20th October 1916 On this day:  On the March  20th DLI entrain R Class Super Zeppelin   Zeppelin LZ80 (L35) Production Ref: LZ80 Class type : R Tactical ref: L35 Usage: Military First Flight: 20th October 1916 History. Carried out 13 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Seas also three attacks on England, dropping a total of 4,284 kilograms (9,445 lb) of bombs. It was decommissioned in September 1918. John Doran  Further move to St Leger  Trenches  Attack scheme  Supplies Sought  Frosty Weather  Change of Position  Fatigues  On the March  On the Move  In the Front Line  In the Trenches  Enemy Activity Increases  Effective Bombardment  In Billets  Reliefs Completed  Poor Weather  Reliefs  Change of Clothing  Training  Working Parties  Weather Improves  Reliefs  Trench Raids  Mobile Column  Holding the Line   Patrol Report  121st Brigade Order No. 30. received.  Battalion marched to training ground  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Pilot wounded  Aircraft Lost  Concert  Schedule 20th Oct. 1916  Situation quiet all day.  Operational Order No.114  Into Hessian Again  Quiet day  Reinforcements  Parade   In Front Line  Support  Seaplane shot down  Billets at Bouret Sur Canche.  On the March 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 October 1916. Pte William Robert Birkett. 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Harry Frederick Bunce. 6th Btn., B Coy. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Pte. Albert Edward Crawley. 17th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Pte. Frederick William Crosswell. 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Errington. 1st Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. WO1 (Cdr.) Horace Henry Glasock. VC. Transports and Remounts South African Services Corps Read their Story. Fireman John Laing. SS Cabotia Read their Story. Sgt. Ellis Molyneux. 20th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment Pte. Henry Rousell. 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte Augustus Simon Ward. 1st Btn East Yorkshire Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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