22nd February 1915 On this day: Attack Made   1st East Anglian Engineers report "At 4.40 am an attack made on German trenches in front of Duck's Bill Givenchy to ascertain whether the enemy were mining towards our trenches. After a preliminary bombardment two small columns consisting of parties of Royal Berks, 2nd South Staffs and Glasgow Highlanders and two officers & 32 NCOs & Sappers of our company succeeded in capturing the trench and after investigation it was found that the Enemy were not mining. The trench was evacuated and party returned. Two Sappers Killed, Two Missing, Eight wounded 2nd Lieut C H Humphreys wounded." 483rd Field Company RE War Diary 1st Battalion Royal Scots Belgium & France 1914 - 1915.   1st Battalion Royal Scots in Ypres, Belgium. Inspection of 2nd Life Guards machine gun teams   The 2nd Life Guards War Diary states: Major General Kavanagh came to inspect machine gun teams. Squadrons out again at schemes set by me. War Diary  2nd Queens relieve 1st South Staffs  Courts Martial  Sniping and Artillery Duel  Trench Raid  A Creepy Job     Minutes of Committee Meeting Cocken Hall February 22nd 1915 Present:- The Earl of Durham, W.C. Gray, Colonel R. Burdon, Colonel H. Bowes, Major F. J. Tristram, and Captain Lowe. The minutes of the previous meeting at which no one was present but Colonel Burdon, Major Tristram and Capt. Lowe, were taken as read. The parade state was presented as under and Colonel Burdon mentioned that one of the reasons why such slow progress was being made with the 6th Company was that some forty of the members of the Battalion had been transferred to commissions elsewhere. The samples of necessaries for the men were inspected, and it was decided that those offered by Messrs. Mappin & Webb should be accepted, subject to reasonably quick delivery: or failing those that provided by [blank] Colonel Burdon reported that he had authority from the war office for the 6th Company to be proceeded with at once. Durham at War Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. http://dcc-live-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/D_CG-5_194-County-Battalion_transcript.pdf  A Trying Journey  Training  Reliefs  On the Move  Training  Fog  Exercise  Exercise  Thick Mist  Reporting  Postings  Cheering and Rockets  Visit  Reliefs  Parade 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, 22nd of February 1915. Pte. Edward Felix Baker. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. George Beason. 1st Btn Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Boothman. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Alexander Robertson Boothman. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. James Boyes. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. William Burnip. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. John Butler. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Michael James Cavagin. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. James Finlay. 1st Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Brig-Gen. John Edmund Gough. VC. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Brig.Gen. John Edmund Gough. VC. General Staff Read their Story. Pte. Frank Monaghan. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Frank Monaghan. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. C. O'Brien. 3rd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Davenport Pennington. 1st Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Robert Reed. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Frederick Webb. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Arthur Whittle. MID 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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