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1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment    1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment was in Holywood, Belfast serving with 15th Brigade, 5th Division, when war broke out in August 1914. They proceeded to France, landing at Le Havre in mid August. They were in action in The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of Le Cateau, The Battle of the Marne, The Battle of the Aisne, The Battles of La Bassee and Messines and The First Battle of Ypres. Between the 3rd of March and 7th of April 1915 they were attached with 15th Brigade to 28th Division in in exchange for 83rd Brigade in order to familiarise the newly arrived troops with the Western Front. In 1915 they were in action at The Second Battle of Ypres and the Capture of Hill 60. In March 1916 5th Division took over a section of front line between St Laurent Blangy and the southern edge of Vimy Ridge, near Arras. They moved south in July to reinforce The Somme and were in action at, High Wood, The Battle of Guillemont, The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, The Battle of Morval and The Battle of Le Transloy. In October they moved to Festubertand remained there until March 1917 when they moved in preparation for the Battles of Arras. On 7 September 1917 the 5th Division moved out of the line for a period of rest before, being sent to Flanders where they were in action during the Third Battle of Ypres. 5th Division was sent to Italy and took up positions in the line along the River Piave in late January 1918. They were recalled to France to assist with the German Advance in late March 1918 and were in action during the Battles of the Lys. On the 14th of August 1918 the 5th Division was withdrawn for two weeks rest. Then moved to The Somme where they were more or less in continuous action over the old battlegrounds until late October 1918 and saw action in the Battles of the Hindenburg Line and the Final Advance in Picardy. At the Armistice they were in the area of Le Quesnoy and moved to Belgium to the area around Namur and Wavre in December and demobilization began.  19th Manchester Regt. on the right.   11th March 1919 Route marches during morning. 21st of August 1913 Lecture 8th August 1914 Reference No 10 dated 8-8-14. 9th of August 1914 At Southampton 10th August 1914 Roll of Officers. 13th of August 1914 Landing in France 13th of August 1914   Landing in France 14th of August 1914 Advance Party Leave 15th of August 1914  Arriving Busigny 16th of August 1914 Billets Organised 18th of August 1914 15th Bde Arrives 20th of August 1914 Preparing to March 21st of August 1914 March Instructions 22nd of August 1914  On the March 23rd of August 1914 Holding the Line 24th Aug 1914 1st Cheshires at Audregnies  The 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment suffered 771 casualties at Audregnies on the Franco-Belgian border, whilst acting as flank guard to the 5th Division. The Battalion alongside three Companies of the 1st Norfolks, engaged four German regiments who were advancing in close formation across open fields between the villages of Audregnies and Elouges. Their actions bought valuable time for the rest of the BEF during the retreat from Mons. The 1st Cheshire's War Diary states: "At roll call in Bivouac at Les Bavay there were 6 Officers, a Warrant Officer and 199 men - The strength marching out at 7.30 a.m. on the morning of 24th inst was 27 Officers, 1 Warrant Officer and 933 men - A loss of 78%, most of which was caused in the withdrawal." 24th Aug 1914 In Action 26th Aug 1914 In Action 26th of August 1914  Holding Position 27th of August 1914 Retirement in the Dark 28th of August 1914 An Exhausting March 29th of August 1914 Sleeping in the Streets 31st of August 1914  Pursued by Germans 1st Sep 1914 In Action 1st of September 1914 A Delayed March 2nd of September 1914 An Early March 3rd of September 1914 Across the Marne 5th of September 1914 March Finished 6th of September 1914 Army Advances 7th of September 1914  Another March 8th of September 1914 An Early March 9th of September 1914 On the Move 10th of September 1914 Marching 11th of September 1914 Marching 12th of September 1914 A Wet March 13th of September 1914 A Showery March 14th Sep 1914 In Action 14th of September 1914 Broken Bridges 15th Sep 1914 In Action 15th of September 1914 An Attack Falters 16th September 1914 Difficulties 16th of September 1914 Bad Roads 17th September 1914 Heavy Bombardment 17th of September 1914 Artillery Reinforced 17th October 1914 Halted 18th of September 1914 Some Enemy Firing 19th September 1914 Attack Repulsed 19th of September 1914 Trenches Fired Constantly 20th of September 1914 Sappers Make a Bridge 21st of September 1914  Missy on Fire 22nd of September 1914 Enemy Retiring? 23rd of September 1914 Heavy Shelling 25th of September 1914  Very Quiet 26th of September 1914 Moves Successful 27th of September 1914 A False Alarm 28th of September 1914 Shelling 29th of September 1914 Quiet 30th of September 1914 Astride the Aisne 1st of October 1914 A Withdrawal 1st October 1914 Arrived Droizy about 2350 hours. 2nd of October 1914 Moonlit Relief 2nd October 1914 Weather cold. 3rd of October 1914 On the March 3rd October 1914 Marched 1800 hours to Longpont. 