23rd April 1917 On this day: 16th Northumberland Fusiliers celebrate St George's Day   In Athies the 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers hold St George’s day celebrations. Training   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Gas demonstration by chemical adviser X Corps held at 1415 near Ouderzeele. Four 18 pounder guns of C236 Battery and two 4.5 inch Howitzers of D236 Battery were bought into action in the gas cloud. Commander Royal Artillery and all available Officers and ORs of the Brigade attended. War Diaries  Refresher Courses and Strong Posts Construction  Reliefs  Attack made  Night Shift  Survivors Move Back  Assault Made  Orders to Attack  Attack and Counter Attack  On Ranges  In Action  Inspection  Reliefs  In Action  Preparations  Reliefs  Aircraft Damaged  Aircraft Lost  Reliefs  Training  Balloon Observation  Shelling      Attack Made  Reliefs  Working Parties  Hostile Battery  Posting  Reliefs Complete  Wind Unfavourable  Move  Attack Made  Left Houle  Platoon Boxing and Football competitions.   Day and Night Work  Operational Orders  Operational Order  Operational Order  Moved up to Brown Line.  Two prisoners captured   In Front Line  In Position of Assembly in Laurel Trench  Mass formation  Dogfight  New reconnaissance aircraft 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, 23rd of April 1917. Trimmer Samuel Stepney Adam. H.M. Trawler Rose II. Read their Story. Able Seaman Thomas Frederick Adams. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Petty Officer James Alder. M M Nelson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. Norman Dunstan Allan. 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Able Seaman Frederick Armstrong. Nelson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Srgt. Henry Alfred Arnup. 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Lieutenant Charles Percy Asbury. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Able Seaman George James Atkinson. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. Andrew Barclay. 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Private William Barwise. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. 2nd.Lt. Hubert Harry Bateman. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. John Baverstock. 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. Edward Beesley. 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Pte. George Biggs. 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers Pte. John Blacklock. 6th (Perthshire) Btn. The Black Watch Read their Story. Rifleman Henry Frederick Bowman. 16th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. L/Cpl. Frank Bridgewater. 7th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Thomas Wesley Harold Broomfield. 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Burgess. 7th Btn. Gordon Highlanders Sgt. Alfred Ernest Burgin. 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Dvr. Edward Thomas Bush. 3rd Division Ammunition Column Royal Horse Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Campbell Clark. 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Charles Clark. 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte James Clayton. B Coy, 7th Btn (Queens Own) Cameron Highlanders Sgt William James Cobden. 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps pte. John Joseph Collins. 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. John Joseph Collins. 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. James Connor. 13th Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. James Cooper. Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Walter Stanley Cox. 1st Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Rgt. 2nd Lt. Raymond Alfred Cruickshank. 2nd Btn. 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Raymond Alfred Cruickshank. 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Andrew Curry. 13th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Pte. Charles Henry Dorn. 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. George Bernard Downing. 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Oliver Edward Dunn. 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Dunnett. 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. John William Durham. 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Pte Frederick James Eagle. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Rflm. Samuel James Elliott. 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Rfn. Albert Edward Flint. 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade Sgt. Daniel Gaffing. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Glass. 6th Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte Alexander Grant. 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Pte. Joe Greenwood. 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Hammond. 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Pte. William Hargreaves. 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Corporal Andrew Crooks Henderson. 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Stephen Heywood. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Cpt. David Philip Hirsch. VC MID. 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Hector Holman. 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Henry William Houchin. 13th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Fred Howarth. 7th Btn. Border Regiment Pte. Fred Howarth. 7th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Percival St.John Ingram. 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. Charles Samuel James. 13th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Herbert William Johnson. 2nd Batt. South Wales Borders Read their Story. L/Cpl. John Joseph Jones. 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Pte. Thomas Kane. 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn. 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Simon Lippman. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Madine. 5th Btn. Border Regiment 2nd Lt. Brian Wilmot Malone. 1st battalion Devonshires Read their Story. Pte. Maurice Marshall. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Mark Huston McCormick. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John McDonald. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas Andrew McDonald. 2nd Battalion Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders Rfmn. Henry James McGuinness. 17th (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Sgt. James McParlane. 10th Battalion Scottish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Parry. 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Pte. John Patterson. 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Pearson. 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment BSM Craine Peartree. 41 Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Royal Garrison Artill Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Henry Poole. 1st/5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. William E. Raine. 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Cpl. Percy Gordon Ramsden. 17th Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Charles Rance. 10th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Charles Rance. 10th (City of London) Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. James Battle Ritchie. 17th (2nd City) Btn. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Dewar Robertson. 11th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Pte. Thomas Robinson. 7th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Rorrison. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Sgt. Thomas Sawyer. 19th Batalion Durham Light Infantry Pte. Thomas Sharp. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Pte. John William Skipworth. 4th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Pte James Smalley. 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment Sgt. John Edward Smith. MM. 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. John Edward Smith. MM. 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Edward Smith. MM. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Southam. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. Alexander Leitch Stephens. 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Charles Tedder. 11th Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. James Thompson. 13th Battalion Royal Scots Rflmn. William "Tommo" Tomlinson. 7th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Sgt. Fred Gustavus Tunnicliffe. 16th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Cuthbert Turner. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. John William Upton. 16th (Service) Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Robert Vandal. 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Ernest Edward Walker. 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Walker. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pte. John Ward. 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas George Ward. 7th Btn. Border Regiment Pte. Peter Whitlie. 2nd Btn Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joe Wilkes. 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Fred Wilson. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. William Winter. 13th Battalion Rifle Brigade Add a name to this list.

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