4th February 1915 On this day: 2nd Life Guards in trenches   2nd Life Guards are in trenches. 1 Officer Royal Artillery and some men and 6 trench mortars arrived. All hands were busy all day and night bringing up stores at night and baling trenches and at sanitation all day. The French apparently used only loop holes for fire, so we had to make a step for use to fire over parapet in case of attack. War Diary Schütte-Lanz Airship.   Schütte-Lanz SL5 First Flight: 4th February 1915 Length: 153.1 metres (502 ft) Diameter: 19.75 metres (65 ft) Gas Capacity: 32,470 cubic meters Performance: 83.2 km/h Payload: 14.3 tonnes Engines: 4 Daimler 840 hp/626 kW total SL5 was an army airship, based at Darmstadt. The structure was damaged during the first flight, but repaired after several months work. During its second flight the ship was forced down by bad weather at Gießen and stricken from service on the 5th July 1915. John Doran Visit of Surgeon General O'Donnell to RAMC Armentières   Lt Soltau returned from Sherwood Foresters on being relieved by Lt Perry from leave of absence. Surg. General O'Donnell visited the Field Ambulance this afternoon. War Diary 19th Field Ambulance RAMC  Submarine Blockade  In Support  2nd Queens on the move  Sunny day  On the March  Training  At Rest  In Billets  Route March  Shelling  Exercise  Attack Made  Chicken Sentries  Message  TrenchImproved  Reorganisation  In Billets  Shelling  Quiet 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 February 1915. Sea. William Henry Chafe. HMS Clan McNaughton Read their Story. Pte. John Charles Goudie. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte Charles Hobson. 2nd Btn West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Johannes Henoch Neethling. MID Transport and Remounts Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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