14th July 1916 On this day: 16th Northumberlands consolidate points.   16th Northumberlands mount an attack to consolidate points 45 and 63 at Ovillers-la-Boisselle. At night they are relieved by the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, the Northumberlands go into billets at Bouzincourt. Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Aix-Noulette. Trench Mortars continue wire cutting covered by fire from 18 pounders. At 1600 enemy retaliated for our wire cutting on Straight - Huntrench and Boshwalk. Our artillery retaliated strongly and the enemy ceased firing. War Diaries 125th Heavy RGA at Mametz wood.   125th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery are at Mametz Bottom wood 30 men of 2nd Northumberland report sick    At 6.30pm on 14th July 1916, 30 other ranks from 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers were admitted to 85 Field Ambulance, Bozista, sick.  Reliefs  New Squadron formed  Standby at half hours notice all day  In Billets  26th Brigade Attack  Favourable News  Sniping  Gun Drill  Bought With Blood  Trench Raid  Under Shellfire  Into Support  On the Move  Composite Battalion  On the Move  On the March  Wood Captured  Working Party  Training  Working Parties  In Billets  Quiet      Trench Raid  Working Parties  A Grand Review  Trench Held  On the March  Attack Made  Reliefs  Training  In Support  On the March  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Studying Trenches  Aircraft damaged  Snipers  Courses  Relief Completed  March is Continued  Machine Gun Fire  Baths  Attack Made  On the March  On the March  Ready to Advance  Working Party  Patrol  On the Move  Sick and Wounded  Lewis Guns  On the Move  Left Sub-Section Scheme.  Bombs.  Message  Marched off from Sailly  Called Up  Reinforcements August 1916.  Draft of 93 O.R. arrived  On the March   Into Billets  Intense Artillery action  Attack Made 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 July 1916. Pte. Reginald Atkinson Bell. 2nd Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Archibald Black. 8th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Read their Story. Pte. Charles Booth. 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Private John Elliot Brazier. 7th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Henry Britton. 7th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Gnr. Albert Carr. 21st Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Walter Coote. 9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Pte. Alexander Cruickshank. 5th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Rflmn Charles William Dale. MM 13th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Sgt. Harry C. Danes. 12th Battery Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte Francis Devine. 12th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Joseph Riley Dickinson. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Charles Door. 9th Btn. West Yorkshire Rgt. Pte John Charles Door. 9th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Henry Drew. 1st Btn. South Staffs Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Earl. 8th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Green. 12th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Charles Herbert. 7th Battalion Leicester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Kay. 13th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Pte. William Kershaw. 56th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. John Knox. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Frederick Manton. 12th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Thomas Henry Lewis Mills. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Arthur Millward. 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Stephen Morris. 16th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Richard Palmer. 1st Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. George Penfold. 2nd Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Read their Story. CSM. Clement Ayres Rilett. C Coy. 9th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Robinson. 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edmund Josiah Henry Seare. 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte Hubert A Shaw. 13th Btn King's Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Pte. Wilson Spencer. 6th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Joseph Staley. 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Pte. Edgar Tibbles. 9th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Pte. James Wilkinson. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Rgt. Pte. John George Wills. 14th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Lance Corporal Walter George Winchcombe. 12th Btn. "B" Coy. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Wood. 6th Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Wright. 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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