3rd November 1917 On this day: 9th Irish Fusilers form working parties   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers are at Ruyaulcourt. With A & B Companies on working parties today. At 1630 C Company left Ruyaulcourt and marched up to the line to carry out a raid. The enemy's front line was successfully penetrated from the Canal (K.26.d.05.95) to about 150 yards east of it. The fighting was very severe as the enemy refused to surrender. Our men stayed in the enemy trenches for twenty minutes and bayoneted and shot at least forty Germans. We suffered some casualties, mostly from bombs: one Officer severely wounded, one Officer slightly wounded; one NCO killed, three Other Ranks missing believed killed, thirteen Other Ranks wounded, one R.E [Royal Engineer] (NCO) severely wounded. War Diaries 122 Seige Battery in billets   122 Siege Battery, RGA are in Billets at RT of Ypres  rest and relocation  Reorganisation  Wet Day  Shelling  A Successful Raid  Digging trenches  Patients  Training  Patrols  Killed in training  Working Parties  Football  Training  Orders  Church Parade  A Successful Raid  Gas  Orders  Intelligence  Training  In Camp  On the Move  Conference  Recce  Outbreak  Resting  Enemy Fire  Large working parties  Quiet day. Nothing to report.  New Trench  Usual working parties.  Route March  Church Parades  7th Tank Regt. practiced with the Infantry.  Leave  Working Parties. 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, 3rd of November 1917. Lt. Owen Augustus Ellis Allen. 81 Squadron Read their Story. Deck Hand Samuel Anderson. H.M. Drifter Deliverer. Read their Story. Pte. Daniel Barry. 365th M.T. Coy Royal Army Service Corps Read their Story. L.Tel. William Leo Carroll. HMS Beagle Read their Story. Gnr. Joseph Henry Chynoweth. 86th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery Sgt. Ernest Arthur Franklin. 4th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Capt. William Wesson Frith. CdeG. 169th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Cpl. Herbert Edward Bicheno Hawkins. 1st/5th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Morris Perks. 1/4th Battalion Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Rifleman David Lindsay Pountney. Read their Story. Pte A C Ralph. 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Norman Bernard Vernon Rothery. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Tom Shepherd. 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. Harry Christopher Sparling. 10th/11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. Frederick Andrew Tanner. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Add a name to this list.

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