30th August 1917 On this day:  Route march  Activity in Front Line  HQ Moved  In Action  On the Move  Artillery In Action  Training  At Rest  Training  Reinforcements  On the Move  Training & Sports    Cooking for the troops  Patrols  Reinforcements  Artillery Active  Working Parties  Musketry  In Reserve  Two Posts at Yorkshire Bank  New Squadron formed  Move for training      Rounds Fired  Training  Villages Targeted  Cleaning Up  Diary   Parades  Change of Camp  Gas Projected  Very quiet days.  Still in line. Weather fair.  Training Exercises  Long range hostile gun again fired  On the Range  Majot F. Anderson joined  Marched to Thistle Camp  G.O.C. Right Sub-Sector. G.R.6/1/13/  Programme of Attachment  Programme of Attachment  Programme of Attachment  Brigadier General Irvine D.S.O. inspected all ranks 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, 30th of August 1917. Pte Samuel Forster. 138th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Pte. Samuel Forster. Army Service Corps Read their Story. Pte Frederick James Jacob. 14th Battalion Devonshire Pte. Walter Neave. 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edward Hethinton Nixon. 14th Service Battallion Durham Light Infantry Pte. A. Parry. 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas W. Watts. 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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