23rd August 1916 On this day: Casualties   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Bottom Wood. Quiet day. Very little firing by batteries. A236 Battery had nine casualties, one very bad and the remainder very slight. C236 Battery had one man wounded. War Diaries  20th DLI head for the Somme Q Class Zeppelin   Zeppelin LZ73 (LZ103) Production Ref: LZ73 Class type : Q Tactical ref: LZ103 Usage: Military First Flight: 23rd August 1916 History. Made one successful attack on Calais dropping 1,530 kilograms (3,370 lb) of bombs with several other attacks being cancelled or aborted due to poor weather. Decommissioned in August 1917 John Doran  Reliefs  Training and competitions  Move to training area  Working Parties Barrage   C Coy 18th DLI are in Trenches in Festubert Sector 01.00. One casualty while out wiring from hostile M.G. 21.30. Our guns barraged on our left preparing for raid by 92nd Infantry Brigade. Usual hostile reply. One blind shell 50x from Le Plantin redoubt, the only shell on our Coy. sector. No casualties. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Preparations  Enemy Active  Baths  Aircraft Active  Working Parties  Inspection    Training  Training  At Rest  Change of Billets  Bomb Store Destroyed  Training  Making the Maimed Walk  Transport Moves  Training  Inspection  Training  Training  Work  Shelling  Orders  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged Company Inspections   Day spent by 7th Buffs in Company inspections of kit, smoke helmets, (etc.) and generally cleaning up. The Commanding Officer motored over to inspect new area with the Brigadier General. Major Monier-Williams took the billeting party over to allot billets in the new area. 7th Buffs war diary WO95/2049  Regimental transport left for Dernancourt.  Carrying Party  Moved to billets  Quiet Day  RE Conference  Moved forward to Front Line  Reliefs  Wounded  Enemy Aircraft  Kentish Gazette Sixpenny Fund  G.R. 27/1 from 52nd Division  Quiet Day  Operational Orders from Brigade 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 August 1916. Serang Anwar Ali. Read their Story. Pte. Thomas William Armitage. 7th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Lance Corporal Norman Guthrie Ayre. 2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. George Bilton. 18th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Henry Butler. 14th (West of England) Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Pte. Jabez Butterfield. 2nd Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter James Cowie. 1st Bat. B Co. Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte James Garner. South Wales Borderers Spr. William Mitchell Graham. 106th Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte John Daniel Griffiths. 3rd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment Pte William Hill. 14th (West of England) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Drvr. William Hodgson. Base Mechanical Transport Depot Army Service Corps Read their Story. Abe.Sea. Michael Moylan. HMS Centurion Read their Story. Able Sea. Michael Moylan. HMS Centurion Read their Story. Pte. Edward James Reynolds. 3rd Btn. Read their Story. Dvr. Charles Westall. 63rd Battery Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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