24th April 1918 On this day: Gas Bombs   6th Btn, Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment engaged in Company and Specialist training in the vicinity of the billets. During the night, many bombs were dropped by hostile planes and the enemy shelled the town of Poperinghe, at intervals. One gas bomb fell on the Quartermaster's stores, slightly wounding one man. Several others, however, suffered rather badly from the effects of the gas. The only recorded casualty was 266658 Private R. Holdsworth (Wounded).  Eye Witness Account of Prussian Guard Attack    BETWEEN VIEUX BERQUIN & GD SEC BOIS Usual shelling. Patrol of 1 NCO & 5 men went to same house as that visited last night also other houses in the neighbourhood. They saw 4 Germans come from a haystack and go to a house some distance away where they were joined by another two, whole party then moved off. Patrol were unable to get to them. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Reorganisation  Resting  Reliefs  Training    Heavy Hostile Shelling  In Camp  Baths  Gas Shells  On the March  Patrols  Gas  A Typical Front-Line Day  Raid  Baths  Refitting  Shelling  At Rest  Musketry  Quiet Enemy  Reorganisation  Parades and Training  Training  Rest and Reorganisation  Orders  Instructions  Training  Orders  Orders  4th leave party started.  Reliefs  A Quiet Day  Situation quiet. Companies working all night and every night on their breastworks.  A party of 1 Officer and 50 men reported to advance H.Q. for work.  Training  Training  Cleaning up.  Orders  Training and Route Marches.  General reconnaisance  156th Infantry Brigade Administrative Instruction No. 12  Train departure times for 25th April  Flyingboat shot down  A Counter-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, 24th of April 1918. Pte. Thomas Ballantyne Burnett. 12th Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Rflmn. Bernard William Kingsbury Cowling. 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. William Leo Crewe. 1/5th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George McCrovie Dickie. 13th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. David Evans. 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Hornsby. 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Anthony Jacob. 13th Btn Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte Joseph Kirkby. 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd Lt. Frederick Lilley. 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Rflmn. George Edgar Nicholson. 5th Regt. Read their Story. 2Lt. John Wills Redding. MID. 7th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas Riley. 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Clarence Owen Thacker. 6th Btn. Northamptonshire Regiment Pte. Thomas Trevor Treharne. 9th Btn Welsh Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edwin Wright. 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Harold Henry Lee Yarwood. 17th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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