6th October 1915 On this day:  Reliefs  Appointments Personnel Changes   6th County of London Brigade RFA report Capt M.J.K. O’Malley returned to the brigade from 47th Divisional Artillery and took up again the duties of Adjutant. Major H. Bayley returned to the Brigade from 47th Divisional Artillery. War Diaries   practice bombing    KUK U-16 Austrian Submarine Type U-10 Shipyard Ordered Launched 26th April 1915 Commissioned 6th October 1915 Commanders 6 Oct 1915 - 12 Nov 1915 Eugen Hornyák 18 Nov 1915 - 16 Oct 1916 Orest Ritter von Zopa Career No flotilla information available Successes 1 ship sunk with a total of 25 tons. 1 ship taken as prize with a total of 62 tons. 1 ship sunk with a total of 330 tons. 23 Nov 1915 k.u.k. U16 Orest Ritter von Zopa Unione 25 it 7 Dec 1915 k.u.k. U16 Orest Ritter von Zopa Fiore Albania (prize) 62 al 16 Oct 1916 k.u.k. U16 Orest Ritter von Zopa Nembo 330 it Fate Sunk - date not recorded. John Doran    KUK U-17 Austrian Submarine Type U-10 Shipyard Ordered Launched Commissioned Commanders 6 Oct 1915 - 9 Dec 1915 Franz Skopinic 9 Dec 1915 - 17 Sep 1916 Zdenko Hudecek 17 Sep 1916 - 9 Oct 1916 Franz Rzemenowsky von Trautenegg 9 Oct 1916 - 19 Dec 1916 Zdenko Hudecek 19 Dec 1916 - 6 Jan 1917 Karl Edler von Unczowski 6 Jan 1917 - 26 Feb 1917 Zdenko Hudecek 26 Feb 1917 - 12 Jun 1917 Albrecht Graf von Attems 12 Jun 1917 - 22 Nov 1917 Hermann Rigele 22 Nov 1917 - 26 Aug 1918 Wladimir Pfeifer Career No flotilla information available Successes 1 ship sunk with a total of 680 tons. 10 Jul 1916 k.u.k. U17 Zdenko Hudecek Impetuoso 680 it Fate Scrapped 1920. John Doran  Reliefs  1st KRRC at Rest  Teh Challenge of Holy Communion  Relief Plan  Intermittent Shelling  Instruction  Cycle to Flesselles  Cycle to Flesselles  Into billets  Relief Completed  Four Casualties  A Difficult Relief  Trench Work  Orders  Billets  Registration  In Billets  On the March  Instruction    Machine Guns  Reliefs  In Reserve  Route March  In Action  Exercise  Instruction  On the Move  Aircraft damaged  An Inspection  Orders Received   Another Mine Goes Up  Reliefs Complete  The Wounded  Battalion dump shelled.  Reliefs  Moved into billets  Funeral  Enemy's Parapet Hit  Instruction  Trench Work  On the Move  Reinforcements  On the Move  Into Trenches  2 Parties of 100 men for work on village defences 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 October 1915. Pte. James Beckett. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. Cecil Cole. 6th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Ralph Davies. 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment Pte. James Ramsden. 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Sibley. 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Ward. 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Willis. 7th Btn. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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