4th of October 1914 On the March 4th October 1914 Night march. Cold and dry. 5th of October 1914 A New HQ 5th October 1914 Arrived Pontdrun 5 a.m. 6th of October 1914 Orders to Move 6th October 1914 Marched 1400 hours to Bethizy. 7th of October 1914 A Train Ride 7th October 1914 Crossed River Oise 8th of October 1914 Entraining Finished 8th October 1914 Disentrained near Abbeville at 0400 hours 9th October 1914 Marched 1400 hours to meet motors which did not arrive. 10th October 1914 By motors to Thieuloye. 11th of October 1914 New Billets   11th October 1914 Long march   12th of October 1914 Orders to Advance   12th October 1914 Germans attacked and took Vermelles from the French 13th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   13th October 1914 Dorsets and Bedfords severely attacked at Givenchy. 14th of October 1914 Supporting the French   14th October 1914 At Festubert. 15th of October 1914 Advance Ordered to Continue   16th of October 1914 Empty German Trenches   16th October 1914 Move Forward 17th of October 1914 An Advance   18th Oct 1914 Shelling 18th of October 1914 Advance Resumed   18th October 1914 H.Q. Moves 19th of October 1914  Slow Progress    19th October 1914 Halted 20th of October 1914 A Fluid Front   20th October 1914 Heavy Shelling 21st October 1914 Heavy fighting 22nd of October 1914 Our Line Attacked   22nd October 1914 Heavy Fighting 23rd of October 1914 Withdrawing to a New Line   23rd October 1914 Dug hard at new line.   24th of October 1914 Germans Attack   24th October 1914 In the Line   25th of October 1914 More Attacks   25th October 1914 Strong German attack   26th of October 1914 Germans Repulsed   26th October 1914 Quiet   27th of October 1914 A Counter Attack   28th of October 1914 Counter Attack Falters    28th October 1914 Much quieter.   29th of October 1914  Determined German Attack   29th October 1914 Attack   30th of October 1914 German Attack Fades   30th October 1914 Quiet   31st of October 1914 A Counter Attack    1st November 1914 No Change   2nd of November 1914 Three Groups Organised   2nd November 1914 Reliefs   3rd of November 1914  Situation Report   3rd November 1914 Back to trenches   4th November 1914 Trouble from German bombs and mines.   5th of November 1914  French Attack Falters 5th November 1914 Quieter.   6th November 1914 Officer wounded.   7th November 1914 Quiet.   8th of November 1914 Half-hearted Attacks   11th November 1914 Blew up old trenches with success.   12th November 1914 Reliefs   13th November 1914 Resting in Gorre. 14th November 1914 Marched to Dranoutre 15th of November 1914  2nd Corps Reorganise 15th November 1914 Rested and cleaned up. 16th of November 1914 Reorganisation   16th November 1914 Wet Day 17th November 1914 On the March 18th of November 1914 Shell Fire 18th November 1914 Halted 19th of November 1914 Movements    19th November 1914 Relieved the French 22nd of November 1914 In the Line   23rd of November 1914  Germans Digging In   23rd November 1914 New CO 24th of November 1914  Our Artillery Effective   25th of November 1914  Royal Scots Shelled 26th of November 1914 Quiet and Misty   26th November 1914 Improved trenches 27th of November 1914 Relief Commences   27th November 1914 Reliefs 28th of November 1914  On the Move 28th November 1914 In billets 29th of November 1914  Infantry Distribution   30th November 1914 Support 1st of December 1914  Quiet Time 1st December 1914 Inspection 2nd December 1914 Reinforcements 3rd of December 1914 Instructions 3rd December 1914 Reliefs 4th December 1914 Improving trenches 5th of December 1914  Relief Complete    6th of December 1914 Frosty Night 8th Dec 1914 Reliefs   8th of December 1914 Poor Conditions 8th December 1914 Reliefs 9th December 1914 Rest 10th of December 1914 Naval Victory Cheered 10th December 1914 Brigade in to Reserve. 11th December 1914 Smartened men up generally. 14th of December 1914  French on the Offensive   14th December 1914 In Reserve.   15th of December 1914  Operations Resumed   16th of December 1914  Instruction   16th December 1914 Rest 17th of December 1914 Wet Weather    17th December 1914 Reliefs 18th of December 1914 No Progress 18th December 1914 Holding the Line 21st of December 1914 Howitzers Silenced   26th of December 1914 Messines Square Targetted    29th December 1914 Reliefs 30th December 1914 In Reserve. 31st of December 1914 Message   1st January 1915 In Divisional Reserve 4th of January 1915 Trench Work   4th January 1915 Into billets 5th January 1915 In billets. 7th Jan 1915 Relief   7th of January 1915 Very Wet Weather   7th January 1915 Very Wet 8th of January 1915 Trenches Damaged    8th January 1915 Trenches shelled. 9th January 1915 Heavy Rain 10th Jan 1915 Reliefs Complete   10th January 1915 Reliefs 11th January 1915 In billets. 13th Jan 1915 Reliefs   13th of January 1915  Snipers Active    13th January 1915 Wet 15th of January 1915 Germans Fire Slowly   16th of January 1915 Squally Weather   16th January 1915 Reliefs 17th January 1915 In Reserve. 19th of January 1915  Thaw Sets In   21st of January 1915 Wulverghem Shelled   21st January 1915 Troops joined 22nd of January 1915 Aeroplane-Aided Shelling   22nd January 1915 In Reserve. 27th January 1915 On the Move 28th Jan 1915 Relief Completed   28th January 1915 Considerable sniping. 29th January 1915 Trenches much improved. 