Place | Date | Hour | Summary of events and information |
BOURLON WOOD | 1 | In the line - Intense Shelling - Casualties heavy | |
HINDENBURG SUPPORT | 2 | do - Relieved by 34th Bn London Regt and moved into HINDENBURG SUPPORT | |
do | 3 | In HINDENBURG SUPPORT - stuation NORMAL | |
do | 4 | do do do | |
ROYAULCOURT | 5 | do do do Relieved by 21st Bn London Regt and moved into Divisional Reserve at ROYAULCOURT | |
do | 6 | In Divisional Reserve - village shelled by H.V. Gun - Enemy aircraft active. | |
do | 7 | do do - Major C BERESFORD (altd from 17th Bn) Assumed Command | |
do | 8 | do do | |
do | 9 | do do | |
do | 10 | do do enemy aircraft activity - The Battalion as one Company came under order of 1/17 LONDON Regt. and moved to HAVRINCOURT WOOD - Bn HQ remaining at Transport Lines. | |
HINDENBURG SUPPORT | 11 | Company moved into Line - situation NORMAL | |
" SUPPORT | 12 | In Line - situation NORMAL | |
HINDENBURG SUPPORT | 13 | In the Line - situation NORMAL | |
do | 13 | do do do | |
do | 14 | do do do | |
BERTINCOURT | 15 | do do do - Relieved by 8th Bn LONDON Regt and moved into Divisional Reserve - outside BERTINCOURT | |
BOUZINCOURT AREA | 16 | Moved by March Route and train to Heavy Battery Camp in BOUZINCOURT Area. | |
do | 17 | In Army Reserve - cleaning up. | |
do | 18 | Moved into billets in BOUZINCOURT Village | |
do | 19 | In Army Reserve - training | |
do | 20 | do do | |
do | 21 | do do - Major Murphey ?? assumed Command | |
do | 22 | do do | |
do | 23 | do Church Parades | |
do | 24 | do training and practicing tactical scheme | |
do | 25 | Christmas Day | |
do | 26 | In Army Reserve - training | |
BOUZINCOURT AREA | 27 | In Army Reserve - training | |
do | 28 | do do Battalion at 3 hours notice to move | |
do | 29 | do do Practicing tactical scheme | |
do | 30 | do Church Parade | |
do | 31 | do training |
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