No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
1/1/1918: Hostile artillery quit. TMs fairly active. Nothing else to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On New Years Day 1918
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On New Years Eve 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
31/XII/1917: Hostile TM activity rather above normal on right subsection, chiefly on front line in G12c.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 30th December 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
30/XII/1917: Usual hostile harassing fire. Nothing else to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 29th December 1917 “Our snipers hit an enemy sniper”
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
29/XII/1917: Our snipers hit an enemy sniper in G11b. A second German who ran to his assistance was also hit.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
60th Trench Duty 28th December 1917 – 2nd January 1918
28.12.1917 BDE RESERVE: Battn relieved 5th SF in ST ELIE RIGHT sector.
1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
28/XII/1917: Inter-Battalion reliefs during the evening. Nothing to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
201702 Pte John William Walker died of wounds aged 23
Son of John William and Mary Ann Walker of 64 John St. in Derby
On this day 27th December 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
27/XII/1917: No hostile activity other than usual harassing fire of artillery and TM’s.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
203654 Pte Alfred Harold Ball from Derby died as a prisoner of war aged 21
Alfred was captured with 80916 Pte Percy Hawksworth whilst on sentry duty near HUNT TRENCH on 29th September 1917.
Although the Court of Enquiry believed that German soldiers entered the Lewis Gun Post and captured the two Privates, this was not a view shared by the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Geoffrey Goyer Gilligan, who would later describe the two men as stupid and faint hearted.
However the Red Cross records show that Percy Hawksworth was captured unwounded.
On this day 26th December 1917
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
26/XI/1917: VERMELLES and PHILOSOPHE were shelled. Artillery otherwise inactive. Nothing else to report.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On Christmas Day 1917
On Christmas Eve 1917 – Gordon Sangster Rivington led a fighting patrol
24/XII/1917: Two patrols entered German front line during the night. No enemy encountered. Gas bombs discharged at 9am.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
On this day 23rd December 1917 the Germans shouted “Merry Christmas!” and ‘were silenced by rifle and artillery fire’
No record in the 1/6th Battalion War Diary [WO/95/2694]
23/XII/1917: Hostile artillery quite inactive. TMs normal. During the evening the enemy shouted across “A Merry Christmas”. He was silenced by rifle and artillery fire.
139 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters War Diary [WO95/2692]
Derbyshire Territorials in the Great War 