30th January 1915 Hard frost. 31st Jan 1915 Support   31st of January 1915 Trench Improvements Reported   31st January 1915 Snow. 1st of February 1915  No 7 Trench Hit 1st February 1915 In trenches 1st February 1915 Relieved 2nd February 1915 Reinforcements 3rd of February 1915  Snipers Silenced   3rd February 1915 In Billets 7th of February 1915 Sectors Rearranged    8th February 1915 Inspection by the King of the Belgians 9th February 1915 Poor Weather 13th of February 1915 Trenches Maintained   13th February 1915 Reliefs 14th of February 1915 Germans Plan an Attack? 14th February 1915 Officer Killed. 15th of February 1915 Heavy Rain 15th February 1915 Heavy rifle fire 16th of February 1915 Baling All Night   17th March 1915 General Plumer visited. 18th of February 1915 Grenades Cause Confusion   18th February 1915 Reliefs 19th February 1915 Reinforcements 21st of February 1915 8th Howitzers Leave   22nd of February 1915 Cheering and Rockets   23rd of February 1915  B Sector Shelled 23rd February 1915 Relief Complete 24th Feb 1915 Mortar Fire   24th of February 1915 Snipers Checked   26th February 1915 Reliefs 27th of February 1915 Brigade Relief   1st March 1915 In Divisional Reserve 3rd March 1915 On the March 4th March 1915 On the March 5th March 1915 Brigade Reserve 6th March 1915 Reliefs 7th March 1915 In trenches. 8th March 1915 Into Brigade Reserve. 9th March 1915 In Brigade Reserve 10th March 1915 Reliefs. 11th March 1915 In trenches. 12th March 1915 Moved back 13th March 1915 In Brigade Reserve. 14th March 1915 Heavy shelling 15th March 1915 In trenches. 16th March 1915  Information 16th March 1915 Reliefs 18th of March 1915 Trench Mortars 18th March 1915 General Sir Horace Smith Dorrien visited. 19th March 1915 In Divisional Reserve. 21st of March 1915 Intelligence 21st March 1915 Brigade Reserve. 22nd March 1915 In Brigade Reserve. 23rd March 1915 Reliefs. 24th March 1915 In trenches. 25th March 1915 Into Reserve. 26th March 1915 In Brigade Reserve 28th March 1915 Reliefs 29th March 1915 In trenches. 30th March 1915 In trenches. 31st March 1915 Reliefs 1st April 1915 Funeral 2nd April 1915 Divisional Reserve 5th April 1915 Heavy Rain 6th April 1915 Brigade Reserve. 7th April 1915 Into huts 8th April 1915 In Reserve. 10th April 1915 Reliefs 11th of April 1915 Train Fired On   11th April 1915 Reserve Company 12th April 1915 In trenches. 13th April 1915 In trenches. 14th May 1915 Return to camp 17th of April 1915  Mines Exploded   17th April 1915 Shelling and Mines 17th April 1915 5th Division Attack   18th April 1915 Counter attack   19th April 1915 Heavy Shelling 20th April 1915 Attack   21st April 1915 Situation practically normal 23rd April 1915 Holding the Line 24th April 1915 Command 25th April 1915 Still in trenches. 26th April 1915 In trenches. 1st May 1915 Holding the Line 4th May 1915 Reliefs 5th May 1915 Gas   6th May 1915 Reliefs 7th May 1915 Resting 12th May 1915 Working Parties 13th May 1915 In dugouts. 15th of May 1915 German Mining?   15th May 1915 Reinforcements 16th May 1915 In huts 20th May 1915 Reliefs 22nd May 1915 Draft 23rd May 1915 Reliefs 24th May 1915 Officers join 29th May 1915 Draft. 31st May 1915 Casualties 30th June 1915 Holding the Line 13th July 1915 In trenches   14th July 1915 In Camp 21st July 1915 In billets 29th July 1915 Entraining 30th of July 1915  Detrainment 1st August 1915 On the March 2nd Aug 1915 Reliefs   2nd August 1915 Reliefs 2nd August 1915 Quiet 10th of August 1915  Relief of French   11th September 1915 In billets 15th of August 1915  3 Salvos Fired   20th of August 1915 Quiet Night   22nd August 1915 Order of battle. 22nd August 1915 Relief Complete 23rd August 1915 New Billets 1st September 1915 Reliefs   1st September 1915 In trenches 10th of September 1915  Enemy Hit Dummy Battery   10th September 1915 Reliefs 11th of September 1915 Changes of Command   15th Sep 1915 Snipers & Artillery less Active   16th Sep 1915 Reliefs   16th Sep 1915 In Billets   16th Sep 1915 Reliefs   16th of September 1915 Reliefs   16th September 1915 Mud   17th Sep 1915 Instruction   18th Sep 1915 On the March   30th September 1915 Holding the Line 1st October 1915 Quiet 6th October 1915 Reliefs 7th October 1915 In billets 24th October 1915 Working Parties 25th of October 1915 German Mine Exploded   25th October 1915 Inspection 27th October 1915 On the March 28th October 1915 Quiet 1st November 1915 Quiet 3rd November 1915 Reliefs 9th Nov 1915 Reliefs 9th November 1915 Snow 15th November 1915 Reliefs 21st November 1915 Reliefs. 27th November 1915 Reliefs 1st December 1915 Mine Explodes 5th December 1915 Reliefs Complete 9th December 1915 Reliefs 13th December 1915 Reliefs 18th December 1915 Reliefs 20th of December 1915 Deserter Taken 23rd December 1915 Reliefs 25th December 1915 Festivities 26th December 1915 On the March 28th of December 1915 Retaliatory Firing   29th December 1915 Reliefs 1st January 1916 In trenches in "C1" sub sector South of Mametz. 2nd Jan 1916 Reliefs 6th Jan 1916 Reliefs 6th January 1916 In same trenches in "C1". 10th Jan 1916 Reliefs 10th January 1916 Relief Complete 12th January 1916 One Company Moves 13th of January 1916 5th Division in Reserve 14th Jan 1916 Wire 14th January 1916 Shelled fairly heavily, chiefly by 4.2 Howitzer H.E. and 5.9 H.E. schrapnel. 