23rd March 1918 On this day:    The 10th Battalion was fighting in direct contact with the 9th Cuirassiers (French Army) in Frières-Faillouël. People who were present said that because of the thick fog, smoke from the guns and mustard gas used by the germans, sun never rose for two days. The Britsh, French and Germans were fighting like mad in the forest. Major Tween commanding the 10th Battalion was badly wounded by machine gun fire and died after being taken to a near by hospital. (A few years ago the town decided to give to the road that goes through the forest the name "route du 9e cuirassiers et du 10e Essex" and we put a plaque outside of the townhall "En souvenir des hommes du 10e Essex qui se réunirent sur cette place avant de livrer combat". Every two years the town organises a commemoration of the event in front of a old keeper's cottage on the site of the battle. Then go to the British, French and German graveyards. Various documents on the subject are help in the town archives) Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. At Ollizey all day, fell back on farm house in front of Fleuesele. War Diaries  Troops Withdraw  Surrounded  On the Move    BOYELLES Quiet during day. Two men slightly wounded by shell fire. Received orders during the evening to side slip South and occupy another part of the ARMY LINE. WELSH GUARDS relieved us. Moved along ARRAS, BAPAUME Road to new position. Two Coy’s each side of the ARRAS, BAPAUME Road. Moved the Coy’s again and eventually settled the whole Battalion on the East side of the ARRAS Road. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Hostile Attack  In Action  On the Move  Withdrawal  Withdrawal  Shelling  Sports  Congratulatory message  Messages  Fighting Withdrawal  Fighting Withdrawal  Reliefs  In Defence  Orders  Withdrawal  In Support  Fighting Withdrawal  Fighting Retreat  Received head injury  Training  In Action  Moved  Rearguard Action  Enemy Quieter  Quieter Artillery  Working Party & Baths  Reliefs  Enemy Active  In Action  Withdrawal  In Defence  A Serious Gap  On the Move  Withdrawal  A March and an Extract  Heavy Fighting  Centre Sector Command Transfer  Fighting Withdrawal  Enemy Advance  Orders  Message  Orders        Hard Fighting  In Action  Further Back  Fatigues  Orders  Withdrawal  Digging stopped  On the Move  Mass Attack  Retreat  Brigade withdraws to 3rd System  Lectures to 8th Canadian Infantry  Brigade Operational Order No.1 issued  156th Infantry Brigade Operational Order No.1  Provisional, General Idea  Severe Fighting 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 March 1918. Pte. Robert Anderson. 7th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Joe Atkins. H.M.S. Test. Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Peter Ferguson "Old Bill" Bayley. 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Gnr Thomas Bell. 111th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery L/Cpl. Arthur Blackman. 7th Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Bertie Charles Bostock. 297th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte Edwin Henry Brooks. 5th Battalion Oxfordshire & Bucks Light infantry Pte. Percy Dudley Burchell. 13th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Clark. 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Read their Story. Sgt. Ernest A. Clayton. 95th Field Ambulance Read their Story. Pte. George William Cockerill. 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Albert Charles Coffee. 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. H W Collins. 297th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Frederick Crowther. 20th Btn. B Coy Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Capt. Edward Charles Cunnington. 95th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. John Henry Curzon. 8th Btn Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Read their Story. Dvr. Hubert Ernest "Bert" Dines. Q Battery Royal Horse Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John James Doyle. 4th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick William Emblen. 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Btn. Wiltshire Regiment L/Cpl. Harold Firman. 3rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Thomas Flemming. 17th (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Joseph Francis. 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Walter Charles Freeman. 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Pte. John Edward Friday. 11th (Lambeth) Btn Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regt. Read their Story. Pte. George H. Gale. 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. G. Gemmel. 4th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. William Little Gilchrist. 1/8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte William Little Gilchrist. 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pte. William John Green. 7th Battalion Queens West Surrey Read their Story. Gnr. Thomas Haggar. 297th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Cpl. Ernest Hampton. 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Hardy. Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Wilson Hebson. 5th Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. G S Hinvest. 297th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Deggory Holdcroft. 15th Btn. Royal Scots Pte. Charles Alfred Holloway. 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Samuel John James. 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Pte Samuel John James. 6th (Wiltshire Yeomanry) Btn Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Benjamin Jones. 9th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. Ernest Job Keay. 23rd Battalion (Tyneside Scottish) Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Douglas Kemp. MC. 470th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. L/Cpl. George William Kemp. 22nd Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Pattison Kinnard. 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. George Albert Knott. 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Rflm. Edwin Robert Lloyd. 14th (Young Citizens) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. James Albert Longworth. 11th Battalion Royal Scots L/Cpl Walter Lowman. 8th (Post Office Rifles) Battalion London Regiment Lt. James Ganly Marks. 1/5th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. 2Lt. Reginald Isaac Millican. 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Lees Mills. 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Clifford Abraham Moon. 19th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Hezekiah Gordon O'Brien. 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas OReilly. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Leonard William Phipps. 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Henry Quicke. 1/4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Dvr. John Rowell. 16th Brigade. Q Bty. Royal Field Artillery Pte. William Thomas Royle. 4th Btn. Read their Story. 2Lt. Patrick Joseph Ryan. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. John William Laurance Shillibeer. 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. Louis Slimmer. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Michael Solan. 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Bmbdr. Henry Stirland. 50th Bty, 34th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Pte. George Albert Summers. 10th Btn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Edward Two. 75th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Sgt. William Herbert Westall. 61st Btn. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Robert James White. 5th Btn. Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry Pte. Stanley Wise. 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. RSM. Edward V. Yates. DCM. 9th Btn. Scottish Rifles Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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