24th April 1917 On this day:    KUK U-31 Austrian Submarine. Type U-27 Shipyard Ordered Launched 28th March 1917 Commissioned 24th April 1917 Commanders 24 Apr 1917 - 2 Jan 1918 Franz Nejebsy 11 Mar 1918 - 31 Oct 1918 Hermann Rigele Career No flotilla information available Successes 1 ship sunk with a total of 4,021 tons. 1 warship damaged with a total of 5,250 tons. 10 Aug 1917 k.u.k. U31 Franz Nejebsy Lealta 4,021 it 2 Oct 1918 k.u.k. U31 Hermann Rigele Weymouth (hms) (damaged) 5,250 br Fate Scrapped in 1920. John Doran Continued spell in the trenches   6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment 24th April 1917 - Battalion in the front line. Three companies hold an outpost line about 200 yards in length, each company being divided into pickets with sentry groups in front and support. Right of picket line J.5.c.55, Left of picket line D.22.d.55 Ref 57.c.NE. Remaining Company D in reserve at disposal of CO. Two platoons J.4.a.69 and two platoons J.100.88 Battalion HQ J.4.c.81. A prisoner of the Artillery taken by our picket at D.29.a.82 probably a deserter. Great aerial activity. One of our own and one enemy machine being brought down. Artillery quiet. war diaries  Casting of Horses  Busy Night  Relief Completed  Relieved  Move  Fine Day  Gas Attack Ordered  Trench Work  Spanbroek Group Explained  Bombers intercepted  In Action  Enemy Aircraft  Reliefs  On the March  Fine Weather  Reliefs        Orders        On the March  Attack Made  Reinforcements  Attack Made  Attack Made  Working Parties  Relief Complete  Reliefs  35 Minute Bombardment  Preparations  Reliefs  In Reserve  Marched from Noorspeene to Steenvoorde  Into Support  Baths and Work  Operational Orders  Operation Orders    Artillery Support  Enemy Bombarded  U-Boat probably sunk  In touch with a Battalion of the York & Lancaster Regt. 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, 24th of April 1917. Able Seaman John Allan. Anson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Leading Seaman Thomas James Allen. S.S. Abosso. Read their Story. Able Seaman William Armstrong. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Skipper Thomas Ashley. H.M. Trawler Margate. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Walter Percival Bailey. 5th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Pte. John Banger. 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Gordon Cedric Berry. 14th Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders Pte. Ernest William Beynon. 17th Battalion Welch Regiment Pte. James Black. 6th Btn Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Benjamin Brooks. 19th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Gnr. Thomas Brunt. D Battery 78th Trench Mortar Battery Read their Story. Pte. Andrew Conley. 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. Charles Henry Curd. 249th Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte William George Dempsey. 12th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Drew. 9th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Frederick Thomas Fitt. 145th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. Samuel Forrest. 1st/8th Btn Durham Light Infantry Rflmn. Thomas Gallagher. 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles Rfmn. Thomas Gallagher. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Raymond Harris. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Capt. Arthur Henderson. VC, MC. 4th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Hugh Hill. 2nd Battallion Argyll and Sutherlands Highlanders Read their Story. L/Cpl Leslie Trevor Hill. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Pte. Frederick E.W. Holland. 17th (1st Glamorgan) Battalion Welch Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Henry Holt. 194th Company Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Rfmn. Percy St John Ingram. 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Sgt. W. H. Ingram. 10th Btn. Devonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Thomas King. 25th (2nd Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Henry Marshall. 11th Btn. Worcestershire Rgt Read their Story. Pte. John McNulty. 10th Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Robert Murray. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Lionel B. Newsum. 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Frederick William Nice. 2nd Btn Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Gnr. John Nicholls. D Bty, 76th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Charles William Palmer. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. 2Lt. Francis George Potter. 1/8th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Richman. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers L/Cpl. Edward Robinson. 10th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Cpl. Joseph William Rowley. 1st Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers L/Cpl. George William King Scott. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Arthur Sharp. 10th Btn. The Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own) Gnr. Thomas Straw. 145th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. George William Taylor. 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. George William Taylor. 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. William Thomas Upton. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte Thomas Watson. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Pte. Thomas Willoughby. 1/8th Btn. Worcester Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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