23rd November 1914 On this day: 2nd Life Guards horse and arms inspections   War Diary: For the 2nd Life Guards these days between the 23rd and 25th of November have been employed in horse and arms inspections, also short route marches. Nothing of incident to mention with the exception that from 7 pm on the 25th the Regiment is to be held in readiness to saddle up for a period of 48 hours, as being portion of the Duty Division of the Cavalry Corps, which latter is in General Reserve. 14 officers proceeded to England on 72 hours leave. War Diary U18 sunk   SM U-18 was a type U 17 uboat built at the Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 12). Ordered 6 May 1910, she was laid down 27 Oct 1910, launched 25 Apr 1912 and commissioned 17 Nov 1912. Commanded by Heinrich von Henning she sailed with II Flotilla until the 23 Nov 1914 when she was rammed by HMS Garry and trawler Dorothy Grey in Pentland Firth, Scapa Flow (58.41N, 02.55W). Of her crew there was 1 dead and 22 survivors. John Doran  Weather Bad  The Bravest Men in the World  Reinforcements form Sniping Section     Minutes of Committee Meeting Cocken Hall November 23rd 1914 Present: - Lord Durham, Messrs A.F. Pease, W. Cresswell Gray, Colonel Bowes, Colonel R Burdon. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Colonel Burdon reported that the electric light for 2 rows of the huts had been completed. The Range and the drying house were in the process of erection; and the Regimental Institute was in a very advanced state, and waiting for the addition of the Canteen. Colonel Burdon also reported that he had found it necessary to appoint a Clerk of the Works, who would act for him, and overlook in his absence. Also that Mr Gray had most kindly lent a car for the use of the battalion. Five hundred men and officers (as by Parade State given below) had been ordered to Hartlepool on the Tuesday previous to assist in the defence of the Port if necessary. These had been armed with the rifles provided for the use of the detachment, and had had 100 rounds of ammunition issued. Owing to having no equipment they had had to have mess tins issued separate. Colonel Burdon mentioned also that he had, himself, seen the Military Secretary, Northern Command, and asked him to represent to the G.O.C-in-Chief that this detachment work at present was most detrimental to the training of the men; and to earnestly request that they may be restored to Cocken at the earliest possible opportunity, which he had promised should be done. Col. Burdon asked leave, which was granted- to request from York that he should be allowed to recruit up to 400 over strength for the present battalion, to fill vacancies, and to form nucleus for the reserve battalion, should that be eventually authorised by the war office. Col. Burdon was instructed to write a very grateful letter of thanks to Lord Southampton for his patriotic and unselfish action in taking command of the battalion, and for all the most efficient help he had given. Durham at War Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. http://dcc-live-s3.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/D_CG-5_194-County-Battalion_transcript.pdf  Bridge Damaged  Refitting  Division to rest in billets in Westoutre  Church Parade  Quiet  In Billets  Training  Reorganisation  In Billets  Relief Completed  Training  Procession  Command Change  Refitting  Germans Digging In  Route March  Billets  Fumes  New CO  Rations  On the Move 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 November 1914. Pte. William Samuel Bews. 2nd Battalion Welsh Regiment Pte. Robert Boylan. 1st Btn. Connaught Rangers Burgher J. L. Nix. Hoopstad Commando Mounted Commandos Read their Story. L/Cpl. Harry Willis. 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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