17th February 1917 On this day:  Standing by Wearside Pals Football Match   In a welcome break from routine fighting, having been in and out of the trenches for weeks. The Battalion hold a football competition and attend church in Reninghelst. 16th Northumberland Fusiliers march South   The 16th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers march into 4th army area, to Villers-Bocage. Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Wire cutting by A236 and B104 Batteries continued with an average of two hundred rounds a day being fired by each Battery. X47 Trench Mortar Battery fired one hundred rounds on cutting the wire. War Diaries HMS Zubian completed   HMS Zubian was a Tribal type destroyer, constructed from the bow of HMS Zulu and the stern of HMS Nubian, the work was completed on the 17th of February 1917.    KUK U-30 Austrian Submarine. Type U-27 Shipyard Ordered Launched 27th December 1916 Commissioned 17th February 1917 Commanders 17 Feb 1917 - Friedrich Fähndrich Career No flotilla information available Successes No successes. Fate Went missing after 31st March 1917. John Doran Engineers undertake daylight raid.   106th Coy Royal Engineers join with 14RE in a daylight Trench Raid at 12.20pm Bayonets fixed and carrying explosives to blow up the dugout. The writer received a small wound to the arm going over. The 6th Bavarian Regiment had been waiting for them and a desperate fight took place. Three German Prisoners were taken in the Raid. The 7th RE were also involved but the raid was not a complete success.  Start of Authie Railway works Trench Raid   A trench raid was carried out in conjunction with a party of the 10th Cheshire Regiment (200 in strength) the objective allotted to the Brigade being the enemy's defences N and S of Factory Farm, the farm itself included. Zero hour was 10.40a.m. The enemy seemed to be taken quite by surprise and his trenches were gained with but slight loss. All objectives were seized, with the exception of Factory Farm, where stout resistance was offered. Elsewhere very few of the enemy were found. It is believed that about 20 Germans were killed in this Battalion's objective exclusive of casualties caused by shell fire. Two prisoners were taken, and no identification was secured. 1 died of wounds, 1 missing. The majority of these were caused by hostile machine gun fire, which was brought to bear upon the parties as they returned to our line. Unit history  Interviews and appointments    HEUZECOURT Training continued. Thaw set in properly, Battalion sports held in afternoon. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  No Mans Land Inspected  In the Trenches  A Minor Operation  Shelling  Working Parties  On the Move  Attack Made  Inspection  In Billets      Intelligence  Trench Raid  Arrivals  Arrivals  Working Parties  On the March  Relieved 8th East Lancashire Regt.  Into billets  TMs Quiet  Reliefs  In trenches  Return  Letters addressed to persons in Germany  Practising  Positions  Marching continued.  Operational Order  March Table  G.O.C. & B.G.C. inspected new Defence Line.   Very Quiet 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, 17th of February 1917. Able Seaman Thomas Aitken. Anson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Private Edwin Stanley Andrews. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. Arthur Antell. 15th (Pioneer) Btn. Welsh Regiment Able Seaman James Archer. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Private Richard Aspinall. 2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Able Seaman Atkinson. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Lance Corporal Charles Norton Austin. 1st Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl James Blackburn. 11th Btn Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph James Burgess. 6th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Sgt. Bertie John Butcher. 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Pte. Thomas Henry Dagger. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Pte. William E. Darby. 13th Batallion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Arthur Dean. 6th (Service) Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Foster. 8th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Sidney Dent Foster. 1st Btn Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Tom Freeman. 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. Albert Edward Gough. 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Gnr. Alexander Laing Halkett. 87th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Sgt Herbert William Hennessy. MM 22nd Btn City of London Regiment Gnr. Harold Hindle. 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Robert Hogg. 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Pte. Robert Hogg. 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment L/Cpl Franklin Jackson. 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Rifleman George Henry Lambert. 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte Frank Manning. 8th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edward Burden Minter. 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Pte. Sydney George Moore. 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. James William Neeham. 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Pte. James Newman. 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Henry Owen. 9th Btn Devonshire Regimengt Read their Story. Rflmn. William Phillips. 1st Btn. A Company King's Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Harold Purse. 1st/4th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Frederick Smith. 12th Btn. Middlesex Regiment A/Cpl. WIlliam John Sorrell. 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Read their Story. Pte. James Spilsbury. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Spilsbury. 10th Btn. A Coy. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. James Stanton. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Tilsley. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment L/Cpl. Reginald Severn Tonge. 22nd Btn, Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Wright. DCM. 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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