24th August 1917 On this day:  Ongoing training  Inspection    L4 MERICOURT SECTOR 24th - 30th August. Quiet on the whole. Rain on several days and very windy at times. At 2.50am enemy attempted a raid on 18th WYR on our right. This was expected and successfully repulsed. One wounded prisoner taken an officer and several ORs killed. MG and Bangalore Torpedo taken. 2Lt KEITH killed and 3 men slightly wounded. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Front Line Recce  Parade  Attack  At Rest  Training  Return to the Front  On the March  Patrols  Inspections  Orders  Kippers  Training & Sports      SOS Request  Hostile Batteries  Sea Bathing  Diary  Operations  On the Move  Oppy Wood Hit by TMs  Inspection of Division  Battalion moved by bus to Halifax Camp  Training  Occupying Trench Area.  Inspection  Relief of 155th M.G.C.  Improving Redoubts.  Instructions  Changed over with 10th North 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 August 1917. 2Lt. Arthur Bradley. MM. 6th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. William Evans. 250th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers. Pte. John Graves. 8th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte. Wilfred Mayers. 7th Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Pte. John Mitchell McCall. 7th Btn. Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. George Smallshaw. 2/10th Btn. (Liverpool Scottish) Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Smallshaw. 2nd/10th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment Read their Story. Pte John Arthur Smithson. DCM 6th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Pte. Charles Henry Thompson. 4 Eastern Coy. Non Combatant Corps Read their Story. Pte. William John Wilkins. 10th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Sgt. George Henry Woolbard. 8th Battalion, B Company Kings Royal Rifle Corps Add a name to this list.

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