22nd November 1917 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Moeuvres. The Battalion moved up at 0630 to a position north of Bapaume and Cambrai Road arriving at 0830. Here the Battalion waited for an order to attack Inchi when Moeuvres was taken by the 12th Royal Irish Rifles. At 1145 the 12th Royal Irish Rifles captured village of Moeuvres. It was unable to clear trenches east of village. At 1730 the Battalion moved up to support the 12th Royal Irish Rifles in the village of Moeuvres. At 1745 the 12th Royal Irish Rifles were reported to have been driven out of the village. At 2030 the Battalion less D Company counter attacked the village of Moeuvres, but was driven back to trenches immediately south of the village, where it took up a defensive position for the night. War Diaries  On the March    ARLEUX EN GOHELLE During this tour of duty we have been working on the new scheme of Defended Localities by which only certain parts of the line are to be held, the other trenches being wired on the bottom of the trench & constant night patrols sent out across their fronts. OAK POST is practically complete. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  On the March  The Great Secret  Training & Football  Quiet  Enemy Resistance  In Camp  On the March  Orders  Patrol  Training  Low level combat  Training & Sport  Orders  Orders  On the March  The Attack Renewed  Training  Training  Enemy Attacks  Strong Opposition  Training  Training  On the Move  Trench Work  Warning Order Received  A fairly quiet day  Battalion marched to Simencourt.  Activity Normal  Operational Orders  Table of Movement & Relief  Work Table  Reserve and Support lines barraged  Orders for further attack  M.G.C. moved from Beit Likia to Biddu  Operations of 156th Infantry Brigade 18th November to 3rd Dec 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 November 1917. Able Seaman Alford. Nelson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Ord.Sea. Francis Norman Bell. HMS Glasgow Read their Story. Capt. James O'Shaughnessy Beveridge. 137th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte Ernest Francis Careswell. 15th Btn Royal Irish Rifles Pte. William James Carey. 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers Rfm. John Clydesdale. 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Darrington. 2/5th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John James Donohue. 3rd Battalion Irish Guards Read their Story. T. Hawkins. 7th Btn. Royal West Surrey Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Charles Hawkins. 1st/4th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Lawrence. 2nd Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. Henry Mepham. 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. William Metcalfe. 2/4th Batalion Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Thornton Nellist. 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Newman. 154th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Thomas H.B. Rigby. 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Walter Scott. 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Pte. Charles Henry Smith. 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards Read their Story. Pte. Albert Sumner. 12th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment Add a name to this list.

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