15th January 1916 Diary returned with the request that the 0.C. Unit may be directed to render it on A.F.C. 2118, in accordance with Sect. 140, Field Service Regulations, Pt.II. 15th January 1916 Trenches shelled. 18th January 1916 Relieved by 1st Bedford Regt. 22nd Jan 1916 Quiet 22nd January 1916 In same trenches in "C1". 26th Jan 1916 Reliefs 26th January 1916 Went back to billets in Bray. 29th January 1916 At 1340 hours sent 1 Platoon under Lt. Borton ( with 1 Lewis Gun ) to Cappy & 2 Platoons under Lt's. Montgomerie & Martin to Froissy. 30th Jan 1916 Snipers 30th January 1916 "C" Coy. returned to Bray at 1500 hours & "A" Coy. at 1730 hours. 31st January 1916 In trenches. 1st February 1916 Battalion reliefs 2nd February 1916 15th Infantry Brigade left the line. 4th of February 1916   6th February 1916 Battalion marched to Poulainville. 7th February 1916 Started Platoon training & training of specialists - Grenadiers, Signalers, Snipers & Lewis Gun detachments. 10th of February 1916  MG Coys Join 11th February 1916 Battalion marched to Molliens Vidame. 12th February 1916 Very wet and cold. 21st February 1916 Snow. 24th February 1916 Battalion marched to billets at Belloy Sur Somme. 25th February 1916 Battalion marched to Candas. 26th February 1916 At Candas. Snow. 29th February 1916 Marched to Doullens. 1st March 1916 Battalion marched to Coullemont. 2nd March 1916 Officers reconnoitred French 2nd Line West of Arras. 3rd March 1916 Snow 4th of March 1916 Snow All Day 4th March 1916 On the March 5th March 1916 Recce 9th Mar 1916 Reliefs 9th of March 1916  Noises Silenced 9th March 1916 Reliefs 10th March 1916 Snow. 11th March 1916 Postings 12th March 1916 Heavy Shelling 13th March 1916 Posting 14th March 1916 Fine day 15th of March 1916  Local Relief 15th March 1916 Reliefs 16th March 1916 Considerable shelling and aerial activity. 17th March 1916 Support Line shelled. 18th March 1916 Posting 19th March 1916 Very fine weather 20th March 1916 Departure 21st March 1916 Battalion Orders   21st March 1916 Reliefs 22nd of March 1916  Local Relief   27th Mar 1916 Reliefs 27th March 1916 Reliefs 28th March 1916 Poor Conditions 29th March 1916 Snow 31st March 1916 Reliefs 1st April 1916 In Support 4th Apr 1916 Reliefs 4th April 1916 Reliefs 9th Apr 1916 Reserve 9th April 1916 In Support 10th Apr 1916 Reserve 11th Apr 1916 Reserve 11th of April 1916  Camouflet Blown 13th of April 1916 Brigade Relief 13th April 1916 Battalion in billets 21st April 1916 Reliefs 24th April 1916 Battalion H.Q. shelled 28th April 1916 Relief 29th April 1916 Battalion H.Q. shelled 30th April 1916 Shelling 1st May 1916 In trenches 2nd of May 1916 Reliefs 2nd May 1916 Reliefs 4th May 1916 Arras shelled. 5th May 1916 Reliefs 7th of May 1916 Enemy Fires 1,500 Shells 7th May 1916 German Artillery bombardment 8th May 1916 Reliefs 9th May 1916 Village shelled. 10th May 1916 German Light Artillery active 11th May 1916 Reliefs 16th May 1916 Posting 18th May 1916 German Trench Mortaring & Heavy Artillery + 77's all along the subsector. 19th May 1916 Germans blew a large mine opposite 102 F.T. at 0500 hours 20th May 1916 Stearinerie in St. Nicolas where our cooks, pioneers, diggers etc are sheltered was shelled in the morning. 21st May 1916 German Artillery active about 0800 hours. 22nd May 1916 Our Artillery bombarded German trenches along our front from 2200 to 2230 hours to cover a raid by 15th Warwicks 23rd May 1916 Relieved 1st Cheshire Regt. in "J2" subsector and went in to Redoubt Line and Brigade Reserve. 26th May 1916 Company relief 29th May 1916 Reliefs 29th May 1916 Reliefs 1st Jun 1916 Enemy Attacks 1st June 1916 Enemy Trench Mortars Active 2nd June 1916 Heavy Trench Mortars. 3rd June 1916 Under Shell Fire 4th of June 1916  Germans Raid Trenches   4th June 1916 Shelling 4th June 1916 Very wet. 6th of June 1916 Camouflet Blown 6th June 1916 Account of the hostile demonstration on the night of the 4/5th June 6th March 1916 Snow and very hard frosts. 8th June 1916  12th June 1916 Reliefs 15th June 1916 Reliefs 16th June 1916 Camoflet Blown 18th June 1916 Enemy Camoflet 19th June 1916 Germans blew a large Camoflet 20th June 1916 Reliefs 21st June 1916 On the March 25th June 1916 Military Medals 27th June 1916 On the March 28th June 1916 Working party 29th June 1916 Heavy Shelling 30th June 1916 Recce 1st July 1916 Recce 2nd July 1916 On the March 13th July 1916 On the March 14th July 1916 On the March 15th July 1916 On the March 17th July 1916 On the March 18th July 1916 Operation Order No.9. 19th July 1916 On the March 20th of July 1916 Positions of Units   20th July 1916 Very heavy Artillery Fire 21st July 1916 Orders 22nd July 1916 Attacks Made   23rd Jul 1916 Digging in 23rd July 1916 In Firing Line    24th of July 1916 Reliefs   24th July 1916 Very heavy shelling started at 0600 hours in valley by Caterpillar Wood, and again at 0900 hours 25th of July 1916  Enemy Advances   25th July 1916 Received orders from Brigade about our relief at 0430 hours. 26th July 1916 Report on Operations 26th - 28th July 1916.   26th July 1916 Operation Order No.9.   26th July 1916 Between 1130 and 1900 hours O.C. Coys. & 2 Officers of "A" Coy. carried out reconnaisance of Longueval. 26th July 1916 We had to go through a heavy barrage of Gas shells with the whole Battalion having to wear Gas Helmets.   