13th April 1917 On this day: 16th Northumberland Fusiliers support attack   The 16th battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers are ordered to Attilly to support the attack on Fayet. 16th Northumberland Fusiliers hold town   The 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers take over Fayet from a Battalion of 14 Brigade.  Orders Rest and inspections   6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 13th April 1917 - Battalion at Louvencourt, resting and cleaning up. Inspection of billets. Specialist training. war diaries  Bad weather exposure  Terrible Weather  Top Brass Visit  Assault Made  Into the Trenches  Up to the Line  Under Shellfire    HAILLICOURT The day spent training and recreation. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Reliefs Completed  Casualties  Aircraft Lost  Into Billets  Reorganisation  Hostile Aircraft    In Reserve  Working Parties  Artillery Active  Trench Work  Hostile Trench Mortars  Artillery Active        Move  Training  Casualty  Training and Firing  On the March  Bombardment  In the Line  In Billets  A Push Forward  Arrangements  Attack Fails  Reliefs  Cold Conditions Continue  Shrapnel shells  A Move  Resting and refitting.  Training  52nd Division G.S. Circ. memo No.11  On the Move  U-boat search plan  Arrived at Wanquetin  In Action  In Action 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, 13th of April 1917. Telegraphist Joseph Henry Amos. H.M. Trawler Pitstruan. Read their Story. Sgt. Robert Boughton. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Clack. Oxfordshire and Bucks Light Infantry Read their Story. Sgt. John James Coady. 1st Batallion East Lancashire Regiment RSM. Simeon Thomas "Tim" Daly. 12th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Lawrence Horatio Goff Eveleigh. C Bty. 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Ewan. 2nd Btn Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Ewan. 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Cpl. Ernest Edwin Fisher. 6th Btn. Dorset Regiment Read their Story. Lt. William George Richard Geoghegan. 2nd Btn. Inniskilling Fusiliers . Read their Story. Pte. William Ewart Hall. 20th (4th Salford Pals) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. Frederick George Manson. 8th Btn, East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Herbert Marshall. 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment 2nd Lt. Bertram C. Martin. MM. 4th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Reginald Parsons. 1/4th (City of Bristol) Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Pte. William Roberts. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Frank Reginald Seely. 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick George Sutch. 20th Bn Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Wicks. 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George William Wicks. 17th (2nd Leeds) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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