   At 8.20am 18th Battalion DLI departed from Kantara for Port Said. The National Archives Reference WO95/2361/1  Artillery In Action  Attack Made  On the Move  In Billets  Success  Parades for physical drill,    Orders  Attack Made  Demonstration  Bombardment  Trench Work  Training  Reliefs  Very Strong Enemy Wire  Training  Recce  Instruction  Defence Work  On the Move  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  In Billets  Orders  In Billets all day. Working Parties   7th Buffs are engaged on making DaoursContay Railway. 600 men per day, leaving billets at 7.30 am and returning to St Gratienabout 5.30.pm 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049  Officers reconnoitred French 2nd Line West of Arras.  Brigade Exercise  On the Move  On the Move  Reliefs  Reliefs  Reliefs  On the Move  Marched along West side of Suez Canal to Kantara  An Inspection  Three Posts moved to Kantara  British Bi-Plane flew very low over our lines. 8th Manchesters arrive in France   8th Manchesters land at Marseilles having sailed form Egypt and entrain for the Western Front. 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 March 1916. Pte. John Booth. 26th (Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. Robert John Bradbury. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Marshall Chapman. 1st Btn West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Read their Story. Pte. George Dixon. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Grocock. 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. David Hynd Hart. DCM. 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Gordon Hornby. 10th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Ernest Jones. 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancasters) Regiment L/Cpl. John Henry Marris. 7th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Hugh Macdonald Mees. 18th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Sgt. Herbert North. MM. 10th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte John Maile Parkin. 7th Btn Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. George Frederick Prescott. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. William "Willie" Stevenson. 1st Btn Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte Herbert Thomas. 9th Btn West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons) Pte. Thomas Henry Wellard. 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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