12th January 1918 On this day:    NEAR WILLERVAL Quiet. Same working party as last night. Ground so hard that very little progress made. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1 Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Strength: 39 Officers, 868 Other Ranks, 39 horses, 16 mules. Increase: Lieutenant R.I McCrum, 2nd Lieutenant Pollock, 2nd Lieutenant Leahy, 2nd Lieutenant Donaldson. War Diaries SS Whorlton lost   SS Whorlton registered in West Harlepool, was on passage from Dunkirk to Southampton when on the 12th January 1918 (according to records) she was torpedoed and sunk by the UB-30, in the English Channel, near the Owers Lightvessel, with the loss of all hands.    ECOIVRES Battalion tactical scheme figuring a counter attack on ARLEUX POST. Weather still very cold. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Patrol  Training  Baths  Training  Inspection  Training  Patrols  Artillery Active  Route March  Weather Very Cold  Training  Company drills  A New Div HQ  Very Cold  Working Parties  Reliefs  Training  Companies Training  Trench Work  Quiet Day  Thaw then Frost  Awards  Shelling  On the March    Patrols  Fatigues  Training and Classes of instruction  Operational Order 204  7th London Regt. moved to Front Line trenches  On the March  Working Parties  Company Route Marches & exercises  Weather broke  Training 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, 12th of January 1918. Ordinary Seaman Hilton Appleyard. H.M.S. Opal. Read their Story. Ordinary Seaman Harold Percy Archer. H.M.S. Narbrough. Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Charles Herbert Ashen. H.M.S. Narbrough. Read their Story. Stoker 2nd Class John Askew. H.M.S. Narbrough. Read their Story. Ordinary Seaman Frederick Atkinson. H.M.S. Opal. Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Benson. 1/4 Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Skr. Herbert Christie. HMS Opal Read their Story. Sgt. Walter Stannard Edwards. MM. 16th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Gnr. Charles Wager Fryer. 174th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Stewd. Shaik Belal Hassan. H.M.F.M. Trent Read their Story. Ord.Sea. John Robert Meller. HMS Venerable Read their Story. Pte. Charles William Planson. 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. J. Reilly. 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. R. Reynolds. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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