11th March 1916 On this day: Relocations   6th London Brigade RFA units at disposal of unit commanders. Billeting party proceeded to Dieval. War Diaries 18th DLI move to France   18th Durham Light Infantry arrive in France from Egypt. 12th KOYLI at Hallancourt   12th KOYLI are billeted in Hallancourt    SM U-63 Type U 63 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 247) Ordered 17 May 1915 Laid down 30 Apr 1915 Launched 8 Feb 1916 Commissioned 11 Mar 1916. Commanders. 11 Mar 1916 - 27 Aug 1917 Otto Schultze. 28 Aug 1917 - 14 Oct 1917 Heinrich Metzger. 15 Oct 1917 - 24 Dec 1917 Otto Schultze. 25 Dec 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 Kurt Hartwig Career 12 patrols. 2 May 1916 - 6 Nov 1916 IV Flotilla. 6 Nov 1916 - 11 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer I Flotilla Successes 72 ships sunk with a total of 198,168 tons. 11 ships damaged with a total of 47,700 tons. 1 warship sunk with a total of 5,250 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 2,540 tons. 4 Jul 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Rosemary (damaged) 1,250 br 20 Aug 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Falmouth 5,250 br 23 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Bayreaulx 3,009 br 28 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Lanao 692 am 28 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Rio Pirahy 3,561 br 28 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Selene 3,955 it 28 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Torsdal 3,621 nw 29 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Massalia 2,186 gr 29 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Meroë 3,552 br 29 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Torino 1,850 br 31 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Delto 3,193 nw 31 Oct 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Fedelta 1,906 it 27 Nov 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Maude Larssen 1,222 br 28 Nov 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Sigurd 2,119 da 30 Nov 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Roma 125 br 2 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Luigi C. 71 it 2 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Roma 643 it 3 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Perugia 4,348 br 5 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Grigorios Anghelatos 3,635 gr 11 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Magellan 6,027 fr 11 Dec 1916 U 63 Otto Schultze Sinai 4,624 fr 25 Mar 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Vellore 4,926 br 26 Mar 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze L. Rahmanich 79 ag 1 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Zambesi 3,759 br 4 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Margit 2,490 br 5 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Solstad 4,147 nw 5 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Kangaroo (damaged) 4,348 br 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Carmelo Padre 74 it 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Giuseppe Padre I 102 it 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Giuseppina G. 100 it 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze I Due Fratelli P. 100 it 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Karonga 4,665 br 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Natale B. 55 it 28 Apr 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze San Francesco Di Paola 41 it 3 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Washington 5,080 br 4 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Transylvania 14,348 br 5 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Talawa (damaged) 3,834 br 7 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Crown Of Leon (damaged) 3,391 br 14 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Francesco Raiola 181 it 14 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Volga (damaged) 4,404 br 15 May 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Ferrara (damaged) 5,660 it 22 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Himalaya 5,620 fr 23 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Craonne 777 fr 23 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Kalypso Vergotti 2,819 gr 26 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Birdoswald 4,013 br 27 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Tong Hong 2,184 br 30 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Alkelda 98 it 30 Jun 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Enrichetta 3,638 it 1 Jul 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Marie 118 fr 2 Jul 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Argentario 739 it 3 Jul 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Immacolatina 54 it 5 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Proletaire 101 fr 11 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Embleton 5,377 br 12 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Reim 1,126 nw 15 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Platuria 3,445 am 18 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Arendal 1,387 br 26 Sep 1917 U 63 Heinrich Metzger Heraklios 2,878 gr 5 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Hilda R. 136 br 5 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Kai 1,391 da 6 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Peveril 1,459 br 8 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Candytuft (damaged) 1,290 br 8 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Benledi (damaged) 3,931 br 9 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Ardglamis 4,540 br 14 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Trowbridge 3,712 br 16 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Gasconia 3,801 br 16 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Kyno 3,034 br 8 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Huntsgulf (damaged) 3,185 br 20 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Commendatore Carlo Bruno 813 it 21 Nov 1917 U 63 Otto Schultze Mossoul 3,135 fr 5 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Rio Claro 3,687 br 8 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig San Guglielmo 8,145 it 15 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Bonanova 933 sp 18 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Maria P. 263 br 18 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Ville De Bordeaux 4,857 fr 22 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Anglo-canadian 4,239 br 22 Jan 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Manchester Spinner 4,247 br 19 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Saxilby (damaged) 3,630 br 19 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Snowdon 3,189 br 24 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Elysia (damaged) 6,397 br 30 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Antinous (damaged) 3,682 br 30 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Asiatic Prince 2,887 br 30 May 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Aymeric 4,363 br 11 Aug 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig City Of Adelaide 8,389 br 12 Aug 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig G6 213 it 24 Aug 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig Delphinula (damaged) 5,238 br 16 Oct 1918 U 63 Kurt Hartwig War Council 5,875 br Fate 16 Jan 1919 - Surrendered. Broken up at Blyth in 1919-20. There was another U 63 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 6 Dec 1939 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 18 Jan 1940. John Doran  Steel  Reckless Motoring A Shocking Accident   The Wrexham Advertiser of the 11th of March 1916, reported: "A shocking accident occurred at Moss on Thursday resulting in a child being killed outright and in six other persons being terribly injured, three of whom subsequently died. It appears that Pte Bagnall, 4th RWF, 2 Red Lion Cottages, Moss, who returned home from the front on Monday after 18 months' service, was cleaning an unexploded German fuse shell, which he had brought with him as a souvenir. In the small cottage at the time of the explosion were Pte Bagnall's wife, Mary; daughter Sarah, age two; a niece, Violet, age seven; and sister-in-law Sarah Roberts along with her two children, Mary and Ethel, aged five and 15 months. Ethel, the youngest child, was killed instantly. The other three girls died later in hospital. Others sustained terrible injuries, including Pte Bagnall himself, who lost a leg, while Ms Roberts lost both legs. Pte Bagnall had thought the shell was safe as it had been "chucked around in the barracks and trenches" for six months without any ill-effects before he returned to North Wales." A community fundraising event was held to pay for the funeral of the children which saw one of the largest ever funeral processions in the area. But the four little girls have no headstone, members of Broughton and District History Group are hoping to erect a memorial to them on the centenary of their death and are trying to trace family members. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-34996881  The Question of Single Men  Seeing the Sights  In Port  Parade  Working Party  Reliefs  On the Move  Court martial  Situation  Exposed  Quiet  Artillery Active  Working Parties  Dressing Station Hit  On the March  Patrol  Training  Working Parties  Enemy Damage Line  On the Move  Relief Working Parties   7th Buffs are engaged on making DaoursContay Railway. 600 men per day, leaving billets at 7.30 am and returning to St Gratienabout 5.30.pm 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049  Postings  Battery Inspection  Company inspections  Resting  Award  Award  Concert  Emplacements  Thunderstorm.  Lectures  Sickness Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? 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Remembering those who died this day, 11th of March 1916. Private Joseph Henry Ainsley. H.M.S. Edinburgh Castle. Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Albert Aldred. HMS E5. Read their Story. Chief Stoker Charles William Allcock. H.M.S. Africa. Read their Story. Petty Officer William James Arnold. HMS E5. Read their Story. Able Seaman Henry Warkman Atkinson. HMS E5. Read their Story. Gnr. Percy Alfred Cooper. Motor Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. E. Dick. Durham Light Infantry Pte Robert W Lawrence. 7th Battalion York & Lancs Read their Story. Cpl. Charles Lewis. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte Austin Robinson. 11th Btn Cheshire regiment Pte. Arthur Taylor. 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Taylor. 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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