No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
16th: Our heavy trench mortar again fired successfully, to which enemy retaliated.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 16th January 1917
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41st Trench Duty 15th – 19th January 1917
15.1.1917: Battalion relieved 5th Battalion in XI sub sector.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
15th: 6th and 8th Battalions take over the front line. Our heavy trench mortars made good shooting on an emery dugout behind Gommocourt Wood.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 14th January 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
13th: A quiet day
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
3854 Pte Albert Walter Scott, “A” Company, 1/7th Battalion
On this day 13th January 1917
13.1.1917: Major CB JOHNSON assumed Temporary Command vice Lt.-Col. E HALL DSO on short leave to England.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
13th: Four SAPS were cut in the enemy wire opposite our Battalion front with tubes of ammonal by 4 parties each consisting of 1 Officer, 12 other ranks and 1 sapper. Two ammonal tubes to each gap. Parties left our wire at 8.00pm and exploded the eight tubes at ZERO hour (9.08pm) and all parties returned to our lines without casualties by 9.26pm. Very little retaliation on the part of the enemy.
1/5th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
13th: Left sub-sector shelled during the afternoon. 5th Battalion exploded eight and 7th Battalion exploded six ammonal tubes in the enemies line successfully.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 12th January 1917
12.1.1917 SOUASTRE: APPOINTMENTS:
- Captain CB JOHNSON appointed A/Major d/- 13.12.1916
Village shelled by enemy. 2373 L/Sgt John Land wounded in the head and eventually died of his wounds.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
12th: Intermittent shelling during the afternoon. SOUASTRE and FONQUEVILLERS shelled during the evening – to which heavy artillery replied by bombarding ABLAINZEVELLE.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
2373 Lance Sergeant John Land
Enlisted in September 1914 and a member of the original “E” Company
On this day 11th January 1917
11.1.1917: Relieved by 5th Battalion and moved back into Divisional Reserve.
Lieut AH GOODALL (above) and 2/Lieut VTG HORE seconded for duty with Heavy Branch Machine Gun Corps d/- 23.12.16.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
11th: Our Artillery carried out a bombardment in the earl morning – whilst out left sub sector was shelled later. 5th and 7th Battalions took over front line. Left sub sector again shelled during the afternoon.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day the 139 Brigade suffered the first casualty of 1917
20004 Pte Albert Statham
Son of Mr F and Mrs C Statham of 235 Alfred St. in Nottingham.
A pre-War Territorial who arrived in France with the 1/7th Battalion in February 1915.
It seems likely that Albert was wounded and transferred to Hospital in England. After his return to France he was then posted to the 1/5th Battalion (December 1916); hence the renumbering to 20004 from his original 4-digit number (2375)
On this day 10th January 1917
In trenches but no record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
10th: Hostile battery active during the morning and afternoon.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 9th January 1917
In trenches but no record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
9th: Our artillery and trench mortars carried out a bombardment.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 8th January 1917
In trenches but no record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
8th: FONQUEVILLERS and our left sub sector shelled both in the morning and the evening.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 