5th May 1917 On this day:  B Company Bexhill Weekly Orders  Movements  Guns Exchanged  Inspections  Shattered Village    CAMP NORTH OF ST CATHERINE Relief complete 1.35am. Battalion return to camp north of ST CATHERINE. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Courts Martial  Casualties  Orders to Move  Construction  Hot Day  Working Parties  Determined Bombardments  Attack Made  Reliefs  In the Trenches  On the March  Shelling  Training  A German Captive    Recce    Reliefs  Active Artillery  Bombardment  Attack Made  Support line  Wood Shelled  Reliefs  Cleaned up Battalion area.  Brigadier of 142nd Brigade visited  Attack Practised  Company Parades  Orders  Ref. Operational Order No.60  Brigade Operation Order No. 8.  Disinfection  1 Officer & Two O.R's Wounded.  Company Training  Training.  Raid Made 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 1917. L/Cpl. Norman Butcher. MM Sherwood Foresters British Army Read their Story. A/Bmdr. John Cummins. 137th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Spr. William Shorthall Dalton. 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy. Pte. Harry Gowers. 6th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Paul Johannesson. 46th Btn. (Sakatchewan Regiment) Read their Story. Cpl. Angus Mackay. 1/5th Btn.(Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Read their Story. Cpl. Angus Mackay. 1st/5th Btn. (Queens Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Anthony Robson. 2nd Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Dvr. William Sanderson. 251st Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Harold Smith. 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Cpl. John Snowden. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Soloman Sole. 13th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Solomon Sole. 13th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Robert Stuart. 2nd Btn Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) Far. Leonard William Telford. 12th Btn. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. PO George Robert Wannell. HMS Lavender Add a name to this list.

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