21st October 1918 On this day: Attack Made   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) Royal Irish Fusiliers. report "At 0730 the 108th Infantry Brigade (1st Royal Irish Fusiliers in front line) attacked in conjunction with 107th Infantry Brigade on right flank and French on left without artillery preparation. 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers advanced to railway line in C.28 and later got to Spitaal due south through C.29.d, I.5.c and d to road at I.6.c.00.70 getting into trench with 107th Infantry Brigade on right. French were held up on left by machine-gun fire from area C.23.a. At 09.00 Battalion moved to C.19.d.92.94 via Step Bridge at C.9.a.20.00. During day pontoon bridge at C.14.c.70.60 was shelled at intervals." War Diaries Heavy Howitzers in Action   Heavy Howitzers were being by fired in rotation on the front according to a timetable sent from HQ at Lourdes by the 17th Heavy Artillery.  2nd Argylls into billets  106th Field Coy on the move  Further moves  On the March  Heavy Shelling  Training & Sports  Drill  On the March  Football  Conference  Orders to Advance  Attack Made  Consolidation              Battalion close order drill.  Battalion remained in billets ready to move.    Battalion moved off at 0600 hours to No.4. area  Battery at Etricourt  Torpedo-bomber squadron formed  Battalion moves to La Glanerie and Toupet area  Marched to Auby.  H.Q. closed at Fontaine 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, 21st of October 1918. Pte. Arthur Atkinson. 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Batchford. 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. William Batchford. MM. 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Capt, John Kemmy Boyle. MC MID. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Rflm. John Branigan. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. L/Cpl. William George Evans. 1st/5th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Pte. Frederick William Gisborne. 15th (Yeomanry) Btn. Hampshire Regiment Pte. Robert Charles Lord. 1st Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Pte. Alfred William Matthews. 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Mona James Nathanial McCreery. 3rd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Gnr. John McGetrick. 168th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. William Harry Murrison. 5th Btn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. George Everett Nash. 15th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Alexander William Ross. 10th Mountain Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. George S. Steed. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Read their Story. A/WO1. Thomas John Watkins. 84th Sanitary Section Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Walter Young. 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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