11th June 1917 On this day:  Working party departs    H.1.c. NEAR BOIS DE LA MANSION BLANCHE Very wet morning. 2 ½ Companies carrying and working on TOWY at night. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Trophy Gained  Working Parties  Working Parties  Reliefs  On the March  Bath Time  Stunt  Reliefs  Difficult Reliefs  Change of Command  Reliefs  Holding the Line  Training and Recreation  Nothing Reported  Sports  Working Parties  Cleaning Up  Shelling  Diary  Operational Order 125  Working Parties  Recce  Still at Dieval. First wet day for many days.  Nothing to report.  C Battery RHA in Action  First Objective Taken  Hostile Shelling  Into Bivouacs  Route March  Training carried out  7th Scottish Rifles arrived at Sheikh Ajlin  Preparations  Training.  Postings  On the Move    ECOIVRES Preparation for going into the trenches. Tactical exercises & usual fatigues. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1 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, 11th of June 1917. Pte. William Henry Allen. 2/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. E. J. Baker. 42nd Btn. Pte. Arthur Barrell. 68th Coy Machine Gun Corps Pte. Thomas Beer. 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Evan Idwal Caine. 68th Coy Machine Gun Corps L/Cpl. Robert Davison. 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Sgt. Denis Timothy Drake. 90th Heavy Battery Royal Garrsion Artillery Read their Story. Pte Albert Charles Freeman. 41st Battalion Pte. John "Gimmo" Gimson. 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. G. Morear. 7th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Pte. Alfred James Spencer. 9th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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