23rd October 1914 On this day: 2nd Coldstreams near Ypres   2nd Coldstream Guards were at Zonnebeke.  Reliefs  Defence Continued Action   E Battery 3rd Brigade RHA Started at 0500 and in action all day as before. One man wounded and two horses killed. Back in billets at 1800 but left one gun out. Changed our billets to west of town as east under big gun fire during day. war diaries  11th Hussars bivouack  1st East Lancs in trenches  Wire Entanglements  Attack Repulsed  In Billets  In Support  On the March  Divisional move  Heavy Shelling  Sight Seeing  In Reserve  Enemy Active  Heavy Shelling  Heavy Shelling  Training  Reliefs  Prisoners  Trenches  Wounded  Withdrawing to a New Line  Company Training  In Billets  Withdrawal  Inspection  Observation  Dug hard at new line.  Under Fire  Wounded  Attack 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 October 1914. Dvr. Joseph Balfour. 29th Div Ammunition Column Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Barnes. 2nd Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Broadley. Loyal North Lancashire Rifleman Reuben Joseph Brown. 2nd Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Davies. 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment Pte. Henry James Gould. 1st Btn. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Rfmn. Philip Claude Harris. 3rd Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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