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On this day 16th February 1917

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

Trench Mortar 191616th: Our 2″ trench mortars carried out a bombardment of enemy trenches during the morning. Our stokes battery cooperating. 6th raid cancelled.

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

The following men of the 139th Brigade died from their wounds on this day:-

  • 266813 Pte Albert Leslie Tetley (1/7th Battn) from Radford
  • 328035 Pte Frederick Beighton (1/8th Battn) from New Lenton
  • 200351 L/Sergeant Frederick Hunt (1/5th Battn)

On this day 15th February 1917

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

15th: Left sub sector shelled throughout the afternoon. The SNOUT again entered without incident by a patrol of 5th Sherwoods.

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

On this day 14th February 1917

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

13/14th: 2/Lt FH Warwick and a party of the 1/5th Sherwood Foresters entered the German trenches at the SNOUT and penetrated to the 2nd German line. No enemy encountered.

14th: Enemy shelled more actively especially with the trench mortars.

PoplarPatrols14th/15th: Lieut Coulby 7th Sherwoods thoroughly searched the ground around the “Poplar” without finding any of the enemy.

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

On this day 13th February 1917

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13.2.1917 C in C’s list No 121: Lieut GKK MAUGHAN appointed Adjutant d/- 28.11.917

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

13th: About 20 light trench mortar bombs fired into the Gommecourt Road during the night. A quite day. 2 Companies 2/8 leave the trenches – HQ and 2 Companies 2/11 London Regiment arrive for instruction.

gommecourtThaw set in after a month of continued frost.

A good deal of movement had been noticed in the enemy’s line both by day and night lately; heavy mechanical transport heard in Gommecourt during several nights and persistent registering by enemy batteries especially on right Battalion front noticed during the past week. Enemy trench mortars have also shown renewed activity.

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

fonquevillers.jpg200957 L/Cpl Albert Edward Dean and 201361 Pte John Evans were killed in action and are buried next to each other

  • 3298 Pte Albert Dean enlisted in November 1914 and arrived in France in April 1916.
  • 4124 Pte John Evans enlisted in March 1915 and arrived in France in March 1916.

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