20th July 1917 On this day: Rest and Refitting   245 Machine Gun Company The Company was based at the Rest Camp from 20th to 28th July refitting and generally preparing itself for the move to its active service station. War Diaries  Reconnaisance and reorganisation  New Position  Determination  Barrage  Carry On  Lecture  On the March  Training  Will ever end?  Working Parties  Training  Reorganisation  Promotion  Boxing  On the March  On the March  Working Parties    Rounds Fired  Hospital  Reliefs  Working Parties  Training  Diary  Training  Training  Another Quiet Day  The syllabus and training were adhered to.  Intense bombardment  Training    Operational Orders  Companies under Company Commanders.  Attack rehearsal  Locations of Units  Pigeons  Movement Order No.2.  Train Timetable  Letter GR 2/1/25  Report forwarded to Division  Artillery active.  Holding the Front Line  Operational Order 126  Instructions for Move. 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, 20th of July 1917. Flight Lieutenant Frederick William Akers. Read their Story. Signalman Wallace Stevens Atkinson. H.M.P.M.S. Queen of the North. Read their Story. Gnr. Bernard Dudley Bailey. 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Richard Thomas Lovet Brown. 9th Btn., "C" Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Angus Cameron. 19th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Albert Crummett. 6th Btn Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. G. W. Davies. 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. G. W. Davies. 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Fred Dewhurst. 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Fred Dewhurst. 2nd/1st East Anglian Field Amb Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. John Helm Forster. 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. Joseph H. Heely. 2/8th (2nd Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Pte John Richard Hughes. 1st Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Gnr. F. F. Joyce. 173rd Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William Lamb. 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Sgt. William Luke. 9th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Capt. Ernest Dyce Messervy. 56 Sqd. Read their Story. Sgt. John Christopher Peterson. 526 (1st Durham) Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Cpl. Louis Pettitt. 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Percy Thurlow. 1st/5th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Percy Thurlow. 1/5th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Michael Welsh. 12th Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. John George Wright. 57th Combined Stationary Hospital Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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