17th July 1917 On this day: refitting   245 Machine Gun Company From the 17th to the 19th July the Company was engaged in making up deficiencies in equipment, clothing, transport and machine guns and generally sorting itself out for action. War Diaries  Relieved unit in trenches  Inspections and Courses  New Position  Enemy Aircraft  Digging In  Training  Divisional Competition  On the March  Training  Summer Sunshine  Dogfight  Aircraft Lost  Working Parties  Reliefs  Trench Work  Orders  Shelling  On the Move  A special syllabus of work had been prepared whilst in this camp, but owing to the Battalion being innoculated this could not be adhered to for the first 2 days.  Training    Working Parties    Shelling  Draft Arrives  On the Move  Training  Salvaging  Bayonet fighting, musketry  On the Move  Quiet Time  Classes of instruction continue.  Artillery activity normal.  In Bivouacs  Preliminary Instructions No.1  Ref GR2/1/25  Registration on Barrage Lines.  Wiring commenced  Working Parties for Salvage 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 July 1917. Chief Cook John Alexander. H.M.S. Newmarket. Read their Story. Stoker Albert Mark Anderson. H.M.S. Newmarket. Read their Story. Able Seaman Robert Anderson. H.M.S. Newmarket. Read their Story. Stoker Edward James Awcock. H.M.S. Newmarket. Read their Story. Pte. Percy Ball. 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. William Barron. 38th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Bmdr. George Henry Best. 236th (6th London) Brigade, C Battery Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Arthur Burrows. 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment L/Cpl. John Cassidy. 20th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Cpl Albert Henry Crick. 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Bertie Henry Crick. 7th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Aaron Gardener. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. James Godfrey. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edwin Percy Lott Horne. 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Cpl. James Greenwell Hugill. 104th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Leach. 8th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Gnr. Percy Harold Leonard. 173rd Brigade, A  Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. Alfred Matson. 107 Brigade, D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte Thomas Paddon. 1st/4th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Spr. Stephen John Taylor. 153rd Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Frederick Youens. VC. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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