July 1916 On this day: 16th Northumberlands to Bouzincourt   16th Northumberlands move to Bouzincourt. 3rd Monmouths hold the line   A and D Companies of the 3rd Monmouths helped hold off another German attack and four men were awarded gallantry cards. Billets and Roads Shelled   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery. at Aix-Noulette. Col. Peel took over command of Right Group. Col Lowe and Adjutant along with HQ Staff moved to new billets in Helsin. All quiet on this front. During the night the enemy's billets and ration roads were shelled in conjunction with IV Corps heavy artillery. War Diaries  Repairs  Move to billets  Move postponed  Found three abandoned 77mm Guns  Roads Shelled  Sunday in France  On Stand by  In Action  No Support  Raid Made  In Camp  On the March  In Camp  Patrol  Shelling Pozieres  On the March  Trench Work    Church Parade  Report  Reliefs  Enemy Active        Reliefs  Moves Postponed  In Reserve  Capture  Trench Work  Holding the Line  Church Parade  In Reserve  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Recce  Instruction  Arrived in Marseille  On the March  Eggs  Bombardment  Quiet Time  Heavy bombardment on our right  Attack Made  Continual shelling goes on  New Billets  In Billets  Still on the Move  In Action  In Camp  Orders  Mine  Attacked on Both Flanks  Very Busy  Quiet  Lecture  On the March  Guard of Honour Parades.  One won, one lost  Sentries sleeping  Breakfast 0800 hours   Relieved 10th NF 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 July 1916. Pte. Elijah Carpenter. 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. George Henry Davis. 21st (2nd Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Henry Davis. 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Thomas Evans. 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Louis Fox. 18th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Aubrey Fraser. 5th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Hamblin. 8th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Harold Jackson. 7th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. Francis Long. 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. John Loughran. 7th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Mjr. George John "Chummy" Malcolm. 20th Squadron Royal Flying Corps Read their Story. Pte. William Marr. 18th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George McRobbie. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Rfmn. Thomas John Moody. 1st/16th (Queens Westminster Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Quinn. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Harry Rowe. 7th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Pte. Alfred Willoughby Seaborne. 19th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Pte. Thomas Singyard. 22nd Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Snowdon. 7th/8th Btn Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Lt. Alfred Henry Templeman Lorraine Speer. 11 Squadron Read their Story. Pte. Walter Ryder Stearns. 16th Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Walter Ryder Stearns. 16th Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Arthur Stoten. 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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