19th April 1917 On this day:  On the Move American Liner SS Mongolia attacked by German submarine   En-route to England, off Beachy Head in the English Channel, the American passenger liner SS Mongolia was attacked by a German submarine, which passed from her port bow to starboard quarter. The US Naval Gun Crews on board, returned fire with three 6-inch deck guns, wrecking the submarine's periscope and conning tower, forcing her to submerge and possibly resulting in her loss. This engagement was the first of US Naval personnel against the enemy. Court Martial   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery provide summaries of evidence in case of Bombardier Wiseman D236 Battery, remanded for Field General Court Martial on 15th inst., taken. War Diaries SS Caithness lost   SS Caithness, defensively-armed was torpedoed without warning and sunk by U-52 submarine on the 19th of April 1917, 130 miles NW by N from Cape Ortegal. 47 lives were lost including Master, only 2 of the crew survived.  Move to good billets  Battalion moves  Darkness Closing In  In Reserve Trenches  Holding the Line  In Position  Back in Billets    On the March  Reliefs  Specialist Classes  In Camp  Reliefs  On the March      Reliefs    Working Parties  Marching  Hostile Battery  Reliefs  Consolidation  Change of Command  Attack Made  Carrying Parties  Lectures by Divisional Gas NCO.  Working Party  On Rifle Range.  Work  In Reserve  Operational Order  Casualties  Peceived Preliminary Orders for the Attack on Gaza  At 0730 hours the Attack began.   Intermittent Shelling  Marched to Noyelette  Moved to Bluet Farm area. 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, 19th of April 1917. Pte. Thomas Affleck. 1st Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Brady. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas William Bucknall. 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Francis Buchan Murray Campbell. 1/7th Btn. Royal Scots Regiment Pte. Harry Chadwick. 1/4th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Chadwick. 1st/4th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte Joseph Coupe. 7th Btn Border Regiment Pte. Harry Cross. 1/8th Btn. The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Cushnahan. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pte. Thomas William Downs. 11th (1st Finsbury Rifles) Battalion London Regiment Gnr. Ernest James Hawkins. 108th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. Arthur Jackson. 1/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Jackson. 1st/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Jackson. 1/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Andrew Smith Kerr. 157 Coy. Machine Gun Corps Pte. Abraham Ledger. 8th/10th Battalion Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. John Lewis. 5th Btn. Dorset Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. John Lipscombe. 2/4th Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Albert Seymour Lloyd. MM. C Btty. 78th Bde Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. John E. Martin. C Btty. 78th Bde Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Sjt. Thomas McAllister. 4th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderer Read their Story. Driver Peter McGuiggan. C Btty, 78 Bde. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Tom Munden. 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. William H. Nolan. 1st/10th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Robert Wale. 11th (Finsbury Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Robert Wale. 11th (Finsbury Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Walpole. 20th Battalion London Regiment Pte. John Wardrope. 20th (Tyneside Scottish) Bn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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