27th Jul 1916 In Action   27th of July 1916 Gas Shell Attack   27th July 1916 At 0650 hours a Company reported they could_hardly muster a platoon owing to most of the Company being buried by the heavy shelling.   27th July 1916 At 0200 hours we arrived at Longueval.   27th July 1916 Strong points were attacked and houses bombed on the right and two lines of German trenches were taken on the left. 27th July 1916 Our barrage which was due to lift at 0710 hours did not actually lift until 0720 hours when "A" & "B" Coys. advanced to the assault 28th of July 1916 Not Much Change   28th July 1916 Brigadier General Commanding wishes to express to all ranks of the Brigade his great admiration 28th July 1916 Consolidateion 28th July 1916 Two Companies of East Surrey's and the D.C.L.I. arrived.   30th July 1916 Found carrying fatigues 31st of July 1916 KOSBs Hold Line   31st July 1916 1430 hours. Left bivouac and marched to Longueval & Delville Wood. 31st July 1916 Left bivouac at Pommier and marched to Longueval & Delville Wood.   31st July 1916 Owing to the very heavy poisoned gas-shell 2245 hours barrage in Valley North of Montauban the whole Battalion had to put on gas helmets.   31st July 1916 Officers Casualties July 1916. 1st August 1916 2230 hours Germans started a very heavy Arty barrage on the village which continued till 0430 hours on the 2nd. 2nd August 1916 About 0430 hours left the bivouac and marched to bivouac near Dernancourt. 4th August 1916 Marched to Mericourt and entrained for Hangest 4th August 1916 Battalion engaged in re-fitting and training. 5th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions 7th August 1916 Lt. Howlett rejoined. 8th August 1916 Draft of 50 arrived. 10th August 1916 Draft of 150 arrived. 12th August 1916 Draft of 97 arrived. 13th August 1916 Lt. E.P.W. Brown joined. 15th August 1916 Draft of 4 arrived. 20th August 1916 Draft of 100 arrived. 23rd August 1916 Regimental transport left for Dernancourt. 24th August 1916 Marched to Longpre' 25th August 1916 0230 hours arrived in Merricourt, 26th August 1916 At 0930 hours we marched to bivouac N.W. of Bronfay Farm, relieving 15th Sherwood Foresters ( 35th Div. ) 27th of August 1916 Divisional Dispositions   27th August 1916 Officers reconnoitred the line 28th August 1916 Officers reconnoitred the line. 29th August 1916 1815 - 0700 hours we found working party of 5 Officers and 160 O.R. for digging trenches 30th August 1916 1415 - 0600 hours "A" & "B" coys. found working party for digging trenches 31st of August 1916  Warning Order Issued   31st August 1916 Battalion H.Q. at A.15.a.2.8.   1st of September 1916 Enemy SOS   1st September 1916 Remained in Silesia Trench.   2nd of September 1916 Zero Hour Announced   2nd September 1916 Found working parties of 600 O.R. and 10 Officers.   2nd September 1916 Orders   3rd September 1916 At 1400 hours The Battalion moved to Casement Trench. 4th of September 1916 Units Mixed Up   4th September 1916 Attack Orders 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from Captain R.T. Neall 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. BMa58 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. CP6 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NK316 to FALLOW from FAN   4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS2 to FALLOW from FAN   4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS5 to FALLOW from FAN 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS7 to FALLOW from FAN 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS4 to FALLOW from FAN   4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS8 to FALLOW from FAN 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. NS13 to FALLOW from FAN 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. P2 to O.C's. "B" & "D" Coys. 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order at 1820 hours from sender No. P7 to O.C's. "A" & "C" Coys. 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order at 1840 hours from sender No. P9 to All Coys. 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order from sender No. P13 to O.C's. "B" & "D" Coys. 4th September 1916 Handwritten Order 1315 hours from sender No. BMA35 to Norfolks.   4th September 1916 Handwritten Order 1650 hours from sender No. CP1 to FAN   4th September 1916 Operation Order No.10    4th September 1916 At 1230 hours came under orders of 15th Inf. Bde.   5th September 1916 Handwritten Order 5th September from sender No. NS15 to FALLOW 5th September 1916 Handwritten Order 0300 hours 5th September from sender No. NS15 from FAN 5th September 1916 Handwritten Order 0715 hours 5th September from sender No. NS19 to FALLOW   5th September 1916 Handwritten Order 0830 hours 5th September from sender No. NS20 to FALLOW 5th September 1916 Handwritten 0919 hours 5th September from sender No. NK10 to 18 Pounder Battery R.F.A. 5th September 1916 Handwritten 0940 hours 5th September from sender No. NS22 to FALLOW. 5th September 1916 0300 hours Falfemont Farm completely occupied by "A" & "C" coys. 5th September 1916 Casualties 6th September 1916 Battalion arrived near Billon Farm 7th September 1916 Move of Camp 9th September 1916 Marched to billets in Morlancourt. 16th September 1916 Left Morlancourt at 0330 hours and marched to camp at Citadel. 17th September 1916 Arrived at Warterlot Farm at 1215 hours. Only shell holes available.   