August 1915 On this day: Training and recreation   All 6th County of London Brigade RFA signallers are being re-drilled. The 16th London Battery moved it's Wagon Line and Gun Park to a position higher in the woods of the Bois Des Dames. A working party of 100 men of this Brigade proceeded to Les Brebis to construct gun pits on the second line of defence, under the supervision of 2/Lt C.E.H. Lloyd. All billets are being systematically searched, so that all surplus ordnance and supply stores can be handed to the Salvage Company. Capt M.J.K. O’Malley won 2nd prize in the Open Jumping Competition at 7th London Brigade RFA sports. War Diaries   working party First flight of Zeppelin LZ46   Zeppelin LZ46 (L14) a P Class craft had its first flight on the 9th August 1915. L14 was the most successful of the German Navy airships. It carried out 42 reconnaissance missions and 17 attacks on Britain dropping a total of 22,045 kg (48,601 lb) of bombs. It was taken out of service during 1917 and 1918 and destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. John Doran 2nd Sherwoods in action at Ypres   B Coy. 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters are in action in the second battle of Ypres Zeppelin Raids on Britain   On night of the 9,10 August, four Zeppelins were directed against London, none reached it's target and one, LZ43(L12), was damaged by ground fire near Dover and came down in the sea off Zeebrugge. Despite eight attacks by RNAS aircraft the airship was towed into Ostend where it was later dismantled. John Doran 10th Green Howards leave Halton Park   10th Green Howards leave Halton Park Camp for Witley Camp  19th Seige Bty RGA witness fighting  Successful Attack  SM U-38 sinks the British trawler Thrush  HMS Lynx Lost  Battle of Chateau de Hooge  SMS Meteor Scuttled  Mine Crater Taken  Companies under instruction  Trenches Recaptured  Under Shellfire  Recce  In Action  Trench Work  Reliefs  Artillery Bombardment  Working Party  Heavy Fire    Working Parties      Under Fire  Working Parties  Reorganisation  Intermittent Shelling  Diversion  Messages of Congratulation  Casualties  Quiet  Air Raid  In Action  Working Parties and Musketry  Landings  Landings  Shelling  Landings  Landings  On the Move  Landing  Landing  Orders Received  Shelling  Disembarking  Attack Made  Bombardment  Working Party  Attack Made  Landings  Orders Received  Evacuation to hospital ships  Evacuation to hospital ships  Quiet  In Billets  Instruction   Bridges Guarded  Shelling  Inspected by C.O.  Instruction  On the Move  Training  Reliefs  Heavy Shelling  Thunder Storm  Casualties  Reliefs  Reliefs  Reliefs  Exercise  Route March  Route March to Canal in Bois Clebeer. 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, of August 1915. Pte. Ernest Gilbert Adkins. 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Allen. 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Private Wilfrid Almond. Portsmouth Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Alston. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William James Anderton. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Lawrence Aspen. 6th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class James William George Axon. H.M.S. Lynx. Read their Story. Sgt. Alfred Bagnall. 6th Btn. Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Bailey. A Coy., 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. William John Baker. 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Percy Beal. 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Percy Beal. 2nd Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Beckwith. 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Rfmn. Patrick Bell. 6th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Sgt. Frederick R. Bennett. 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Sgt. Frederick Christian Richard Bennett. 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Billing. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment 2nd Lt. William Arthur Birmingham. 6th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Albert David Brown. 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. George Moore Burrow. 6th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Lance Corporal Alexander Stewart Burton. VC 7th Battalion Cpl. Alexander Stewart Burton. VC 7th Btn. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Michael Canning. 7th (Service) Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. William Henry Chapman. 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Sgt. George Edwin Clark. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Cottle. 2nd Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Pte. James Coulson. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Edwin Hercules Fardell. C Company 2nd Battalion Read their Story. Pte. George Jameson Fenwick. 9th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) Read their Story. Pte. George William Foster. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Robert Michael Fox. 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Frederick Gaffing. 2nd Battalion. A Company Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Henry Germain. 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Pte. John Robert Gillett. 6th Btn. Border Regiment Pte. James Haley. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Robert Hart. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Hawker. 7th Btn South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Hennessey. 1st Btn. Irish Guards Read their Story. Pte. William Alfred Hodson. 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Edgar Hollingworth. 2nd Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Edwin A. Howe. 6th Btn. Border Regiment Pte, John King. 1st Btn East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Lawson. 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Edward Lloyd. 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. Stephen Lowden. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Lumley. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Francis Maskrey. 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Capt. Robert Maxwell-Pike. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Michael McDougall. 2nd Battalion, C Coy. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Robert McKenzie. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Alexander McKilligan. 2nd Battalion York and Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. John H Miles. 42 Trench Howitzer Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William George Pritchard Minton. 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Read their Story. L/Cpl William Monaghan. 7th Btn Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Thomas Newton. Read their Story. Private James O'Neill. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Morris Edward Pass. 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Gowan Pickering. 9th Batallion West Yorkshire Regiment Pte. William Pritchard. 4th Btn. Read their Story. Cpt. Charles Deschamps Randall. 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Cpl. Fred Ridge. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. John Routledge. 6th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Anthony Rudge. 4th Btn. South Wales Borderers Sgt. James Thomas Scott. 9th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Smith. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl Stephen Smith. 6th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Pte. John Theobald. 6th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Pte. George Henry Waite. 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Gnr. M Wake. 12th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. James Walker. 2nd battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. James Walker. 5th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Cpl. David Wallace. 6th Battalion Border Regiment L/Cpl. George Webster. 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Webster. 7th (Service) Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Frederick Charles Wells. 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Williams. 4th Battalion South Wales Borderers Pte. Edward Wilson. 6th Battalion Border Regiment Pte. Andrew Wright. 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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