13th September 1916 On this day: Daily Battery Activity 236th London Brigade   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Bottom Wood. Batteries carried out barrages behind enemy lines in High Wood. Battle of Flers-Coucelette 15th September 1916 to 22nd September 1916 (sixth phase of the Battle of the Somme). War Diaries  Equipment  Remounts  Trench casualties  Translated Signal  Rough Terrain Quiet   18th DLI are in the Neuve Chapelle Sector "Fine. Very quiet. Heavy rain in evening." 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On the March  Sentence carried out  Relief  Wet Day  Enemy Transport Heard    Training  Casualties  Training  Training & Football  Orders  Instructions    Orders            In the Trenches  Wire Cutting  Working Parties  Wire Cutting  Outposts  Bombardment  Preparations  On the March  Artillery Active  New Battery  Reorganisation  Equipment  Training  Training  Saluting drill, rifle exercises etc. Training   Training was carried out by Companies on ground adjoining the camp. Times 7 a.m., 8 a.m. 9 a.m., 12.30 p.m. 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Programme of Work (a) Physical Drill (b) Bombing, tactical use of bombing parties, use of Lewis Guns with bombing parties followed by criticism. (c) Intensive Digging and insertion of frames for Dug outs. (d) Lewis Guns, tactical handling of. (e) Following up a barrage. (f) Exercises for Platoon Commanders in tactical schemes, consolidation of ground gained and map reading. 9.45am The Commanding Officer went up to the trenches to look round the line held by the Reserve Army, with the Brigade Commander. The adjutants of the Brigade. went round training area allocated to the Brigade. 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049 Training   7th Buffs Training as per programme of the 12th inst.T he Commanding Officer held a conference of Company Commanders at 9.45 a.m. and Platoon Commanders at 12.15 p.m. 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049  Reliefs  Quiet Day in La Chaussee  Orders  Billets shelled  Operational Order No.105  Training  Duty  Advance  Orders  In Souchez sector  Improvements  Bombardment  Redoubts 5 to 7A were relieved  Conference of Brigade Commander  In Reserve  Senior Officers attended a Conference  Reliefs  Attack by French 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 September 1916. Pte. Alexander Anderson. 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Sgt. Archie James Barrett. MM. 6th Battalion, B Company East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Frederick G. Bevis. Royal Horse Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Charles Depper. 1/4th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Peter Duncan. 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Young Evans. MM. 3rd Btn. London Regiment L/Cpl. Walter Ford. 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Pte. Herbert Hitchon. 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Lee. 2nd Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Clare George Napthine. 9th Btn., D Coy. Suffolk Regiment Pte. Alexander Russell. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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