27th May 1918 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. At 0230 hostile bombardment commenced on left of Brigade front and spread north where the enemy attempted to raid the Belgians at 0300 on our left. With the exception of a few shells on Wietje at about 0300, hostile artillery inactive on this front. Our own artillery was active during the day and replied vigorously to enemy bombardment in the morning. A fighting patrol failed to discover traces of the enemy west of Jasper Farm. At 2310 the 1st Royal Irish Fusiliers on our left raided an enemy post near C.17.c.45.45, but found the garrison had cleared. Our artillery continued the bombardment till 2340. 6" Stokes Mortar assisted. During the operation a fire was observed in Rat Farm. Absence of hostile machine-gun fire, artillery retaliation and Verey Lights was marked. War Diaries Australian Troop Transports    HMAT A66 Uganda The HMAT A66 Uganda weighed 5,431 tons with an average cruise speed of 10 knots or 18.52 kmph. It was owned by the British India SN Co Ltd, London, and leased by the Commonwealth until the 4th December 1916. The Uganda was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on the 27th May 1918. John Doran  A Devastating Attack  1st Bty RFA in Heavy Action    CAMPAGNE Cleaning up. Reorganisation. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Welcomed Home  Working Parties and Training  In Action  Gas Shells  Harassing Fire  Merger  Patrols  Sports  An Empty Post  Loss  In Action  In Action  Prepare to Move  Bombardment  In Action    Bombed Hospitals  Work hours changed  Re-organisation of Companies.  German Guns Active  Shelling  Artillery active in region of Support line  Germans Repulsed  Heavy Gas bombardment  Snipers Post not located. 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, 27th of May 1918. L/Cpl. James William Angel. MM. 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Leonard Beedham. 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Brown. 2nd Lowland Field. Amb. Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. L/Cpl John Stainforth Burnham. MM 12/13th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers L/Cpl. George Campbell. 122nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Private Sydney Clark. 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Elsdon Corkin. MM. 1st/6th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Percy David Frederick Cornford. 22nd Battalion London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Jeremiah Cunningham. 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Dickison. 10th Btn West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William J. Earl. 1/7th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Lord Edwards. MM. 8th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Lord Edwards. 8th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John William Elliott. 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. John William Elliott. 14th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Cpl. John Townson Ellwood. 8th Btn. Border Regiment Pte. Frank Edward Evans. 2nd Btn Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albert Henry Field. 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. CSM. Patrick Finn. MM, DCM. 6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Cpl. Albert Reginald Harrell. 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Pte. Nathan John William Hebb. 19th Btn. D Coy. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Capt. Charles Stanley Herbert. MC. 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry Capt. Jacob Andrew Norman Hessler. 5th Battalion. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Capt. Jacob Andrew Norman Hessler. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Hill. None 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Randolph Jackson. 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Frederick John Jordan. 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Lanaghan. 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Bmdr. James Lynn. 50th Trench Mortar Battery, X Coy. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. L/Cpl Thomas Henry Manley. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. William Sewell Mason. 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Cpl. William Henry Morris. 7th Btn. Leicester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James Newby. 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. James Newby. 1/6th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Gnr. Charles Frederick G. Peacock. 200th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Isaac Quinn. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. James Henry Savory. 5th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Brayton Scott. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Scott. 22nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Stokoe. 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Alec Taylor. 25th Company Pte. Harold George Taylor. 1st Btn. Worcestershire Regiment L/Cpl. Wilfred Kemp Thorne. 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Fredrick Joseph Tivey. 7th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Archibald Campbell Tyre. 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters Add a name to this list.

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