17th October 1918 On this day: Reorganisation   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse), Royal Irish Fusiliers. are at Drie Masten. The morning was spent in cleaning, reorganization and inspections War Diaries  Recce for new positions  Shelling  On the Move  In Billets  Advance  Training & Football    Line Along the Lys  At Rest  Training  Move              Mesplaux 50 MG Battn  Barrage Map        Enemy Rear Organisation  On the March  Commanding Officers parade  Lewis Gunners fired a short course on the range.  Situation Quiet  Hostile harrassing fire fairly active  Battalion becomes Advanced Guard to Division.  Military Medal is awarded to 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 October 1918. Private Allibone. H.M.S. Princess Royal. Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Barry. MM. 6th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Lee Bell. 7th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Lt. Donald Morton Brown. 7th Btn then 1st Btn Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Allan Crabtree. 62nd Gen. Hosp Royal Army Medical Corps. Read their Story. L/Sgt. Patrick Feeney. 11th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regt) Dvr. Cecil Gilbert Glass. MT Coy Service Corps Read their Story. Gnr. Arthur Hills. "K" Anti-Aircraft Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John Alfred Hopkins. 50th Btn. Machine Gun Corps Pte. Edgar Hoult. 1st Btn., B Coy. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. H. Jeftha. Read their Story. Pte. J. Longstreath. 5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Pte. Frederick Mallon. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. PO. Harold Victor Maton. HMS Rocket Read their Story. Pte. William McIntyre. 1st/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars Pte Samuel Millsop. 50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps L/Cpl. Lewis Gedge Pye. 13th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Harry Sheldon. 1st Army Anti-Aircraft Workshops Army Service Corps Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Tingey. 19th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William A. Woodburn. 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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