18th September 1916 Orders were received to relieve 6th Division. 19th of September 1916 In the Front Line   19th September 1916 0130 hours Relief complete.   20th Sep 1916 Reliefs   20th September 1916 Shelling   21st of September 1916 Situation Normal   21st September 1916 Patrols Fired On    22nd of September 1916 Dispositions   22nd September 1916 Orders Received   23rd of September 1916 Reliefs   23rd September 1916 Operational Order No. 50.   24th September 1916 Operational Order No.51.   24th September 1916 Reliefs   25th Sep 1916 Attack Made   25th of September 1916  Instructions for Tanks   25th September 1916 Attack Made   26th September 1916 At 1700 hours we left the trenches and marched back to Arrow Head Copse where we had tea and then on to camp at Oxford Copse.   27th Sep 1916 On the March   27th September 1916 At 1730 hours we marched to camp at Citadel. 28th of September 1916 Heavy Showers   29th September 1916 At 1200 hours we marched to Edge Hill siding near Dernancourt and entrained for Longpre 30th of September 1916 Dispositions 30th September 1916 General Morland ( Commanding 10th Corps. ) presented medal ribbons 1st October 1916 1430 hours the Battalion left Longpre by train to join 1st Army. 2nd October 1916 Officers reconnoitred trenches held by 92nd Brigade 3rd October 1916 0900 hours we moved up in to Reserve and took over from 12th Notts & Derby Regt. 4th October 1916 Reliefs   5th October 1916 1st Bedfords moved in to Support and 1st Cheshires in reserve. 8th October 1916 Relief 10th October 1916 The Brigade side slipped one Battalion to the right.   12th October 1916 Relief Complete 13th of October 1916 Reliefs   14th of October 1916 Patrols Out   14th October 1916 Report of the Patrol sent out by 1st Norfolk Regt. 14th October 1916 2200 hours.   14th October 1916 A very successful raid on the Fme. Cour D'Avoue under 2nd/Lt. Harrison 16th October 1916 Reliefs 20th October 1916 Relief 24th October 1916 Reliefs 25th October 1916 Battalion had new Box Respirators fitted 28th October 1916 Relieved 1st Cheshires in trenches. 30th Oct 1916 Preparations 31st of October 1916 Distribution   1st November 1916 Battalion relieved by 1st Cheshire Regt. 2nd December 1916 Trench Raid   5th November 1916 Relieved 1st Cheshire Regt. in trenches.    9th November 1916 Battalion relieved by 1st Cheshire Regt. and went to billets in Le Touret. 15th November 1916 Reliefs 17th November 1916 Heavy Minenwerfer bombardment of our lines in the afternoon 18th November 1916 Reliefs 20th November 1916 Heavy Minenwerfer bombardment 21st November 1916 Reliefs 26th November 1916 Shared Billeting Area 27th November 1916 Reliefs   27th November 1916 Patrols   29th November 1916 Orders for raid by "C" Company.   29th November 1916 Minenwerfer bombardment of our lines 30th of November 1916  Enemy Baling Out   30th November 1916 Left Group operational Order No. 1.   30th November 1916 Issued with Left Group Operation Order No.1.   30th November 1916 Wire cutting   1st Dec 1916 Reliefs 1st December 1916 In the Trenches   2nd of December 1916 Raiding Party Fails   3rd December 1916 Reliefs   4th of December 1916  German Trenches Damaged   5th December 1916 Reliefs 6th of December 1916  Working Parties Dispersed   6th December 1916 0900 hours started Company training. 10th of December 1916  Working Parties Dispersed   14th of December 1916  A Combined Shoot   17th December 1916 Army Commander presented medal ribbons   19th December 1916 Heavy snow. 20th of December 1916 German TMs Active   20th December 1916 On the March 21st of December 1916 Ferme Cour d'Avoue Shelled   21st December 1916 Recce 22nd of December 1916 Quiet Day   22nd December 1916 Reliefs 24th Dec 1916 Reliefs 24th of December 1916 Germans Very Active   24th December 1916 Reliefs   26th Dec 1916 Bombardment 27th Dec 1916 Trench Work 28th December 1916 Reliefs 29th of December 1916  Artillery Quieter   1st January 1917 Reliefs 1st January 1917 In the trenches 5th of January 1917  Aeroplanes Active   5th January 1917 In billets in Le Quesnoy. 5th January 1917 Reliefs Complete 6th of January 1917  German Guns Quiet   8th January 1917 Postings 9th Jan 1917 Reliefs 9th January 1917 Artillery and Trench Mortars active 9th of January 1917  Spotted Dog Shelled   9th January 1917 Reliefs 11th January 1917 Posting 13th of January 1917  Retaliation "Feeble"   13th January 1917 Relief 13th January 1917 Carrying party 15th January 1917 Posting 17th of January 1917 Guns Active   17th January 1917 Reliefs 17th January 1917 In the trenches 20th of January 1917 Active Artillery   21st of January 1917 Our TMs Active   21st January 1917 Our T.M.B's and Artillery very active 22nd January 1917 Relief Complete 22nd January 1917 In Billets 24th January 1917 The following Officer joined the Battalion 25th January 1917 Draft 26th of January 1917 TMs Busy   28th January 1917 Draft 30th of January 1917 Hostile TMs Busy   1st of February 1917  Balloon Spotted   1st February 1917 Reliefs   1st February 1917 In the trenches. 2nd February 1917 Reliefs 3rd of February 1917 Artillery Active   3rd February 1917 Casualties 4th February 1917 2nd/Lt. C.E. Harrison to hospital. 5th February 1917 Reliefs 5th February 1917 In billets. 