15th February 1915 On this day:  Quiet 3rd Monmouths arrive in France   When the troopship docked in Le Havre at 8 a.m. on the morning of the 15 th February, thronging crowds lined the quayside waving flags, cheering, singing, welcoming the Welshmen, for these were early days of War, spirits and enthusiasm was high. The 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment made camp on the cliffs above Le Havre. 2nd Life Guards at musketry range practice   2nd Life Guards War Diary, 15 to 18 February 1915: In billets at Staple. Nothing of note took place, and squadrons were busy at musketing and with range practice at short range for bad shots. War Diary Enteric fever developments   Three more men of DLI admitted for observation as carriers. War Diary 19th Field Ambulance RAMC, Armentières  Mutiny  2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs  Heavy Shelling  Difficult Roads  4th East Yorks relieve 10th Sherwoods    Minutes of Committee Meeting Cocken Hall 15th February 1915 Present:- Colonel Burdon and Major Tristram. Nothing of any importance was reported. The parade state was certified as being 1355 of all ranks. Recruits were only coming in slowly: and constant drains were being made upon the regiment for the provision of Commissioned Officers for other battalions. The total loss from this source up to date would probably reach nearly 50 men. The question of a notice and advertisement issued by Mr. Evan Hayward. M.P, and Mr. Godfrey Palmer, M.P. for the purpose of obtaining 100 or 200 men for the 13th (Pioneers) Gloucester Regiment was considered; and it was agreed that support ought only to be given to this when our own County Battalions had been filled. With the exception of a few of the huts not being water tight (though not to any serious amount, except in one case) the rest of the camp was in good order, and might be considered finished; except the roads, which are still awaiting the action by the Surveyor to the RDC, which has been delayed in consequence of stone and trucks not having been forth-coming. The Rifles which had been lent to the Battalion by various members of the public were directed to be returned to their owners. Colonel Burdon notified that he had applied for cooking stoves and boilers, and also arm racks. Durham at War Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. http://dcc-live-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/D_CG-5_194-County-Battalion_transcript.pdf  Officers Arrive  Reliefs  On the Move  Water  On the Ranges  In Billets  Instruction  Company Training  Orders Received    Command Change  Heavy Rain  German attack pending  Heavy rifle fire  Concert  Exercise  Visit 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, 15th of February 1915. Greaser John Auger. H.M.S. Amsterdam. Read their Story. Pte. John Cassidy. 1st Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. G. E. Collins. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Earnest Earley. 2nd Btn. D Company Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred John Fielder. 3rd Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) Pte. Robert Holmes. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Arthur George Joyce. 3rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Col.Sgt. Benjamin Joyce. Read their Story. Pte. George McLeod. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. George Mcleod. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George McLeod. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. R. Morgan. 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Stanley Pendall. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. W. Price. 2nd Btn Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Edward Reavell. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Harold Steele. 3rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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