17th September 1918 On this day:  A Quiet Day Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Bailleul. Companies employed in cleaning up billets. Ordinary training also carried out by Companies. Battalion bathed at St Jans Cappell. War Diaries  Preparing new positions  Gas Shells  Heavy Gas Shoots  Bathing  Storm  Training  A German Sailor Killed  On the Ranges  Aircraft Shot Down    Diary  Repairing and strengthening Defences  Back Areas Bombed  100 O.R's. on working party constructing A.D.S.  Manoeuvres  Demonstration  Reliefs  Weak Hostile Attack  Pending operations with Canadian Corps.  Aerodrome attacked 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 September 1918. Gnr. John Richard Barritt. 224th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Sgt. Joseph Bingley. 22nd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. John Hudson Carbutt. 11th Btn. Essex Regiment Pte. Albert Leslie Cash. B Coy. 11th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Leslie Cash. 11th Btn. B Coy. Essex Regiment D.H. Joseph Conroy. HMS Vivid Read their Story. Pte. Horatio Ellis Evans. Military Medal 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Reginald Arthur Evans. 1/5th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt Peter Gaskin. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Gillon. 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. John Edward Pickles. 2/7th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Rennie. 1st Garrison Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Sgt. William Henry Ridge. MM.& MSM. 114th Bde. C Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. L/Bmbdr. William Charles Victor "Vic" Ridley. Northumbrian (North Riding) Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. George Henry Riley. 4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Robinson. 7th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Andrew H. "Dan" Rule. MM. 1st/4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Jack Ernest Walker. 209th Sqdn. Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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