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About mikebriggs1910

I'm not a Historian by profession - merely an (over) enthusiastic amateur. By day I'm a Professor of Genetics at Newcastle University with a translation research interest in rare bone diseases. At weekends I can be classified as a Yorkshire Cricket & Psychedelic Rock fan, but mostly I'm just on the Fells (or in the pub - when they were open!).

On this day 12th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

12th: Trench mortars again active on left battalion front. 5th and 7th Battalions take over front line. 5th Battalion patrol Sap at south west corner of Gommecourt.

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

325008 Pte Frank Robertson died of wounds

Frank was amongst a group of men from the Highland Field Company who transferred into the 1/8th Battalion on the 8th February 1917 and was issued with a 32**** regimental number see here.325008 Robertson

On this day 11th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

11th: Enemy fired fifty 4.2 rounds into Gendarmerie Trench. Trench mortars active on our left front. A few 5.9 fired into Thorpe Street during the night.

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

On this day 10th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

10th: 174 Brigade Signal Section arrived for 5 days Instruction. German field battery fired 25 rounds into Lincoln Lane and the Calvaire Road during the morning. Fifty rounds from a 77mm also scattered over the left front area in the afternoon.

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

On this day 9th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

9th: 2 Companies of 2/8 London Regiment arrived for instruction and are attached to 8th Sherwood Foresters. A little hostile shelling on Left Sector.

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

On this day 8th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

8th: Left Battalion Sector again shelled in the afternoon. 2/5th London Rifle Brigade (who had completed six days instruction in the Brigade area) and 8th Sherwood Foresters take over the front line.

2/5th (City of London) Battalion (London Rifle Brigade)

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

7765 Pte William Morris died of disease

Formerly 42578 South Nottinghamshire Hussars and part of the 28th Reinforcement to the 1/6th Battalion7765 Morris

On this day 6th February 1917

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6.2.1917 SOUASTRE: Battalion moved into huts in HALLOY and commenced special training.

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

6th: A quiet day. 6th Battalion march to Halloy for training.

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

On this day 5th February 1917

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No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]

 

5th 10am: A field battery near Essarts fired 30 rounds into the support line of our left trenches.

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

1570 L/Cpl Joseph Whitchurch of the 1/7th Battalion died of wounds

Warlincourt1570 Whitchurch

On this day 4th February 1917

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4.2.1917 Trenches: Relived by 5th Battalion in RIGHT SECTOR and moved back to Divisional Reserve in SOUASTRE.

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

4th: A quite day 5th and 7th Battalions took over the front line.

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

5188/20586 Pte Charles William Pulley died on this day

A gardener from Haynes in Bedfordshire, who was posted to the 3/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters in March 1916. He was transferred to the 1/6th Battalion with the 14th Reinforcement in July 1916 but then posted to the 1/7th Battalion later that month.5188 Pulley