28th October 1916 On this day: Minenwerfers Silenced   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Very quiet day until about 1400, when the hostile minenwerfers (mortars) showed some activity but were effectively silenced by our Howitzer Battery. War Diaries Hospital ship    HMHS Galeka alongside Britannic SS Galeka was a steam ship originally built for the Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company, but requisitioned for use as a British troop transport and then a hospital ship during the First World War. On 28 October 1916 she hit a mine laid by the German U-boat UC-26. Owner: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company. Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast. Yard number: 347. Launched: 21 October 1899. Completed: 23 December 1899. Fate: Hit a mine laid by German U-boat UC-26 on 28 October 1916. General characteristics Tonnage: 6,767 gtn. Length: 440 ft.(130 m), Beam: 53 ft (16 m). Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h). History. The ship was the last vessel to enter service before the merge between the Union and Castle shipping lines. She served on the South Africa route until the First World War when she was used by the UK as a troop transport, carrying troops of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps to the Gallipoli Campaign. Galeka was then refitted as a hospital ship with accommodation for 366 wounded passengers. Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport Service during WW1. Medical Staff strength. Officers:8 Nurses:10 Other:54 Accommodation capacity. Officers: Cots:254 Berths:112 Period of Service as Hospital Ship or Ambulance Transport. Date From:22nd June 1915 Date To:28th October 1916 Ships Crew details: Sinking. On 28 October 1916, while entering Le Havre HMHS Galeka struck a mine. She was not carrying patients at the time, but 19 Royal Army Medical Corps personnel died in the sinking. She was beached at Cap la Hogue, but was a total loss, Union-Castle's first war casualty. John Doran  Training and inspections  Craters  Reports of Naval Fight    18th Durhams are at Hebuterne "Wet, Quiet day on the whole. Four fighting patrols from 92nd Brigade went out through our lines. None of the enemy were encountered. Enemy shelled Battalion HQ. Medical Aid Post blown in." 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Fatigue Parties  Parades  On the Move  Working for RE  Patrols  Reliefs  Training  Holding the Line  Orders  Appendix  Working Parties & Training  Working Parties  Orders  Artillery in Action    TMs Bombard Ontario Farm  Reliefs  Holding the Line  Artillery Active  Artillery in Action  Reliefs  Relics  NCO's Raiding Party  20th Middlesex Regt. Battalion Order No. 26.  l2lst Infantry Brigade Order No.33.  Billeting Arrangements   New small respirators fitted  Parades  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Reliefs  Return  Mining  Inspection  Reliefs  Message from Brigadier General Commanding  Work proceeds   Parades  On the March 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, 28th of October 1916. Skipper. George Geddes. HM Drifter Speedwell V Read their Story. Tmr. George Geddes. HM Drifter Speedwell V Read their Story. L/Sgt. George Penstone Gould. 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Thomas Green. DCM. 10th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte Robert Higgins. 5th Battalion Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Pte. Hubert Archibald Thatcher. 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Eng. William Young. H.M. Drifter Speedwell V Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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