20th September 1917 On this day:  Back to Somme and Cambrai Sports   9th Royal Irish Fusiliers are at Ruyaulcourt. Parades as usual and working parties. A cross-country run was held in the afternoon with all available Officers and men taking part. 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers diary WO 95/2505/2  Training courses  Attack Made  Attack Made by 13th DLI  In Action    IN SUPPORT ARLEUX SECTOR Weather continued fine & observation very good. Our aeroplanes very active in early morning. Nothing of any importance to relate. Casualties nil. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On the Move  Heavy Fighting  On the March  Training  Attack Made  Night Patrols  Reorganisation  On the move  Attack Made  Prisoners Taken  In Action  On the March  On the Move  Reliefs  Reliefs  Aircraft Lost  An Habitual Deserter  Artillery Active  Intelligence  Attack on a wide front  Postings  Orders  Operational Order 131  Battalion reliefs as O.O.  HQ moves camp  Training Continues  Move  Still in Beaufort. Nothing to report.  Dawn, barrage  Battalion moved to Eicke  Attack Demonstrated  Exercise  Company Training.  5th Army again Attacked  Musketry started on the Range.  4 day Musketry Course.  Box Respirator Drill  Ground fire 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 September 1917. CSM. Alfred Allbrighton. MM, 11th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Wesley Amos. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Herbert William Barnett. 26th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Matthew Henry Bass. 10th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corp Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Alexander Baxter. 2/4th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Tennant Best. 9th Btn Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Bond. MM. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Lt. John Joseph Bourke. 5th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Nicholson Braddock. 10th Battalion Duke of Wellingtons (West Rding Regiment) Read their Story. Rifleman Henry Thomas Brading. 21st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Capt. Ernest Brooks. 6th Btn. Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Pte. Ernest Brown. 14th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Charles Henry Cadwallader. 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William George Carden. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Richard Cartwright. 9th (Service) Battalion Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Chaplin. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Sjt. Harry Craddock. MM, DCM. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Sjt. Harry Craddock. DCM, MM. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Francis George Crews. 15th (2nd Portsmouth) Battalion Hampshire Regiment Sgt. Leonard Dean. 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Denby. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. James Robert Dry. 7th Battalion Kings Royal Rifles Read their Story. Spr. Joseph Dunmill. 94th Field Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Spr. Joseph Dunmill. 94th Field Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Capt. Donald Eastwood. 6th (Rifle) Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool). Read their Story. L/Cpl. John Ellis. 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Vincent Frederick Ellis. 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Pte. Joseph Ferguson. 1/7th Princess Louise Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders A/Bmbdr. Albert Edward Gooding. 51st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Richard Graham. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Emmanuel Hankey. 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Hartell. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Pte. George Edward Hickson. 10th (Service) Btn. Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Leonard Isaac Hobday. 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Rfm. Joe Willie Holdsworth. 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Rflmn. Robert Jones. 17th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte. William Jones. 8th Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Henry Kavanagh. 6th Garrison Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Daniel Kennedy. 1/7 Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Edward George James Knight. 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Charles Lawday. 11th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Herbert Lloyd. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Alexander Nicholson Mackay. Read their Story. 2Lt. Morris James Marsden. 214th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Marshall. 2/5th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Leigh Massey. 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Rifleman James Robinson Mawer. 21st Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Sgt. Robert McLean. 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Robert McLean. 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Arthur Porcher Meen. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. David Millbank. 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Pte. Ernest Needham. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment) Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Lancelot Nicholson. 9th Btn. A Coy Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Horace John Norton. MM. 11th Bn. Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Pte. Horace John Norton. MM. 11th Btn., D Coy. Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte Edwin Parsell. 9th Btn Welsh Regiment Pte. George Henry Payne. 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte James Platts. 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. RSM. Edward Joseph Pratt. MID. 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. RSM. Joseph Edward Pratt. MID. 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harold Procter. 1/6 Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Henry Hamilton Rigby. 165th Company Machine Gun Corps Pte. William Arthur Riley. 26th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Charles "Chay" Roddick. 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Rifleman Albert Edward Seeger. 12th Btn Rifle Brigade Pte. Clarence Stephenson. 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. Benjamin Suggitt. 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Benjamin Taylor. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Taylor. 2/8th (Liverpool Irish) Battalion Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Telford. 4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders Cpl. Wesley Tompkins. MM 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Major. Frederick Tubb. VC. 7th Battalion Read their Story. Mjr. Frederick Harold Tubb. VC. 7th Btn. Australian Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Henry Abraham Vigus. 214 Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Private Ernest Frederick Warner. 10th Btn. West Riding Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Spiers Shanks Watt. A Coy, 9th (Service) Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Rflmn. Henry West. 11th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. L/Sgt. Robert Bransby White. MM. 13th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Worrall. 6th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Ivatt Wright. 11th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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