On this day 10th December 1917

1012.1917 ST ELIE RIGHT: Battalion relieved 5th Sherwood Foresters and moved into Divisional Reserve at VERQUIN.

2/Lieuts CW KIRK, SG JOHNS and PA TOMPKINSON joined the Battalion.

kirk-mic

Charles William Kirk from Chesterfield was wounded January 1918

johns-sg-micSydney Gordon Johns from Swansea was wounded May 1918

tompkinson-pa-micPercy Alexander Tompkinson was killed in action 4th October 1918

1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]


10/XII/1917: Nothing to report. Inter Battalion reliefs during the night.

139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]

 

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