5th October 1918 On this day: Under Fire   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) Royal Irish Fusiliers report "The enemy put down harassing fire for one hour before dawn and dusk, but barrage line was well behind our line and no casualties were incurred. Northern boundary of Battalion adjusted to L.13.c.25.00." War Diaries  Training & Sports  Horse Casualties  On the March  In Action  Under Fire  Training  Enemy Shelling  Reliefs  Heavy Shelling  Training and Baths  Air school bombed  Orders  Diary  All four companies were in line Spittocked Trench.  Training  eorganising and cleaning up.  On the Move to Trefcon  Patrols are unable to move further forward.  Capt. H.C. McLean to UK.  Crews resting. 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 October 1918. Gnr. George Enoch Astle. 36th Divisional Trench Mortar Battery Royal Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. Walter Atherton. 147th Brigade, A Battery Royal Field Artillery Pte. Harry Back. 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte Harry Beckitt. 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers Pte. Samuel Bennett. 20th Battalion Manchester Regiment L/Cpl. William Hayden Beynon. 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Frederick Knott Brewer. 8th (Liverpool Irish) Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Brewer. 8th Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Rflmn. Edwin Chambers. 33rd Btn. D Coy. London Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. William Henry Chapman. DCM. 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Pte. James Dann. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Richard Chandler Dixon. 1st/4th Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Cecil Atkinson Dodds. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Gnr. Collis Driver. 41st Brigade, 16th Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Samuel Dunwoody. 16th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Harry Easthope. 12th (Service) Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Alexander Howitt. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Howlett. Sherwood Foresters 11th Btn. L/Cpl. Nathan Vincent Martin. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Measey. 2/4th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Peace. 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Sgt. William Powell. MM. 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Pte. Alfred Quartly. Labour Corps Read their Story. Pte. Max Schnittker. Company K 329th Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Russen Valentine. 9th Corps Coy Army Cyclist Corps Sgt. James Norman Williams. DCM, MM 9th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Harold John Thomas Wood. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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