26th September 1917 On this day:  Patients Football   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers are at Havrincourt Wood. An uneventful day. Ten Other Ranks proceeded to Divisional Signalling School for a course. In a football match in the afternoon at Transport lines, we defeated a team picked from the North Irish Horse draft by 2,1. 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers diary WO 95/2505/2 12th Londons in action   Following a heavy artillery barrage on the morning of the 26th September at 0530hrs ‘B’ Company of the 12th London’s advanced with the 2/9th London’s (Queen Victoria Rifles). The 2/9th found it difficult to maintain the correct direction due to heavy fog, boggy ground and taking heavy casualties through fire from a German trench and machine guns in a nearby pillbox. They pressed on, neutralising both positions, however they stopped a quarter of a mile short of their objective. ‘B’ Company of the 12th Londons took their objective but having failed to make contact with the 2/9th Battalion were forced to pull back to secure its flanks. C Company 12th Londons, led by Captain Hardy went over the top at 0611hrs and were tasked with attacking an enemy pillbox positioned on the ridge. After a sharp fight captured the German pillbox, together with numerous prisoners. The action of Rifleman Ratcliffe was noted as exceptional, having found himself in charge of the remnants of No 10 Platoon, being one of only four survivors, he collected a few men who had strayed from another Battalion (possibly 2/9ths), including a Company Sergeant Major and a Lewis Gun party and took up a position covering the flank of his Company. Together with the remaining No 10 Platoon men this disparate group held the flank with the aid of a captured German machine gun. Rifleman Ratcliffe was awarded the Military Medal for this action. Zeppelin LZ102 takes to the air   Zeppelin LZ102 (L57) was a W Class craft which first flew on 26th September 1917. It was not used in combat but was intended for use in Africa. It was damaged beyond repair by a heavy wind on the 8th October 1917. John Doran  Training and inspections  8th East Yorks Attack Battle of Polygon Wood Begins   The Battle of Polygon Wood, part of the Third Battle of Ypres began on the 26th of September 1917  Air Action at The Battle of Polygon Wood  9th York & Lancs Inspected  Artillery on Programme  Transport Issues    IN LINE Night very quiet. Night patrols reported our wire very strong. A little shelling of our front line in early morning. Situation very quiet. Pte. E G GIBBON wounded machine gun bullets in the arm. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Attack Made  In Action  In Action  Shelling  Into Support  Ranging in  Rumours of Ypres  Patrols  On the Move  Training & Sports  Gas  Reinforcements  Working Parties & Training  Wire-cutting TMs  Bombardment  Orders  Intelligence  On the Move  Postings  Training  Trench work  Over the top  Moves Planned  Attack Made  In Holque we did 4 hours training in the morning.  On the Move  Enemy aeroplanes profiting by low cloud  Divisional Sports  Demonstration  Enemy Mortar and Guns more active.  5th Corps Attacked.  Training Programme for week ending 23rd September 1917.  Line consolidated.  Four Triplanes lost 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 September 1917. Second Hand William Francis Alexander. H.M. Drifter Ocean Star. Read their Story. Sgt. James Banham. 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment Pte. John William Baron. 246th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. James Booth. 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Andrew Bouglas. 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Marcus Bristow. 4th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harold Buck. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. Harold Buck. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Martin Callaghan. 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Carnegie. 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Carter. 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Edward Couchman. 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Ernest Courtney. MM. 2nd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Cozens. 8th Btn East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. William Craven. 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Archie Deacon. 7th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Ebbrell. 2nd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. James Evans. 2nd Btn., D Coy. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Cpl. John Gardener. 1st Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Edward Gledhill. 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Capt. Geoffrey Foster Griffith. 9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Battalion London Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Key Griffith. 1/12th (The Rangers) battalion London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Hall. 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Gnr. Bertie A. Harber. 15th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. George Harrison. 2/5th Btn. D.Coy Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Edgar Elijah "Edward" Holmes. MM. 12th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Henry Hopkins. 2/7th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. William Adam Horsman. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Read their Story. Rfmn. William Hoyle. 12th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Edwin Kee. 57th Battalion Read their Story. Pte. William Kimber. 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusliers Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Ernest Kind. 14th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frank Lewis. 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Matthew Lowery. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Sjt. Michael Mallon. 207th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. William Martin. 9th Glasgow Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Bernard Masterman. 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Morris. 1st Battalion. D Coy. Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Arthur George Mules. 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Noyland. 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Pte. William Peet. 2nd Btn., B Coy. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. William Peet. 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Cpl. F. G. Pope. 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. John William "Jack" Potts. 175th Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. L/Cpl John Richard Read. 2nd/5th Btn Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Cyril Robinson. 9th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Shearon. 2nd Btn. Worcestershire Read their Story. Pte. Thomas George Skipper. 8th Btn. Kings Own (Royal Lancaster) Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Frederic William Snow. 166th Seige Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. John Robert Stappard. 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Todd. 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, C Company. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Glyn Waters. 17th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte James Henry Webster. D Coy. 6th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte George Wells. 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Wood. 1st Btn. Gordon Highlanders Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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