26th February 1917 On this day:    SM U-87 Type U 87 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 31) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 28 Oct 1915 Launched 22 May 1916 Commissioned 26 Feb 1917 Commanders. 26 Feb 1917 - 13 Oct 1917 Rudolf Schneider. 13 Oct 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 Freiherr Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Career 5 patrols. 24 Apr 1917 - 25 Dec 1917 III Flotilla Successes 22 ships sunk with a total of 59,828 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 7,638 tons. 23 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Bernisse (damaged) 951 nl 23 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Elve 962 nl 26 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Lucipara 1,943 ru 26 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Saint Mirren 1,956 br 30 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Bathurst 2,821 br 30 May 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Hanley 3,331 br 2 Jun 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Eliofilo 3,583 it 2 Jun 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Mississipi (damaged) 6,687 fr 4 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Loch Katrine 151 br 8 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Valetta 5,871 br 10 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Seang Choon 5,807 br 11 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Kioto 6,182 br 12 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Castleton 2,395 br 16 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Tamele 3,932 br 19 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Artensis 1,788 nw 21 Jul 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Coniston Water 3,738 br 19 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Eika Ii 1,268 nw 21 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Oslo 2,296 br 22 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Alexander Shukoff 1,652 da 27 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Anna 1,211 da 27 Aug 1917 U 87 Rudolf Schneider Aurora 768 da 13 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Little Gem 114 br 24 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Daybreak 3,238 br 25 Dec 1917 U 87 Rudolf von Speth-Schülzburg Agberi 4,821 br Fate 25 Dec 1917 - Rammed by HMS Buttercup and depth charged to be finally sunk by PC56 in the Irish Sea. 44 dead (all hands lost). There was another U 87 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 21 Jun 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 19 Aug 1941.  Training courses Railway work continues   6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Billets at Thievres and Couin 26th to 28th Feb - Battalion at work on Authie Valley Railway. Lieutenants Barratt and Phillips leave the Battalion on the 27th Feb to proceed to England for interview at the India Office on the 3rd March 1917. SG Burnett Major, commanding 6th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment. war diaries  On the Move    L4 SECTOR 6 platoons occupy German trenches near NAMELESS FARM linking up with 15th WYR at CRUCIFIX. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Man Under Arrest  Advance Made  Trench Raid  Training  Aerial Activity  Working Parties  Misty  Reliefs Complete  Ready to Move  Sport  In Billets      In Billets  Reliefs  Reliefs  An Attack  Sector Handed Over  Moving On  Attachment  Move  Guns Active  On the Move  Digging trench system.  Trench Raid  Reliefs  Major General Govinge visited Battalion  Training  Guns Into Positions  Working Party of 5 Officers and 450 men  7th Royal Scots. took over Guards  52nd Division Order No.44 received   On the Move  Relieved 8th East Lancashire Regt.  Pilot interned 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, 26th of February 1917. Ordinary Seaman Neil Arbuthnot. H.M.S. Vivid. Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Collinge. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Collinge. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Elias Green. 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. 2Lt. Gerald Hirst. 3rd Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Stuart Melville. 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. A North. 23rd Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. SM James O'Brien. 6th Btn. Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfonso Renwick. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert William West. 11th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Nelson Winchcombe. 6th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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