15th May 1917 On this day:  Working Parties Appointments   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Lt Colonel Nicholson 104th Army Field Artillery Brigade arrived to take over command of Group. Battery positions for offensive action definitely allotted to Brigade. Wire cutting started. War Diaries    SM U-101 Type U 57 Shipyard A.G. Weser, Bremen (Werk 252) Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 30 Nov 1915 Launched 1 Apr 1917 Commissioned 15 May 1917 Commanders. 15 May 1917 - 19 Dec 1917 Karl Koopmann. 20 Dec 1917 - 17 Jun 1918 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg. 18 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Friedrich Ulrich Career 8 patrols. 10 Jul 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 II Flotilla Successes 23 ships sunk with a total of 26,253 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 11,217 tons. 6 Aug 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Rosemount 3,044 br 26 Sep 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Jacqueline 2,899 fr 9 Oct 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Nervier 1,759 be 26 Nov 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Crenella (damaged) 7,035 br 27 Nov 1917 U 101 Karl Koopmann Notre Dame De Rostrenen 186 fr 19 Jan 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg St. Clair (damaged) 621 br 1 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Kindly Light 116 br 2 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Marie Magdeleine 115 fr 2 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Sofie 354 br 3 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Nikolaos (damaged) 3,561 it 5 Feb 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Mexico City 5,078 br 20 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Glenford 494 br 22 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Trinidad 2,592 br 23 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Jane Gray 124 br 24 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg John G. Walter 258 br 27 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Allendale 2,153 br 30 Mar 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Lough Fisher 418 br 2 Apr 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Solway Queen 307 br 14 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Embla 157 da 26 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Princess Royal 1,986 br 27 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Moliere 1,545 fr 28 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Flora 209 fr 29 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Souvenir 549 da 30 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Waneta 1,683 br 31 May 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg Pretty Polly 19 br 3 Jun 1918 U 101 Carl-Siegfried Ritter von Georg St. John’s 208 br Fate 21 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Morecambre beginning in June 1920. There was another U 101 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 13 Jan 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 11 Mar 1940. John Doran  Move to Second Army Area  Further moves  Visiting Graves  On Leave  On the March  Working Parties  On the Move  Dugout Hit  A Deadly Accident  Patrols  Working Parties  On the March  Enfer Farm Shelled      Trench Work  Attack  Identification  Out of the Line  In the Line  Attack Made  In camp and training  Very Quiet Day  Working Parties  On the March  In the line. Enemy aeroplane very daring, flying very low along our front line trenches.  On the Move to Bussy-Les-Daours  On the March  In Trenches  Company Parades, Musketry  G.R.13/5/13  Report  Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig visited 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 May 1917. Cpl. Robert Anderson. 12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Patrick Browne. 10th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Pte. Alfred England. 3/1st Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Andrew Hunter Herbertson. 7th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Murphy Hogan. 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Herbert Clifford Hunt. 2nd Batallion Honourable Artillery Company Read their Story. Capt. John Harold Pritchard. 2nd Battalion Honourable Artillery Company Read their Story. Lt. Phillip Howson Guy Pye-Smith. 11th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Sgt. James William Thornley. 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Pte. G. Watkins. 13th Btn. Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Bmbdr. Thomas Wood. 173rd Brigade, A  Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Artf4. Arthur William Worden. HMS Dartmouth Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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