6th of February 1917 Fairly Quiet   7th of February 1917  Feeble Retaliation   9th of February 1917  Little TM Retaliation   9th February 1917 Reliefs 9th February 1917 In trenches. 12th of February 1917 Artillery Quiet   12th February 1917 Col. P.V.P. Stone DSO. left the Battalion 13th February 1917 Reliefs 13th February 1917 In Brigade Reserve. 15th of February 1917 Enemy TMs Fall Short   15th February 1917 Hospital Treatment 17th of February 1917 TMs Quiet   17th February 1917 Reliefs 17th February 1917 In trenches in Freme Du Bois sector. 19th of February 1917 Our Guns Active   19th February 1917 Draft of 12 O.R. joined 21st of February 1917  Our Guns Active   21st February 1917 Reliefs 21st February 1917 In billets. Company training throughout the rest. 23rd February 1917 15th Infantry Brigade Order No. G689.   23rd February 1917 Major C.V. Lanyon and 2nd/Lt. H.N. Fox joined 24th February 1917 Orders for raid by "B" Company North of Ferme Du Bois 26th/27th inst.   25th February 1917 Reliefs 26th February 1917 At 2300 hours the Battalion raiding parties commenced leaving our trenches 27th February 1917 0005 hours. The enemy fired two parachute "Very Flares" into the middle of the party who although lying absolutely flat could easily be seen and must have been seen by the enemy. 27th February 1917 Reliefs 28th of February 1917 Artillery Quiet   28th February 1917 In billets. Cleaning up. 1st Mar 1917 Relief 1st of March 1917 POWs Taken   1st March 1917 Relieved by 1st Cheshire Regt in the Firing line and withdrew to Senechal Farm. 2nd Mar 1917 Carrying Parties 2nd March 1917 Carrying parties for T.M.B.s. 3rd Mar 1917 Carrying Parties 3rd March 1917 Nothing to report. 4th Mar 1917 In Reserve 4th of March 1917 Damage Caused by Heavies   4th March 1917 Preparing for move on the 5th. 5th Mar 1917 Reliefs   5th March 1917 On the March   6th Mar 1917 Recce   6th of March 1917  Brigades Attached   6th March 1917 Company Commanders reconnoitred the Firing Line 7th Mar 1917 Recce   7th March 1917 Officers reconnoitred the Firing Line 8th Mar 1917 Quiet   8th of March 1917  Divisional Relief   8th March 1917 More carrying parties for T.M.B's. 9th Mar 1917 Relief Completed   9th of March 1917  TMs Very Active   9th March 1917 Relieved 1st Cheshires in Firing line trenches 10th Mar 1917 Trench Raid   10th March 1917 Enemy attempted to raid one of SAPs named Etna held by "C" Coy. 11th Mar 1917 Instruction   11th of March 1917 Auchy Heavily Shelled   11th March 1917 Nothing unusual to report. 12th Mar 1917 Heavy Rain   12th March 1917 German snipers much quieter after our Trench Mortars bombarded their suspected positions 13th Mar 1917 Reliefs   13th Mar 1917 Report   13th March 1917 Reliefs   13th March 1917 Report to A.P.M., 5th Division. 14th Mar 1917 Working Parties   14th of March 1917 Pekin Trench Hit   14th March 1917 Found working parties of 300 men for cleaning out Communications Trenches. 14th March 1917 5th Division No. A.M.8706. 15th Infantry Brigade. 15th Mar 1917 Working Parties   15th of March 1917  Brigade Relief   15th March 1917 Ref. attached. 15th March 1917 To 15th Brigade from NKY05. 15th March 1917 15th Infantry Brigade. ( Through A.P.M. ). 15th March 1917 Same working parties found as on 14th. 16th Mar 1917 Working Parties   16th March 1917 Remaining two Companies bathed. 17th Mar 1917 Reliefs   17th March 1917 Relieved 1st Cheshires in Firing Line. 18th Mar 1917 Recce   18th March 1917 Nothing to report. Both sides quiet. 19th Mar 1917 Reliefs   19th March 1917 Relieved by 2/7th Manchester Regt. Slow relief as they were very loaded up with kit 20th Mar 1917 In Billets   20th of March 1917  Composite Division Formed   20th March 1917 General clean up and clothes fitting parade. 21st Mar 1917 Snow   21st March 1917 Commenced training. The training grounds were very bad. 22nd Mar 1917 In Reserve   22nd March 1917 Brigade is in Reserve to 66th Division 23rd Mar 1917 Training   23rd March 1917 Nothing to report. 24th Mar 1917 Training   24th of March 1917 Pioneers On the Move 24th March 1917 Still in Bethune. Training continued. 25th Mar 1917 On the March   25th March 1917 Summer time arrived at 0215 hours. Put watches on 1 hour. 26th Mar 1917 Poor Billets 26th March 1917 Inspected billets which are bad 27th Mar 1917 Training 27th of March 1917 In Corps Reserve   27th March 1917  Training continued 28th Mar 1917 Wet Day 28th March 1917 Weather very bad. Rained hard all morning. 29th Mar 1917 Training 29th March 1917 Leave was granted with G.O.C. Division for us to keep in the Regt. a small Belgium boy who was orphaned in the war 30th Mar 1917 Training 30th March 1917 Fine day, quite warm. Training continued. 31st Mar 1917 Training 31st March 1917 Training continued. 31st March 1917 Arrivals and departures for the Month. 1st April 1917 Still at La Pugnoy. Training as usual. 2nd of April 1917  Positions   2nd April 1917 Weather indifferent. 3rd April 1917 Training continued. 4th April 1917 Programme of training continued 5th April 1917 Received orders to move to Bruay 6th April 1917 Previous order to move cancelled. 7th April 1917 On the Move 8th of April 1917 HQ Moves 8th April 1917 On the Move 9th April 1917 Vinchy Ridge captured by Canadians. 10th April 1917 Still under two hours notice. 11th of April 1917 Dispositions 11th April 1917 Put on 4 hours notice. 