21st September 1917 On this day: 16th Northumberland Fusiliers relieve 2nd Inniskillings   2nd Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers are relieved by the 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in the Lombartzyde sector.  Reliefs Divisional Dismounted Sports   9th Queens Royal Lancers 21st Sep - Billets HQ Bernieulles - 1st Cavalry Division Dismounted Sports. 1 OR to Base Hospital war diaries  In Defence  Quieter Day    IN SUPPORT ARLEUX SECTOR Morning very fine. 6 ‘A’ active in early morning & flying low over our line. Companies on working parties. Wiring parties found by Battalion at night. Artillery quiet on both sides except for a little counter battery work. Nothing of any importance to relate. Casualties nil. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On the Move  Training  Accident  Reliefs  Hostile Raiders  First bath in a month  In Action  In Action  Cleaning up  Working Parties and Training  Shelling  Reliefs  Orders   Three Shoots Undertaken  Railway stations attacked  Reliefs  Intelligence  Relief  Postings  Work parties  HQ Moves  Practice Attack  Battalion in readiness  Move Forward  Route march to Caestre  Sports  Exercise  Company Training  Tests of 'Felt Bullet Splashes'  Bomb throwing competition. 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 September 1917. 2nd Lt. Frederick Birks. VC MM 6th Btn Lt. Frederick Birks. VC MM. 6th Btn. Australian Infantry Read their Story. Rflmn. J. Cairns. 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Henry Chatterton. 18th Btn. Kings Royal Rifles Pte. Martin Joseph Conroy. 10th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. F. C. Davies. 10th Btn. Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Dugald Douglas. M.M. Cameron Highlanders Pte. Charles Eaton. 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Thomas Elms. 12th Battalion The Rifle Brigade "Prince Consort's Own" Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Horace Fredrick Gough. DSO. 8th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Sjt. William Thomas Hassock. 118th Coy. Machine Gun Corps L/Cpl. Thomas William Highams. 10th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph John Hollington. 2/1st Battalion London Regiment Read their Story. Brig. Francis Aylmer Maxwell. VC, CSI, DSO MID. 27th Inf. Bde, General Staff Commanding 9th (Scottish) Division Read their Story. Pte. Francis Monnelly. 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Pagett. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Bdr. Ernest Richardson. 26th Battery Royal Field Artillery L/Cpl. Walter Robinson. 20th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. James Sanderson. 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Add a name to this list.

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