14th August 1916 On this day: 3rd Monmouths split   200 NCO's and men of the 3rd Monmouth Battalion left to join the 2nd Monmouthshire's  Into Position  Loading Appointments   6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 14th August 1916 - Ronville - 2/Lt Constantine W and Smith WH posted for duty from officers base depot to B and C company respectively. war diaries  Intense personal training for men and horses  New Billets  In Action Reliefs   18th Durhams are in Trenches in Festubert Sector. Weather cooler with fresh West wind. Some artillery activity against hostile trenches North of us. 2130. C Co. relieved B, & A Co. relieved D. New disposition Right Front Line - C Co. Left Front Line - A Co. Right Support B Co. Left Support D Co. 1 OR wounded & died of wounds later. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Conference  Orders Issued  Quiet  Reliefs  Reinforcements  In Billets    Reorganisation  Training  Trench Work    Orders  Orders  Reliefs  A Deceptive Patrol  In Huts  Training  Training  Defences  Training  Quiet  Course  Training  Problem  On the March  Aircraft damaged Quiet   Quiet day for 7th Buffs. Except at 6.30p.m. when enemy’s T.M. bombs fell near the heads of Queer St and Safety Alley and at the back of the salient. 5.9 shells fell near Safety Alley (behind Support Trench) and also between there and Stanway Alley. Earlier in the afternoon a few shells fell in the front line in Sector 49. A bombardment of the enemy’s lines from I.26.b.8.8 to I.16.d.3.5 took place. The enemy did not retaliate on our front at all. Showery in the middle of the day. Wind S.W. Quiet night. 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049  Reliefs  Training  Training  Casualties  Notes on operations  Working Parties  Reliefs  On the March  Marched to K.47  G.C. 27 from 52nd Division  Drills  Reliefs 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, 14th of August 1916. Pte. Robert Beattie Allen. 13th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Stephen Charles Allen. 13th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. J. Barnhill. 27th Btn. Read their Story. Pte. James Bradley. 1/5th Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Brown. 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Pte. William Frederick Bull. 2nd Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Devine. 1st/3rd West Lancs Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Gnr. Albert Edward Solomon Everett. 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery Capt Robert Cecil Knott. 20th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Henry McGregor. 4th Btn. The King's (Liverpool) Regiment Pte. Hugh Stewart Swinburne. 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Wilson. 13th Btn. Read their Story. Pte. William Wilson. 1/7th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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