18th August 1917 On this day: 16th Northumberlands undergo training   16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers move from Coxyde to Bray Dunes to undergo twelve days of training and assimilating new drafts. Activity in Front Line   245 Machine Gun Company Mercatel and trenches. Attended VI Corps Horse Show at Bihucourt, with one entry in event 18, a pair of mules. War Diaries Gotha Daylight Raids   On 18 August 1917, The largest Gotha raid of the war was attempted, despite a warning of unfavourable weather. 28 aircraft took off and soon encountered the predicted high winds. After nearly two hours in the air they had made so little progress that Zeebrugge was still in sight. After a further hour the English coast came into sight, revealing that the Gothas were some 64 km (40 mi) off course. With barely enough fuel left to return to Belgium, the flight commander called off the attack. The high wind caused two aircraft to come down in the North Sea: others ran out of fuel before reaching their bases and were lost when making forced landings, two coming down in neutral Holland. John Doran    SM U-107 Type U 93 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 276) Ordered 5 May 1916 Launched 28 Jun 1917 Commissioned 18 Aug 1917 Commanders. 18 Aug 1917 - 31 Dec 1917 Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke. 1 Jan 1918 - 31 Jul 1918 Oblt. Kurt Slevogt. 1 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Kurt Siewert Career 5 patrols. 21 Sep 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 6 ships sunk with a total of 24,663 tons. 1 ship damaged with a total of 1,084 tons. 21 Oct 1917 U 107 Wilhelm-Friedrich Starke Epiros (damaged) 1,084 gr 14 Apr 1918 U 107 Kurt Slevogt Marstonmoor 2,744 br 29 Jun 1918 U 107 Kurt Slevogt Castor I 117 nw 15 Aug 1918 U 107 Kurt Siewert Cubore 7,117 am 18 Aug 1918 U 107 Kurt Siewert Idaho 3,023 br 21 Aug 1918 U 107 Kurt Siewert Lake Edon 2,371 am 24 Aug 1918 U 107 Kurt Siewert Flavia 9,291 br Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Swansea in 1922. There was another U 107 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 2 Jul 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 8 Oct 1940. John Doran  Inspections  Town bombed  Orders Issued  On the March  Into Billets  In Reserve  Rest and Refitting  Firing at the ranges  Working Parties and Training  Field Day  Patrols  Leave  Grenade  Busy  On the Move  Reliefs and Moves        In Action  Artillery Active  Artillery Registration  Presentations Made  Orders  Diary  Parades  Further mock attacks  Quiet Day  Work and routine as usual.  Still in forward camp.  Awards  Musketry  Training  Operational Orders  Further instruction to go with Operational Order.  Casualties  Tanks had a good run  11th Division Order No.101.  Tank Corps. Order No.5.  Operational Order No.1  Submarine sunk in the Channel  Cleaning 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, 18th of August 1917. L/Cpl. Daniel Brady. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. A/Cpl. Robert Breslin. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. John Crabtree. 9th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte. George Craggs. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Thomas Daniel. Read their Story. Pte William Eley. 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. George Richard Featherstone. 10th Battalion South Wales Borderers Pte. Joseph Forster. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. George Gorman. 12th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Sgt Frederick Hobson. VC 20th battalion Gnr. H. Holland. 173rd Brigade, C Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. William Henry Holliday. 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Ellis Jones. 16th (1st City) Btn Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Charles "Frank" Leinthall. 2nd Btn Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. James Benjamin Maloney. 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) Rflmn. James Benjamin Maloney. 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade Pte. William James Porter. 2nd. Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Frank Pues. 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. George John Ransom. 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment Pte. Alexander Shepherd. 10th Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Read their Story. Spr. John Silverson. 477th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Sjt. James Thom. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Sgt. James Fraser Thom. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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