No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
5/XII/17: Hostile aircraft active during the morning. Nothing else to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 5th December 1917
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58th Trench Duty 4th – 10th December 1917
4/12/1917 St ELIE RIGHT: Battalion received 5th Sherwood Foresters in the line (G12.d.7.1. to G12.c.1.9.).
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
4/XI/1917: 2 patrols entered enemy front line in G5c and G11b respectively. In G5c no enemy were encountered but sings of recent occupation were found. In G11b an indecisive bombing fight took place. Both patrols were done by 7th Sherwood Foresters and were by night. Between 6 and 6.30pm.
Enemy barraged our trenches on whole sector.
Inter Battalion reliefs during night 4th/5th.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 3rd December 1917
3/12/1917 PHILOSOPHE: Lt.-Col BW VANN MC proceeded on leave to England and Major VO ROBINSON MC assumed temporary Command on the Battalion.
Bernard William Vann
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
3/XII/19: Normal hostile artillery and TM activity. Nothing else to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 2nd December 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
2/XII/17: Hostile artillery and TMs quite. During the night a patrol of 7th Sherwood Foresters under CD COULBY entered the German front line in G12a and found it unoccupied.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/26
On the first day of winter 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
1/XII/1917: At 12.15am enemy heavily barraged our trenches in G11a and b. At the time a small hostile party attempted to reach one of our posts in BORDER REDOUBT, but was driven off by rifle and LG fire. Our artillery fired in response to message “ATTACK BORDER”.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
1/5th Battalion Casualties November 1917
1/8th Battalion Casualties November 1917
1/7th Battalion Casualties November 1917
On this day 30th November 1917 – German raiding parties
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
30/XI/19: Hostile Artillery very active. Heavy barrage of artillery and TM’s was directed on left subsection from 2.40pm to 3.15pm.
Our Artillery fired in answer to message “ATTACK BORDER”. At 7.07pm a similar barrage opened up and “SOS BORDER” and later “SOS QUARRIES” was sent. A small raiding party seen NE of “HAIRPIN CRATERS” was dispersed by LG and rifle fire. At 1.15am 1/XII/17 a similar message again started and a small raiding party was seen in No Mans Land W of “BORDER REDOUBT”. This was dispersed by rifle and LG fire.
Our total casualties were 3 other ranks wounded. It was noticeable that the enemy employed long range Heavy Trench Mortars of a pattern not hitherto reported on this section.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
268504 Pte John Handley from Nottingham died of wounds in a casualty clearing station and is buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension
On this day 29th November 1917
29/11/1917: C in C’s list No 162 dated 19th November 1917:
Captain VO ROBINSON MC to be Acting Major whilst employed as Second in Command 11.10.17.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
29/XI/17: Hostile artillery active. PHILOSOPHE was heavily shelled during the afternoon.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 