5th June 1917 On this day: Patrol Raids   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery fired three searching barrages by 18 pounder Batteries during the day and a practice barrage carried out at 1500. Lt Colonel A.C. Love DSO OC ‘C’ Group went up as Senior Liaison Officer with 142 Infantry Brigade at the Bluff. Patrol raids were carried out during the night and Bedford House was again shelled. War Diaries Gotha Daylight Raids   Gotha daylight raid was diverted to Sheerness, bombs damaged the Criterion Theatre. John Doran  Routine  Notts munition workers protest  Aircraft  Counter Battery Fire Working Party   On the 5th and 6th June, 18th DLI continued work as on previous days, weather continued fine. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Ammunition Train Blown up  In Action  Working Parties  On the March  Missing  Entanglements  Enemy Active  Moved into Assembly Trenches  Working Parties  Congratulations  Shelling  Inspection  Enfer Wood Hit  Working Parties  Reliefs  Attack Practised  In trenches  In Action  Trench Raid  Preparations  Reliefs  Received reply from The King thanking us for congratulatory telegram.  Preparations for Move  A little more retaliation from the Enemy  On the Move  Difficult Conditions  Company Training  Brig. Gen. H.J. Elles D.S.O. inspected  G.R.24/2/1  Work continued on Redoubts.  Aeroplanes grounded  At midnight on the night 5th - 6th the Battalion marched by Companies from Alberta Camp 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, 5th of June 1917. Stoker Alah Bakhsh. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Arthur Stanley Butzbach. 13th Btn, C Coy. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. Robert Gort Croucher. 1/19th Btn. London Regiment Pte. Charles Downey. 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. James Finnigan. 7th Btn. Royal Scots Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Crawford Hadden. 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Heggadon. 3rd Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Read their Story. Sgt. David Orr. 20th Battalion (1st Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Sydney John Pengelly. "D" Battery, 75th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Preston. 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Reay. 20th Battalion Tyneside Scottish Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Tptr. Frank Monroe Robson. 103rd Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Cpl. George Robson. 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Sgt. Reginald Wigzell. 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. John Alpha Wilson. 3rd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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