4th April 1918 On this day: On the Move.   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse), Royal Irish Fusiliers entrained at Eu for Rexpoede at 2am travelling by motor lorries to Herzeele. War Diaries  Counter-attack at Hangard Wood  Inspections Naval Action   The armed transports Henry R. Mallory, Tenadores and Mercury were steaming back to the United States in convoy after having completed a troop transportation voyage to France. At 11.45 in the morning, a German U-boat surfaced and fired torpedoes at Mallory. Lookouts aboard the transport spotted the torpedoes allowing the ship to successfully evade them. The submarine was sighted by the other American transports. All three ships opened fire with their main guns and appeared to hit the U-boat as she submerged. The vessels then manoeuvred in close and depth charged the last-known location of the Germans. The three American vessels were credited with sinking the attacking submarine. The convoy reached the United States on or about the 13th of April 1918. John Doran  On the Move    At Frevillers 18th DLI engaged in Kit inspection and Coy training. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Enemy Artillery Active  State of ADS  Baths  Reliefs  Reliefs  In Reserve  Refitting Work  Hostile Shelling  Orders  Quiet  On the Move  In Billets  Hostile Artillery  In Billets  On the March  Reinforcements  Reliefs  Shelling  Reliefs  In hospital  Trench Work  At Rest  Quiet  A Gas Attack Planned  Trench Work  Reliefs  Lewis Guns  Quiet  Trench Raid  An Appreciation  Relief Complete  Harassing Fire  Reconnoitres  Patrols  Reinforcements  Quiet  Enemy Aircraft  Inter-Coy Relief  On the Move  On the Move  Inspiring Conduct In Recent Battle  Fatigues  Quiet  Baths  Heading to France  Day was spent in packing up and preparing for entrainment.  Detraining  At Anchor  Patrols  On the Move  Operational Orders  Relief Table  Operational Orders  Preparing for trenches.  Marched to No.2 Infantry Base Depot  Training  On the Move 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 1918. Pte. Charles Frederick Adcock. 9th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Signalman John Dunlop Anderson. H.M.S. Bittern. Read their Story. Able Seaman John Andrews. H.M.S. Bittern. Read their Story. C.Q.M.S. Albert John Archer. A Coy. 33rd Btn. Cpl. Thomas Banks. MM. 1st Bn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. C. E. Butt. 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. L/Cpl. Hugh Crawford. MM. No.1 Squadron Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Read their Story. Pte. William Moses Elwick. 1st Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Stkr. William Charles Follett. HMS Bittern Read their Story. Gnr. William Forber. 228th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillary Pte. William Franklin. 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade Pte. Roland Glover. 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Norman Hawling. 16th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Arthur Sydney Lennox Hay. 1st/6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Jack Hawley Janes. MM. 5th Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Rflmn. Edward Charles Moore. 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade Major. John Charles O'Callaghan. MC & Bar. 190th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Stoker Samuel Osborne. HMS Bittern Read their Story. Pte. John Perry. 7th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Stkr. Edmund Phillipson. HMS Bittern Pte. William Roberts. 2nd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment 2Lt. Frank Edward Scott. 405th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John Spencer. 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Edmund Joseph Wale. 8th Battalion Princess of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) Sgt. James Webster. Motor Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Ralph Whalley. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Cpl. Charles Wilson. 10th Btn. Rifle Brigade Cpl. Charles Wilson. 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade Add a name to this list.

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