10th April 1917 On this day: Quiet day for 6th London Batteries   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery record in their war diary: Lt A F Yencken (B236 Battery) struck off the Brigade strength on evacuation to England. All quiet today and all front trenches including Battery Observation Points have been demolished along with one trench mortar pit probably bombed by the enemy. First sections went out of action tonight and withdrew to the wagon lines. War Diaries Attack Made   It was only on the night of 10 April that the 37th Division including 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade and its six supporting tanks were in a position to consider mounting an attack on Monchy. The attack was delivered with the 11th Brigade on the left facing Monchy and the 112th on their right advancing towards La Bergère crossroads (where you will see the Windmill CWGC Cemetery and turn left towards Monchy). Standing up on this hill by the monument you get an immediate understanding as to why the village was so important and why the Germans had spent such a long time fortifying it (The Newfoundland Caribou is erected on top of a German bunker). The attack got off to a bad start. At 0500 hours on a freezing cold morning the infantry and tanks set off across the snow, but the artillery was late in getting into position and when they did eventually open their bombardment they began by shelling the advancing troops who had not been warned of any postponement. Amongst the numerous casualties of this friendly fire was one of the tanks. By 0900 hours though, Monchy was in British hands. The Germans launched a number of counter-attacks but these were driven off. The village remained in Allied hands until it was abandoned during the German Spring offensive of 1918. Monchy was finally retaken again by the Canadians on 26th of August 1918 over three days and at remarkably little cost in terms of casualties, General Allenby's 3rd Army had made remarkable gains. Hospital ship Salta lost    HMHS Salta HMHS Salta, Owner: Société Générale de Transport Maritime Steam, Operator: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company (on behalf of the Admiralty), Builder: Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée, La Seyne-sur-Mer. Yard number: 1048, Launched: 13 March 1911, Completed: July 1911. In service: 1911,10 April 1917. Fate: Hit a mine laid by German U-boat UC-26 on 10 April 1917. General characteristics Tonnage: 7728 tons. Length: 137 m (449 ft), Beam: 16.2 m (53 ft), Propulsion: Steam, twin screws. Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h) HMHS Salta (His Majesty's Hospital Ship) was a steam ship originally built for Société Générale de Transport Maritime Steam, but requisitioned for use as a British hospital ship during the First World War. On 10 April 1917 she hit a mine laid by the German U-boat UC-26. History. Built by the French company, Société des Forges et Chantiers de la Mediterranée, at La Seyne-sur-Mer for the Société Générale de Transport Maritime Steam. The Salta was chartered by the British Admiralty in February 1915 and converted into a hospital ship. The former liner was painted white with wide green stripes and the insignia of the Red Cross, according to the terms laid down in the Hague Convention of 1894. Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport Service during WW1. Medical Staff strength. Officers:6 Nurses:12 Other:45 Accommodation capacity. Officers:16 Cots:213 Berths:232 Period of Service as Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport. Date From:3rd December 1914 Date To:9th April 1917 Ships Crew details: Sinking. While returning to pick up wounded at the port of Le Havre, France, Salta struck a mine at 1143 on the 10th April 1917, one mile (1.6 km) north of the entrance to the dam. A huge explosion smashed the hull near the stern in the engine room and hold number three. Water rushed into the disabled ship which listed to starboard and sank in less than 10 minutes. Of the 205 passengers and crew members, nine nurses, 42 member of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and 79 crew drowned. The British patrol boat HMS P-26 attempted to come alongside to assist, but also struck a mine and sank. John Doran 122 Seige Battery at Arras st Nicholas   122 Siege Battery RGA ate up position & billets at Arras St Nicholas, with 78 Group, 17th Corps until 16th April.  Ongoing moves and repair works  Training and inspections  Relief Completed  Prisoners Taken  Attack Made  On the Move  Artillery Advance  Stand To  Snow  Relief  Advance  Wind and Snow  Working Parties  Nepal Trench 17  Raid  On the March  Aircraft Lost  On the March  Relief  Bad Weather        Recce  Training  Reliefs  Attack Practised  Reorganisation  Calibration  At Rest  Orders  Change of Command  Mine  Postings  In Action  At the Ready  Unditching  In Action  At Houle for rest and training.  Battery Brought into Action  In Action  Enemy Snipers active  Specialist Training  Defence Scheme  Situation  Message  Company Training.  52nd Division G.S. Circ. memo No.4   Drills and Rugby  Brigade received Orders to withdraw  In Action  Consolidation Men behave well under first fire   The War Diary for one of the battalions of the Somerset Light Infantry records: A satisfactory feature of the day was the way in which the last draft of 200 behaved. Though for the most part only 19 years of age, and never having been under fire before they showed the greatest keenness and determination and behaved excellently http://ramblesandrelics.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/operation-war-diary/ 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, 10th of April 1917. Pte. William George Bezley. 1/7th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sampson Bradbury. 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. Thomas M. Brennan. Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. John Carr. 26th Battalion Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. ERA. William Pritchard Clark. HMS P26 Read their Story. Pte. Charles Colmson. 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Pte. Peter Cowan. 7th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Pte. Charles Davey. 8th Battalion Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Elliot. 1st/8th Btn. B Coy. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders L/Cpl. Thomas Etherington. 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Cpl. Oliver Robert Giles. 6th Battalion East Kent Regiment Cpl. Oliver Robert Giles. 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Pte. Frank Gill. 1st Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Henry Hartley. 103 Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Major Benjamin Bennett Leane. MID. 10th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. John Lemon Liunberg. 6th Battalion, Z Company King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte Daniel James Luckhurst. 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment 2nd Lt. Alexander James "Hamish" Mann. 8th (Service) Batallion Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. John B. McPherson. 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. William Miller. 8th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry L/Cpl. John George Mitcheson. 1st Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Morris. 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Humphrey Nixon. 8th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Pte. Cecil Maurice Ridewood. 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Robinson. 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Read their Story. Rfm. John Frank Standcumbe. 9th Battalion (Queen Victoria Rifles) London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Cecil Waddington. 1st Btn. King's Own Royal Lancaster Read their Story. Sgt. Harold Victor Wageman. 1/8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph William Walker. 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Horace Waller. VC. 10th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Harold Gladstone Weston. 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Rflmn. Samuel James Wethers. 16th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Cpl. David Wood. 1/6 Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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