2nd September 1918 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Noordhoek. At 0600 a move was made to vicinity of Grampus Cottage. Battalion Headquarters was made at S.18.b.70.10. Various gun pits and shell holes being used as shelters. The Officers reconnoitered forward positions. At night the enemy shelled frequently with light field guns and 5.9s. 'A' Company had to move their quarters. War Diaries  Night patrols  Reliefs Complete  Line Held  Attack Made  Into the Trenches  Orders Received  Reinforcements    Improvements  On the Move  On the Move  Objectives Taken  On the March  In Action  On the Move  Orders  Operation Continues  In Action  Orders to Assemble    On the March  On the Move  Strongly Defended  Inspection  On Notice to Move  Training  Usual Patrols at night.  In position in Tank Support  Tanks in Action.  Missing in Action 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 September 1918. Chief Engine Room Artific Abraham. H.M.S. Victory Read their Story. Private Horace Adkins. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Alexander. 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Private Harold Edmund Archer. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Private Frederick Robert Ash. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Act.L/Sgt. Edward Ashman. 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Lt. Robert Erskine Atwell. 4th Btn. Connaught Rangers Read their Story. Pte. Peter Bagan. 1st Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Baker. 7th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Bermingham. 56th Btn. Read their Story. Cpl. Alexander Henry Buckley. VC 54th Battalion Pte. Percy Charnock. 9th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick George Cleak. 74th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Charles Cephas Coley. 25th Btn. Read their Story. Cpl. Arthur George Cozens. 1/4th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Percy Maurice Stanley Crane. 19th (St Pancras) Battalion London Regiment Pte. Ralph William Curry. 14th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Lt. George Dundas. MC & Bar A Bty. 161st Bde Read their Story. Pte. Desmond Dunne-Hannon. 7th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Alfred Eades. 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Robert Henry Evans. 2nd/4th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Edward Hammonds. 16th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Hearn. 16th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Wilfrid Holden. 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Bn Somerset Light Infantry. Read their Story. Private Frederick Arthur Hopps. 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph William Horsley. 9th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Husband. 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Read their Story. 2Lt Francis Howard Jenkins. 12th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Btn Somerset Light Infantry Pte. Wallace John Jones. 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers Pte. John Wallace Keith. 14th (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. John Keith. 14th Btn. (Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Read their Story. Pte. William Ernest Kirkland. att. 1st/23rd Bn. London Regiment East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Hugh McIver. VC, MM & Bar. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Read their Story. Pte William Miller. 2nd Btn Lancashire Fusiliers Rflmn. Charles Clarence Mills. 18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Nightingale. 9th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. Harry Nightingale. 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Harry Nightingale. 9th Btn Dunster Force Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Nightingale. 9th Btn Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. Harry Nightingale. 11th Battalions Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Ridgway. 2nd Battalon London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas William Riley. 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Henry Roberts. 2/4th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding) Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Ceil Haggart Shaver. MM. 2nd Bde Canadian Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Albert Henry Shears. 16th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Smales. 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Smith. 16th Btn. (Manitoba Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. George Staplehurst. 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sidney George Stiddard. 12th Btn. Tank Corps Read their Story. L/Cpl. John Thomas Thompson. 1st Btn. Cheshire Regiment Rfmn. Henry Arthur Walker. 34th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Lt/Col. Richard Annesley West. VC DSO MC attd. Tank Corps North Irish Horse Read their Story. Cpl. William Harold Wheddon. 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Willliam Montague Wormald. 209th Sqdn. Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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