23rd July 1917 On this day:   celebrate Anniversary Rest and Refitting   245 Machine Gun Company Still at Rest Camp, one NCO sent to hospital, sick. War Diaries  Ongoing training  In Action  In Billets  Inoculations  On the March  Training  Training  Not much sleep  Relief  Wire  Working Parties & Training  Raid  Training  Working Parties and Training  Training      In Action  Arrivals  Working Parties  Gas Attack  Diary  Tactical exercise  On the Move  Orders Received  Minenwerfer Active  Special training continued.  Still in forward camp, two Coys. working on "Red" Line each night.  Recce  Practice barrage on our Left and Front.  Training  On the Bus  Company Training  Operation Order No.1 was issued.  Received from Division  Training  Work and routine carried on as usual.  Front Line was wired by Working Parties 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 July 1917. 2nd.Lt. Hubert Edge Beckett. 1st/4th (Hallamshire) Btn. D Coy. York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Braxton Bigelow. MID. 170th Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. James Burdekin. 10th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Lt. Christian Creswell Carver. 83rd Brigade, A Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Lt. H. E. H. Clayton-Smith. MC. 1st/5th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Ellis. 2nd Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd.Lt. Percival Claude Felts. 6 Squadron Read their Story. Lt. Phillip Henry Burt Fitch. MC. 177th Brigade. D Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Sgt. P. Flick. 33rd Btn. Gnr. George Edward Gunn. 21st Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. R W Henderson. 158th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. Stanley George Hughes. 2nd Btn., C Coy. Royal Irish Fusiliers Pte. George William Jepson. 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Spr. Sidney King. 22nd Light Railway Train Crew Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. 2nd.Lt. Frederick Gordon Laverick. 7th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas McFarlane. 596th M.T. Coy Army Service Corps Read their Story. Pte. James Alexander Mitchell. 33rd Battalion Lt. James Allanson Picton. MC. 9th Btn. B Coy. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George William Radford. 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. W P Sharrock. 48th Siege Battalion Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Sjt. W. Slade. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Lt. W Slinger. 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Arthur Tyers. MM. 1st Btn. D Coy. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Herbert Clement Watts. 4th Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. William Harold Wood. 55th Division Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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