5th May 1915 On this day: Hard Fighting   May 5th opened with a still more severe bombardment and the front line troops were reported as being in a very exhausted condition. Early in the morning C Company was called upon to reinforce the 2nd East Yorks on the south of the road. Captain Steel led half of C Company up to reinforce the front line. As they topped the ridge they were caught by German machine gun fire and suffered terrible casualties. Captain Steel was a doctor in civilian life and he set about attending the wounded as well as leading the advance. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross. One of the men in his company, Private AM Mitchell, wrote home: "Words utterly fail me to say what a hero Captain O.W.D. Steel was during that fearful struggle. From every person I meet they tell me the same tale. Under heavy shell and maxim fire he went out and fetched in wounded, bandaging them and if he doesn't deserve the VC no man on earth ought to get it." An hour later A company (under Captain R.A. Lewis) also tried to reinforce the front line and again suffered terrible casualties. Private I. Skidmore was awarded the DCM for attending to the casualties until he was so badly wounded himself that he could not carry on. 5th Connaughts march into Hackworth Park   At noon the 5th Battalion Connaught Rangers marched into Hackworth Park to continue their training. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=146396 Daily Battery Activity 6th London Brigade RFA    6th County of London Brigade RFA state that during the misty weather firing in the early morning was impossible. 15th London Battery did not fire therefore, but 16th London Battery fired twelve rounds at 0900 to register wire in front of J1. Range 3375 yards. Observation very difficult. 17th London Battery did not fire. War Diaries The "Second Battle of Ypres". 1st Battalion fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium 1915.   1st Battalion at Vlammertinghe, Belgium Battalion enjoyed a much needed rest. Draft of 90 men arrived and 15 men rejoined from hospital.   in billets Straton sunk by U9   British Merchant vessel Straton is sunk by submarine U-9.  Further Action  Gas on Hill 60  Trench Work  13th Londons on the Move  Digging Trenches  Snipers Active  Congratulations  On the Move  Wounded Arrive  Wounded in Hospital  HQ Report  Northumbrians re-join Division  5th Corps Artillery  Artillery Support  In Billets  Reorganisation  Orders  Training Training    16th (2nd Birkenhead) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment digging trenches during training at Neols in Cheshire, May 1915. © IWM (Q 53723)  Heavy Shelling  Reliefs  Rifle Fire  Reliefs  Reliefs  Shelling  On the Move  On the Move  Inspection  In the Trenches  On the Move  Reliefs  Relief Completed  A Counter Attack  In Reserve  Further reports received.  Reliefs  Gas  On the March  Shelling  Sick  Digging in  Into the Line  Village Searched 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 May 1915. Pte. Arthur Ackroyd. 2nd Btn. West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons) Read their Story. Major Harold Gage Bewes Armstrong. Mentioned in Despatches Portsmouth Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Cpl. Edward Frank Biggs. 1st Btn., C Coy. Dorset Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Daniel Booth. 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Hilton Cumberland. 2nd Btn. Australian Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Hilton Cumberland. 2nd Btn. Read their Story. Pte. William Owen Garnett. 1st Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Bertie George. 2nd Btn Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Joy. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Pte. Patrick Kiernan. 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Francis Martin. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte Herbert Peckover. 2nd Btn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment Read their Story. Phillip Sams. 2nd Btn. West Riding (Duke of Wellingtons) Pte. Alfred Slade. 1st Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Smith. 2nd Btn., "B" Coy. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Henry Waight. 2nd Btn. East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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