4th April 1917 On this day: Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report On wire cutting A236 Battery fired one hundred and seventy rounds, B236 Battery one hundred and four, C236 Battery one hundred and thirty three and X47 Battery twenty five with good results being obtained. D236 Battery fired on area bombardment. War Diaries SS Missourian    SS Missourian Name SS Missourian, Type Steamer, Country USA. GRT 7,924 tons, Built 1903, Builder Maryland Steel Co. Sparrow’s Point, Maryland. Operator American-Hawaiian Steamship Co., New York. History On the 4th April 1917 SS Missourian was sunk off Porto Maurizio (Ita.). 43.33N, 08.15E by U 52 (Hans Walther) en route Genoa to Boston. No casualties. John Doran  Ongoing training  Artillery Active  Posts Established  Local Kindness  Bombardment Commences  Reorganisation  Food Shortages  In the Trenches  Roads and Bridges  Recce  On the March  Training  Working Parties  Active Artillery  In the Trenches      Brigade Scheme  Orders  Anti Aircraft Duty  On the March  French advance  Training  In the Trenches  Orders for Moves  Reorganisation  On the March  Reliefs  Programme of training continued  Reliefs  Artillery Active  Posting  Lewis Guns and Rifles of H.Q. inspected  LG Courses and Work  Shelling  Relief Complete  Gas Projectors fired  Brigade marched towards Khan Yunus  On the Move  Inspected by the Commanding Officer.  Training  On the Move  Funeral  Enemy shelled Canal Bank 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, 4th of April 1917. Cpt. Percy Ernest Adams. 2/5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Pte. Richard Ashwin. 11th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Barber. 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Rfm. Edward Hudson Basnett. 11th Btn. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) Read their Story. Pte. James Henry Braithwaite. 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Lt. George W. Dimery. 15th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. William Hadfield. 11th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Read their Story. Sgt. John W. Hemsley. 2nd 5th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Sgt. John William Hemsley. 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Pte. Alexander Jordan. 10th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Spr. Frederick Malyon. 12th Field Company Royal Engineers, att Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Meredith. 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. Edward James Rixon. 2nd Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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