23rd August 1918 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Meulehouck. All NCOs and men instructed in method of attack and final preparations for same were made. At 2030 Battalion moved into the line on right of left sub-sector (Meulehouck) and cut gaps in wire. The night was very quiet on our front but towards Locre the enemy shelled heavily and appeared to attack about 2300. Our artillery opened fire in reply to SOS. War Diaries    MORBECQUE Moved up A Coy right front, B Coy left front, C Coy support, D Coy reserve. Battalion HQ - V.12.b.9.9. Relief complete 11.30pm. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Orders  Reliefs  Quiet  Secure Position  Counter-attack Repulsed  Shelling  On the March  Reliefs  Shelling  Training  Attack Made  Enemy Dispersed  On the Move  Drills and a Lecture  Training  Reliefs  Railway junctions bombed  Finished firing course  The Battalion was ordered to capture the high ground immediately to the East and to establish the British line there.  Division Attacks  Support Battalion reorganised  1 Operation Orders No.53.  Paraded at 1115 hours and entrained at Artillery Corner  Heavy Gas shelling  See Appendix  Consolidation 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 1918. Able Seaman Cyril John Amos. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. James Ernest Arnold. 13th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Read their Story. Private John Ashton. R.M. Medical Unit, R.N. Div. Read their Story. Pte. George Bennett. 1st Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Albert Blanshard. 10th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur James Bygrave. 1st Battalion Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Mark Clark. 12th (Service) (Bristol) Battalion Gloucestershire Read their Story. Pte. Ronald Guy Dawes. 15th Btn. Welsh Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Arthur Ernest Fergusson. MM 2nd Btn. Australian Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Henry Flatt. 10th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Albert Francis. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Edward Fuller. Hertfordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Joseph Alfred Gledhill. 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Cpl. Robert Glencross. 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry Pte. Leo Eric Greygoose. 1st Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Hendricks. 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte Albert Hobson. 2nd Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Pte Horace H Hull. 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Jarvis. 1/13th (Kensington) Battalion London Regiment Cpl. Edward Jones. 1st Battalion, B Coy. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Richard Jones. 14th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. William Knight. 14th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Lancaster. 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Spr. John Edward Leah. 646th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Pte. Rudolph Beckley Lister. MM 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment Capt. James Henry Maywood. 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Terence McGuire. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Pte. Edward McLaughlin. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Francis McNally. 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. David Moyes. 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Nisbet. 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Horace Piggott. 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Frank Pollard. 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Rfmn. Edward Polley. 13th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte. Frederick Rowe. 7th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. George Borthwick Scott. 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Percy Shimeld. 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Frank Smale. 13th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Pte. James Taylor. 10th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Walter Tudge. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Samuel George Turvey. 1st/20th (Blackheath & Woolwich) Battalion, London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William John Wallace. MM. 18th Battalion Read their Story. L/Cpl. Daniel Charles Webb. 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment Pte. Herbert Woodcock. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Wright. 1st/4th Btn. D coy. Royal Scots Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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