4th October 1916 On this day:  Musketry.  Prevention Bad Light   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Mametz Wood. Very quiet day on our front with no infantry action at all. C236 Battery has one gun in it's new position and B236 Battery has 4. The light is very bad, but some registration is done by the Batteries. It has rained for most of the day. War Diaries  Reinforcements  Divisional Inspections  Listening Posts  The Problem of Dark Evenings    Quiet in morning. 18th Durhams are relieved in The Trenches of the Givenchy Sector by 1st Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry and moved into Village (support) Line. No casualties. D Coy. held Givenchy Keep, Hilders, Herts. A Coy. Pont Fixe South. B Coy. Orchard. Heavy rain at night. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On the March  Troop Ship Sunk  Shelling  Working Parties  In the Front Line    On the Move  Reliefs  Reorganisation  Shelling  Training  Shoots  On the March  Hostile Patrol Fired On  In Billets  Holding the Line  Orders  Defence Work and Training  Reliefs  In billets  Reliefs Underway  121st Infantry Brigade Order No. 25.  Table  Relief Orders  General Notes.  Y Party Timetable.  Orders  X Party Timetable.  Orders Issued  120th Infantry Brigade O.O.32  Orders Received  Training  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  On the Move  Occasional rain,   Training  Marched to Bresle.  Moved to Somme area  Tactical exercise   Trenches Heavily Shelled  Musketry  Baths  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, 4th of October 1916. Deck Hand Robert John Arnott. H.M. Trawler Rodney Read their Story. Pte William Henry Baily. 6th Btn East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Battisson. 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Pte. Alfred John Bunyard. 32nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Hubert Everard Clifton. MC. 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Joseph Connolly. 6th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Spr. Edwin Forbes Dick. 1st/1st Edinburgh Field Coy Royal Engineers L/Cpl. Frederick Dodd. 1/5th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. William S. French. 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Edgar William Hadley. 26th (Bankers) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Eustace Addison Holt. 10th Btn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Holtermann. 32nd (East Ham) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Frederick Hunwick. 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Pte. George R. Lawson. 3rd Btn. Canadian Pioneers Read their Story. Cpl. Michael Austin McCormack. 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. DH. Alexander Ritchie. HMDrifter Barbara Cowie Read their Story. 2nd Lt. John Frederick Louis Sieber. 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Henry Turtle. 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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