25th May 1915 On this day:  Divisional Reserve. Leeds Pals leave Breary Banks   The 15th West Yorks, Leeds Pals left the training camp at Breary Banks, Colsterdale, bound for Egypt. End of Battle of Festuberg   6th County of London Brigade RFA report: So as to prevent the enemy from making a counter attack, the artillery of the Division were ordered to form a barrage of fire. The 15th London Battery fired continuously on J.10 and at 0315 caught enemy infantry coming out of their trench at J.3. At 0600 observation stations at Rue D’Ouvert were bombarded. Enemy working parties were engaged at K.6 and K.7. More enemy in Rue D’Ouvert and enemy at J.8 - J.10 registered. The 16th London Battery were responsible for J.7 - J.10, at which they fired one hundred and sixteen rounds. Eighty one rounds were fired at enemy observation stations at Charelle St Roche, followed by twenty eight rounds. 17th London Battery cut wire in several places and fired on an enemy working party. War Diaries  In camp Instruction at 1st Middlesex Regiment   Operation last night resulted in no casualties occurring in 19 IB. Reinforcements at Advanced Post returned at 8 am. Lt. Millar proceeded to trenches of 1/Middlesex Regiment for instruction by Lt. Soltau MO* of that Regiment. * Medical Officer War diary RAMC 19th Field Ambulance, Erquinghem-Lys  Hold at any Cost  Burned or Poisoned  Making trenches Safer.  Under Attack  Inspection & Presparations  Glorious Day  The Effects of Gas  Working Party  In the Trenches  Quiet  Reliefs Completed  Ship Sunk  Into the Front Line  Ready to Attack  Into the Attack  Hold Up in the Advance  Heavy Counterattacks  Consolidating Captured Trench  Zeppelin in the area  Enemy digging in  HQ moved  149th report  Divisional Report Centre re-locates  Move to billets  Zeppelin Sighted  Air attack  Zeppelin signals  In Support  Shelling  Under Fire  Ready  Training  Quiet  Reliefs  Orders  In Support  In Billets  Reliefs  Attack Made  Occasional Shelling  Instruction  On the March  Training  A Fine Day  Ship Lost  Bombs  Orders  Late  Few Rounds Fired  Rifle Inspection  On the March Second Military Service Act   The Second Military Service Act takes effect in Britain, Married men are deemed to have enlisted under the same circumstances as applied to unmarried men on 27th January of this year, requiring all eligible British men between the ages of 19 and 40 to report, excluding men working in agriculture, mining or the railroads. 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 May 1915. Sea. George Allen. HMS Amphitrite Read their Story. Seaman George Allen. H.M.S. Amphitrite. Read their Story. Lt. Robert Christopher Barbor. 54th Bde. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John Behan. 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Thomas Chalmers. 4th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps. Read their Story. Pte. John William Edwards. 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. CSM. John William Thomas Francis. MM. 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Riley Green. 1/5th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Eli Holmes. 1st Bn. Suffolk Regiment Rfmn. Lovell William Lack. 1st/21st Battalion London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) Rfmn. Henry Lowther. 4th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Rflmn. Richard Sadler Lyus. 6th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Dvr. Peter Marland. B Battery, 89th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. James Robertson. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. George Senior. 2nd Btn. Cheshire Regimeny Read their Story. Pte. James William Stibbards. 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Henry Tull. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Albert Victor Wagstaff. 1st Btn. Devonshire Regiment Pte. Andrew Wagstaff. 1st Btn. Welsh Regiment Sjt. George Ernest White. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Add a name to this list.

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