25th June 1916 On this day:  Enemy Active Transfers   118 Brigade RFA transferred from 1 (Canadian) Div to 11 (Northern) Div which had just arrived in France from Egypt. 118 Brigade was then broken up with the 3 x 4.5 how batteries being sent to the existing 3 x 18lb brigades in 11 Div. This now gave the 11 Div 3 field artillery brigades containing 3 batteries of 18 lb field guns and 1 battery of 4.5" howitzers. 461 Battery 118 Brigade therefore became D Battery 58 Brigade RFA. All guns and equipment were left with the Canadians and only the manpower transfered to 11 Div, collecting new guns and equipment on arrival. Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report from Aix Noulette: Divisional Artillery continued wire cutting in conjunction with the Trench Mortar Batteries. Enemy T.Ms also active at times during the day, but stopped firing when fired on by our Batteries. Aeroplane activity was much less owing to the weather. The sound of heavy bombardment came from just north of the Angres Sector at about 1230. War Diaries  Brigade moves by stages to new Billets Trench Raid   A second raid was set for the night of the 25th/26th June with a few changes from the first, Major J.M.Prior would command the raiding party of the 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. This time the Germans were well ready for them. On the right the party under Major Prior reached the enemy parapet but then met with intense rifle and machine gunfire. Forced to retire, they had two men wounded, one managed to walk in under his own power, the other had more serious wounds, he was carried in by Lieutenant Brady and Private E. Hedley. research  Aeroplanes Active  On Stand by V Day   Allied Artillery are active, firing shells to cut the belts of wire protecting the enemy trenches and damage the defences. RFC pilots report large explosions at enemy dumps at Longueval, Montauban, Mametz Wood and Pozieres. As the German artillery responds to the bombardment, the positions of 102 hostile batteries are identified. Three enemy observation balloons on Fourth Army front are shot shown by aircraft of the RFC. As darkness falls, the infantry holding the allied front line sent out raiding parties to judge the situation. Reports bring mixed news, in some areas, such as at Montauban, the enemy are lightly manning badly damaged trenches, but in other areas such as La Boisselle and Ovillers, the enemy remains at full strength.  Bombardment Intensifies On the March   At 0845. D Company, 18th DLI left Gezaincourt and proceeded to Bus Les Artois. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Wire Cutting  Preparations  Training  Lectures  Patrol  British Bombardment  Bombardment  Preliminary bombardment continued    Artillery Active  Working Parties  Shelling  Hot Day      Artillery in Action  German Artillery Replies  Sports  Quiet  Outposts  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  On the Move  Demonstration  Quiet Time  In Billets  Trench Mortar Duel  Counter Battery Work  Battalion resting.  Heavy Shelling  Military Medals   A March to St Leger  Holding the Line  Church Services  At Work  Raid with Gas and Smoke  Shelling  Concentration of Enemy forces at Bir El Mazar.  Observation Balloon  On the March  Artillery all day 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, 25th of June 1916. L/Cpl Arthur Dormer. 1st/5th Btn. East Kent Regiment Rflmn. G. H. Greenaway. 16th Btn. London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) Read their Story. Pte. Albert James Heasman. 11th Battalion Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Sidney Lewis Hunter. 20th X Trench Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery L/Cpl. William Hunter. 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Thomas J.E.B. Myles. 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Regiment) Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Brabazon Owens. Royal Engineers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Brabazon Owens. Royal Engineers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Brabazon Owens. 35th Field Coy Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. Frank Plows. 18th bat. Durham Light Infantry Add a name to this list.

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