May 1917 On this day: Enemy Active   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Enemy active with trench mortars and artillery on our trenches during the day, much retaliation by our batteries. Firing increased and heavy bombardment opened at 2110. SOS was given and Batteries opened up barrages on our Group front and of the Division on our right to 2200 with little success. War Diaries 200 Siege Bty at Cambrin   200th Siege Battery are at Cambrin probably firing over the front which is today the d947 Loos to La Bassee road. Later in May they went up to Bedford House just south of Ypres which was subsequently flattened by counterfire and is now the cemetery.  Staff Rides  New Arrangements    GAVRELLE 2.0am to 3.30am barrage by both sides along front no apparent reason, heavies also active, 5.15am D Co on left relieved by C Co who were in support. 3.30am to 7.30pm quiet. 7.35pm barrage to North quickly spreading across front: Gas alarm all quiet again by 9.30pm. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Rifle Meeting  Reliefs  On the March  Training  Working Parties  Patrols  Trench Raid  Training  Training  Enemy Smoke Screens    Reliefs  Hostile Batteries  Reliefs  Awards  TMs Active  Baths  In the trenches  No Further Advance  Bombardment  Working parties  Directly after midnight 8th/9th we moved in to position.  A few 7.7cm LHV shells fell on Estaminet Lane  Relief of New Zealanders  Company training,   On the March  Brigade Transport competition 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 May 1917. Sgt. Harold Bradshaw. 7th Btn. Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Thomas Buckley. 8th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sig. Hugh Cabrey. 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. George Frederick Cockerline. 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. George Edwin Dolbear. 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment Pte. Edward Hancox. 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. Archibald Alfred Hyde. 11th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Pte. Joseph Loftus. 10th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Drmr. James Joseph McCullagh. 1st Signal Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Triggs Morrish. 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Revell. 1st Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. Robert Skeldon. 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Edward "Jack" Sloan. 10th Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Snell. 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment George Spittle. 7th Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Turner. 10th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Cpl. James Edward Wild. 11th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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