26th January 1916 On this day:  Reliefs  On the Move Enemy Artillery Active   6th County of London Brigade RFA report hostile artillery was again active during the day. From 1345 to 1430 enemy bombarded very heavily, the Copse, the Chalk Pit and Fosse 7 communication trenches with light high velocity guns, 4.2s, & 5.9s from Lens. The Germans have done a lot of work in their new trenches. Observation Balloon went down as soon as the shelling ceased. During the night new trench and saps were kept under fire. The remaining sections of the 3rd London Brigade RFA took over from the remaining sections of the 1st London Brigade RFA War Diaries    SM U-72 Type UE 1 Shipyard Vulcan, Hamburg (Werk 56) Ordered 6 Jan 1915 Launched 31 Oct 1915 Commissioned 26 Jan 1916 Commanders. 28 Jan 1916 - 17 Jul 1917 Ernst Krafft. 18 Jul 1917 - 5 Nov 1917 Johannes Feldkirchner. 6 Nov 1917 - 31 Dec 1917 Erich Schulze. 1 Jan 1918 - 31 Oct 1918 Hermann Bohm Career 4 patrols. 11 Apr 1916 - 17 Sep 1916 I Flotilla. 17 Sep 1916 - 1 Nov 1918 Pola/Mittelmeer II Flotilla Successes 21 ships sunk with a total of 38,596 tons. 5 ships damaged with a total of 21,513 tons. 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Achaia 2,733 br 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Hiso 1,562 nw 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Doreen 9 br 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Allegro 7 br 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Griffin 10 br 7 Sep 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Puffin (damaged) unknown br 19 Nov 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Maria Di Pompei 286 it 23 Nov 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Margherita F. 44 it 26 Nov 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Christoforos 3,674 gr 27 Nov 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Salvatore Ciampa 1,728 it 2 Dec 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Palermo 9,203 it 11 Dec 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Jeanne 534 it 14 Dec 1916 U 72 Ernst Krafft Caledonia (damaged) 7,572 br 3 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Manin B. 249 it 7 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Errington Court (damaged) 4,461 br 8 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Cheltonian 4,426 br 8 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Felicina 165 it 9 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Bravore 1,650 nw 9 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft General Laurie 238 br 9 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Montebello 2,603 it 13 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Santo 622 it 13 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Biagio 276 it 25 Jun 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Southern (damaged) 5,694 br 7 Jul 1917 U 72 Ernst Krafft Shigizan Maru 2,828 jp 1 Aug 1917 U 72 Johannes Feldkirchner Rokeby (damaged) 3,786 br 4 Aug 1917 U 72 Johannes Feldkirchner British Monarch 5,749 br Fate 1 Nov 1918 - Scuttled during the evacuation of Cattaro in position 42.30N, 18.41E. There was another U 72 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 22 Nov 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 4 Jan 1941. John Doran  Second Shaft  Second to None  Cleaning  Inspection and Baths  Training  On Alert  Trench Work  Whizz Bangs  Strafe  In the Trenches  Reliefs  Preparations  Quiet  Divisional School Assembly  On the Move  Reliefs  On the Move  Inspection  In Camp  Training and Football  Training  Aircraft Active  In Action  Reliefs  Germans much more active than last tour  Reliefs  Went back to billets in Bray.  Heavy Hostile Fire  Relieved and return to billets  Battalion Relief  Relieved 11th A. & S.H.  In Billets  In Billets  Men arrived from Mudros.  Accidental Shooting  Companies at disposal of Company Commanders.  Billets  Cleaning 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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