2nd November 1916 On this day:  Officers reconnoitred trenches held by 92nd Brigade  Reliefs Light Bad   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Light bad in the morning for registration. Some trench mortar and artillery activity displayed on our front about 1300. D236 Battery fired in retaliation for this. War Diaries    200th Siege Battery reached Le Havre on 2nd of November having sailed from Southampton and went straight up to the line at Loos.  Ongoing training  Field work  Enemy Working  A Deep Impression  Night Duty  Rain Fall  Reliefs  Working Parties and Reliefs  In Action  On the March  Working Parties  On the March  Shelling  In the Trenches  Reliefs  Exercise  Heavy Rain  Orders  Instructions  Orders  Shelling  Heavy Retaliation  Working Parties and Training  Reliefs  Consolidation  Patrol Reports Welcomed  Move  Working Party  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Reliefs  Inspection  On the March  Operational Orders  Instructions for Operational Order.  Brigade reliefs  Outpost duties  B.M. 80 sent to 52nd Division  A Relief 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 November 1916. Pte. Albert Edward Bailey. 101st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Pte. John Barton. C Coy. 8th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Haddon Samuel Martin. 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. Roy Walter Mennell. 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Private Robert McQueen Pearson. 11th Batallion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Pte. Ernest William Shephard. 4th Btn. B Coy. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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