12th May 1917 On this day: Enemy Artillery Active   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Enemy artillery was active and Howitzer Batteries retaliated on counter-battery targets. C236 Battery was shelled. War Diaries 327th Siege Battery RGA sail from Southampton   327th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery left Southampton on the 12th May 1917 and disembarked Le Havre the following day. It first joined 72 Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) on the 18th May 1917.    Reinforcements    NEAR ECURIE G.4.a Resting refitting and reorganising. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On Leave  Reliefs Complete  Training and Fatigues  On the March  Defence Work  Ammunition Stores  Working Parties  Reliefs  Trench Raid  Training  Training  A Successful Shoot    Orders  Attack Made  Balloon Observation  Orders  Reliefs  Cleaning Up  Training  Relief  Bailleul Shelled  Still in Farbus Wood. weather very hot.  On the March to Torte Fontaine  Battalion arrived at Canal Reserve Camp  In Trenches  Scheme on training ground.  Fatigue Parties    Seven Guns Relieved   Special courses started 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 May 1917. Lt. Wilfred Griffith Barlow. 58th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Bellwood. 10th Btn. West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales Own) Regiment, Rfmn. Albert Frederick Botcher. 12th (The Rangers) Btn. London Regiment L/Cpl. Albert Frederick Buckland. 6th Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Pte. Frederick John Collier. 2/8th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. William Henry Hands. MM. 11th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Joseph Gregory Healy. 1st Battallion Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Ernest William Ingram. 1st Btn., D Coy. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Oscar Ralph Kelly. 53rd Sqd. Read their Story. Pte John Knowles. 2nd Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pte George lanham. 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. George Lanham. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. James Albert Law. 8th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster) Read their Story. Pte. Richard York Leadbeater. 10th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers Sjt. Walter Gordon MacDonald. MID. 12th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. George James Rumbles. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Cpl. Ernest See. 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. William Sharp. 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Joseph Smith. MM. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Walter William Taylor. 1st. Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Cuthbert Whalley. 8th Btn. Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regt Read their Story. Pte. James Williams. 10th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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