26th July 1916 On this day: 16th Northumberlands on the march   16th Northumberlands reach La Beuvriere and the battalion provides details for Corps HQ guard at La Buissiere.  On the March  5 Hour standby and mounted work  Heavy mortar fire  Brigade Dump Shelled  Machine Gun Practice  Men Wounded  Reliefs  Band plays  Training  Quiet Days  Working Parties  On the Move  Gas  Training    Orders    On the March  Artillery Registers  Reinforcements  Recce  Wounded  On the March  Defence Work  On the Move  Training  Registration  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Relief  A Combined Offensive  Received Orders  Reliefs  Report on Operations 26th - 28th July 1916.  Operation Order No.9.  Between 1130 and 1900 hours O.C. Coys. & 2 Officers of "A" Coy. carried out reconnaisance of Longueval.  We had to go through a heavy barrage of Gas shells with the whole Battalion having to wear Gas Helmets.  Artillery active during the day  In the Line  Relief complete  Operational Order No.95  Reliefs  Fairly Quiet  Very Busy  On the March  Outpost Defence Fatigues  G.R.15/12 received  On the Move  Company arrangements.  Attacking Troops close up 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 July 1916. Sgt. Robert William Wyllie Adam. 11th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Sgt. Leonard Clarkson. 1st/6th Bn Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment Pte. Christopher Cox. 6th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Albert James East. 20th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps. Read their Story. Pte. William Fry. 53rd Battalion Read their Story. Pte. T. Gosney. 2nd Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Gray. 10th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Francis Kelly. 1st Btn. Black Watch Read their Story. Pte. Albert Ernest Leake. 15th Battallion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. Martin McMinn. 252nd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Frederick Moon. 10th (Service) Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Maurice Penrose-Fitzgerald. 7th Btn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Regan. 13th Battalion Barnsley Pals Yorks and Lancs Regiment Read their Story. Pte James Tosh. 6th Battalion Connaught Rangers Add a name to this list.

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