7th July 1916 On this day: 124th Heavy Battery in action at The Somme   124th Heavy Battery RGA are in action at the Battle of the Somme. 16th Northumberlands move   16th Northumberlands move to Hedauville. All Quiet   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Aix-Noulette. All quiet. 2nd Lt Woollett transferred from D236 Battery to Y047 TM Battery. War Diaries 1st Wiltshire and 3rd Worcesters relieved   1st Wiltshires and 3rd Worcesters are relieved in the Leipzig Salient.  Old Shaft  1/2 hour notice standby  Reached Albert  Not as Reported  Rumours On the March   0730 18th Battalion DLI vacated billets at Beauval and moved to Berneuil arriving 11.45am. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Into Position  Attack Made  Rapid Bombing  Burried Alive  No Success  Reliefs Completed  Relief  Attack Made  In the Trenches  In Action  Classes Held  Reliefs Complete  Alert  Working Parties  Working Parties      A Wet Day  On the March  In Action  Holding the Line  Working Parties  Attack Made  Training  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  In Action  Instruction  Route March  Heavy Rain  Shelling  On the Move Again  Reliefs  Working Parties  On the March  On the March  On the March  Enemies 16 pounders and Snipers were more active than usual  In Action  In Camp  Moves  Orders  Trench Raid  In the Trenches  Very Busy  Orders  Cleaning Up  Companies being trained in Bombing  Defence Scheme.  Special Instructions.  Recipients of Honours and Awards.  Reorganisation  7th H.L.I. arrived  Detachment at Blairs Post was relieved  In Billets   Into Action 13th Cheshires attack at La Boiselle   At La Boiselle on 7th of July, 13th Cheshires went over the parapet at 8.05am. After suffering severe casualties they reached their objective and consolidated. A number of prisoners and war material fell into their hands. Casualties on the day are very heavy, 18 officers and 243 other ranks. 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, 7th of July 1916. Pte. George Arthur Allsop. 9th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment Read their Story. Rflm. Thomas Arnold. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. John William Dryden Bell. c company 9th Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Harry Blanksby. 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. James Boulton. 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Pte. Arthur Joseph Brannan. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Rflm. James Brennan. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Henry Brogan. 8th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. George John Brown. 8th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frank Chew. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Frank Chew. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. George Collins. 9th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas John Collins. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte William Henry Conroy. 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Walter Dykes. 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. Daniel Eckersley. 9th Btn Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. CSM Andrew Edgar. MC 6th. Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers William Ferrier. 7th Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Finch. 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte John Charles Galley. 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Gaskell. 12th Btn. Manchester Rgt. Cpl. Edgar James Gilbert. 16th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Henry James Goodwin. 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Greaves. 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment CSM. Fred Green. DCM. 9th (Service) Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert E. Grimley. 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Capt Fredrick Granger Hall. 13th Btn Cheshire Regiment Pte. Samuel Hamilton. 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Rgt. Pte. Samuel Hamilton. 9th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Pte. Samuel Hamilton. 9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. James Henry Hancock. 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment Pte. James Henry Hancock. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Henry Hancock. 12th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Thomas Houghton. 1/4th Btn. York and Lanccaster Regiment Pte. Harry Humphrey. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. H. A. Johnston. 173rd Brigade, A  Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Lee. 1st/6th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas G. Llewellyn. 11th Btn. C Coy. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Henry Loveridge. 16th (Cardiff City) Battalion Welch Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Lowe. 4th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Cpl. James Horsley "Norval" McCartney. 6th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Patrick Murphy. 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. William Joseph Nichols. 7th Battallion Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. James O'Gorman. 9th Btn. B Coy. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Pte. Albert Thomas Oliver. 16th Btn. Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Joseph Paulson. 10th Btn. Sherwood Forresters Read their Story. Pte. John Potter. 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. Lewis Thomas Rees. 9th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Fredrick Thomas Rogers. 24th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Henry Shepherd. 1st Btn. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment Read their Story. Sgt Thomas Septimus Silverton. MM. 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Charles Sturdy. 13th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Norman Trickett. 13th Battalion Cheshire Regiment 2nd Lt. Cyril Joseph Unsworth. 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Pte. Charles Thomas Upton. 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Walter Venus. 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Henry John Walker. 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. John Hubert Winton. 9th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. Frederick Arthur Woodwiss. 9th Battalion West Riding Regiment L/Sgt. Frederick Arthur Woodwiss. 9th Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment Add a name to this list.

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