6th August 1915 On this day: 1st Essex and 88th Brigade go over top at Cape Helles   The 1st Essex and 88th Brigade went over the top at Calle Helles, supported by the 86th Brigade including the 2nd Royal Fusilers. They were heavily repulsed and forced to retire. Training   6th County of London Brigade RFA report Major P.J. Clifton, sick, proceeded to hospital. The race course, on Hesdigneul Common, is at the disposal of Batteries of this Brigade for two days per week. War Diaries  In Action Serbino sunk by U9   British Merchant vessel Serbino is sunk by submarine U-9.   train 4 Platoons of 10th Rifles attached 1st Cameronians   War Diary of the 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 2nd Division, records: Location, in trenches near Laventie. 4 platoons 10/RB attached, 1 RB wounded. 9th West Yorks at Sulva Bay   9th West Yorks land at Suvla Bay British attack The Vineyard   The Battle of Krithia Vineyard was fought during the Gallipoli Campaign from the 6th to 13th of August 1915. It was originally intended as a minor British action at Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula to divert attention from the imminent launch of the August Offensive, but instead, the British commander, Brigadier General H.E. Street, mounted a futile and bloody series of attacks that in the end gained a small patch of ground known as "The Vineyard". On the March   E Battery 3rd Brigade RHA sStarted at 0730 on change of billets and went into bivouac and billets in a farm 1/2 a mile NW of Blaringhem, in at 1000hrs about 10 miles. E Battery RHA war diary  Force Advances  Trawlers sunk  Four Smacks Sunk  Ship Torpedoed  Troops Land  Working Parties  Drill and Working Parties  Digging In  Preparations for Attack  Reliefs Completed  Singing in the Trenches  In the Trenches  At Rest  Instruction  Attack Made  On the Move      In Billets  Attack Made  2nd/5th Battalion East Kent (The Buffs)  In the Trenches  Inspection  Quiet  Holding the Line  Experiences  Move  Poor Conditions  Artillery Active  Reliefs  Quiet  In the Trenches  On the Move  On the Move  Heavy Shelling  In Billets  Reliefs Complete  On the March  Quiet Night  Belgian guns opened fire on German dugout  Instruction  A Move to Flechin  Training  In Billets  On the Move  Wet Weather  Germans shelled mine again  Exercise  Baths  Airmen taken PoW  Company Commanders inspected Kit. 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, 6th of August 1915. Pte. William Adkin. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Barrett. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. Ernest Brown. 8th Btn. Kings Royal Rifles Pte. Albert Edward Bullard. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Pte. James Cooper. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Charles Lingard Davidson. 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Durrant. 2nd Battalion Royal Hampshire Pte. Oldfield Hawarth. 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Arthur Kellas. 89th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Rflmn. Ernest Kirk. 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifles Pte. Bertie Moore. 5th Btn., "D" Coy Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Pritchard. 4th Btn. Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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