12th July 1916 On this day: Weather Bad   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report from Aix-Noulette. Officers and men of 63rd Division attached to C236 Battery for instruction. Batteries carried out small strafes on enemy billets, field gun positions and dumps. Weather rather bad for aeroplane observation. War Diaries Boy Scouts Inspection Parade   The Boy Scouts hold an Inspection Parade at St James' Park, Newcastle. http://www.nufctheyworethenewcastleshirt.btck.co.uk/StJamesParkWorldWar1Part1  Quicksand  Four Lines  Bivouac at Querrieu  Heavy Artillery action throughout the day.  Dugouts shelled  Troop Trains on the move  On Stand by  Great Sucess  Reinforcements  Matches  Training  Training  Battalion Congratulated  Shelling  Reliefs Completed  Back to the Wagons  Working Party  Training  Working Parties  Shelling  Baths  Quiet    Reliefs  On the Move  In the Trenches  Demonstration  Tasks Completed  Reliefs  Trench Raid  Advance Party  Reliefs  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Raid  Reliefs  Course  Inspection  On the March  Reliefs  No Reports  Transfer  Squad Drill  In Camp  Attack has again been postponed  In Billets  Our Artillery was unusually active.  On the March  Quiet  Patrol   Training  Wounded Arrive  Quiet  In Action  Medals and Decorations  Major General W.E. Smith C.H.G. takes over Command   Inspections 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 July 1916. Cpl. Wilson Barlow. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. George Leonard Carter. 14th (Swansea) Battalion Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James William Crowe. 17th Btn. King's (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. William Elliott. 10th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Frederick Garrington. 13th Btn Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Garrington. 13th (Forest of Dean Pioneeers) Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Hicks. 19th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Hicks. 19th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Henry Holmes. 12th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Evan John Hughes. 13th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Cpl. Benjamin Howard Loudon. 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Walter Henry Morgan. 15th Btn. Hampshire Rgt. Pte. Francis Alexander O'Boyle. 7th Btn. "B" Coy. Leinster Regiment Pte. Wilfred Palmer. 8th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Gunner Harold Pendleton Roberts. 2nd Heavy Battery Artillery Group Royal Garrison Artillery 2nd Lt. Harry Spencer Seabrook. 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Tpr. Alfred Edward Smout. 2nd Life Guards Read their Story. Pte Herbert Musgrove Wilkins. 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Charles Winckles. 22nd(The Queens) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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