12th of April 1917 Orders and Reliefs   12th April 1917 Battalion on 1 hours notice. 13th of April 1917  A Push Forward   13th April 1917 The Battalion moved in to Support in the tunnels under Vichy Ridge where we relieved 11th Canadian Brigade. 14th of April 1917 Orders to Move   14th April 1917 At 0530 hours the Battalion moved over Vimy Ridge. 15th April 1917 Battalion moved up to relieve both 1st Cheshires and 16th Warwicks in Outpost Line. 16th April 1917 Still in Outpost line. 17th Apr 1917 Reliefs 17th April 1917 Small side slip Southwards in which we took over one Coy. from 43 Canadian Regt. 18th of April 1917 Divisional Front Readjusted   18th April 1917 Relieved by 1st Bedford Regt. and withdrew to tunnels under Vimy Ridge. 19th April 1917 Still in Reserve in tunnels. 20th of April 1917 Orders to Attack   20th April 1917 Supplied same fatigue for light railway and was relieved in the afternoon by 95th Brigade 21st of April 1917 Operations Postponed   21st April 1917 At Berthonval Wood Battalion rested and cleaned up as much as possible. 22nd of April 1917 Warning Order Received   22nd April 1917 oved up at 1730 hours to relieve 15th Royal Warwick Regt. 22nd April 1917 Operational Order by Lt. Colonel J.W.V. Carroll C.M.G. Commanding 1st Norfolk Regt.   23rd Apr 1917 Attack Made   23rd of April 1917 Reliefs Complete   23rd April 1917  24th of April 1917 35 Minute Bombardment   24th April 1917 Withdrew further back in to Corps. 25th of April 1917 Canadians Take Over Front   25th April 1917 At Camblain L'Abbe cleaning and equipment parades. 25th April 1917 Action Report   26th April 1917 At Camblain L'Abbe. 27th April 1917 Still at Camblain L'Abbe. 28th of April 1917 Rest and Training   28th April 1917 At Camblain L'Abbe. 29th April 1917 Battalion attended Brigade Church Parade. 30th April 1917 Training according to programme. 30th April 1917 Arrivals and departures for the Month of April 1917. 1st May 1917 Battalion in rest billets in Camblain L'Abbe. 2nd May 1917 All Lewis Guns fired on range. 3rd May 1917 Operation Order received to move to Rocklincourt. 4th May 1917 Battalion moved off at 0900 hours and proceeded to old German Front Line in Rocklincourt. 5th of May 1917  Wood Shelled   5th May 1917 Cleaned up Battalion area. 6th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active   6th May 1917 1 Heavy and 1 Light T.M. salvaged. 7th May 1917 Still at Rocklincourt, salvage work continued. 8th of May 1917  Orders to Attack   8th May 1917 Battalion warned to be prepared to move at once to support 95th Brigade. 8th May 1917 Operation 8th/9th May 1917. 9th of May 1917 No Further Advance   9th May 1917 Directly after midnight 8th/9th we moved in to position. 10th of May 1917 Enemy Concentration Reported   10th May 1917 During the early hours of the morning the plain between Farbus Wood and Arleux heavily shelled with Gas shells. 11th of May 1917 Enemy Guns Active   11th May 1917 Shelling continued by the enemy, chiefly 8" and 5.9". 12th of May 1917 Bailleul Shelled   12th May 1917 Still in Farbus Wood. weather very hot. 13th of May 1917 Front Line Shelled   13th May 1917 The day was very quiet. We moved up about or 0900 hours to relieve the 16th Warwick's in the line. 14th May 1917 In the line programme of work made out and work commenced. 15th of May 1917 Very Quiet Day   15th May 1917 In the line. Enemy aeroplane very daring, flying very low along our front line trenches. 16th May 1917 German planes again visit our line dropping lights along our front 17th of May 1917 A Surprise Attack   17th May 1917 In the line. Conditions in Front Line very bad, especially right company. 18th May 1917 Very quiet. Good progress is being made with the work in the Loop. 19th May 1917 All work has to be done at night. 20th of May 1917 Guns Active   20th May 1917 "B" Company badly shelled by batteries in Bois Bernard 21st of May 1917 Quiet Night   21st May 1917 Willerval was shelled during the morning with 8". 22nd of May 1917  Quiet Day   22nd May 1917 We proceeded up to the Arleux Loop to relieve the 16th Warwick's 23rd May 1917 It is thought the enemy may be preparing to leave his Front Line. 24th of May 1917  Relief Completed   24th May 1917 The enemy's artillery fire has gradually slackened down to occasional shelling the past two days 24th May 1917 Report on German Raid on the night of 24th/25th May. 25th of May 1917 Enemy Raid Counter-attacked   25th May 1917 The battalion proceeded to G.10.b. near Rocklincourt.   26th of May 1917 Quiet Day   26th May 1917 In camp. General routine carried out 27th May 1917 In camp. Fatigues commenced 28th May 1917 In camp. Fatigues continued. 29th May 1917 Battalion paraded at 0700 hours. 30th May 1917 Usual training carried out. 31st May 1917 Work and Training   31st May 1917 During the afternoon a Bosche plane attacked two of our observation balloons above the camp. 31st May 1917 Arrivals and departures during May 1917. 1st June 1917 In forward camp, in front of Rocklincourt. 2nd of June 1917    2nd June 1917 Still in forward camp. 3rd Jun 1917 Enemy Aircraft   3rd June 1917 Rocklincourt and Ecurie bombed by aeroplane at night. 4th June 1917 Sent birthday message of congratualtions to the King, our Colonel in Chief. 5th June 1917 Received reply from The King thanking us for congratulatory telegram. 6th June 1917 Still in forward camp doing same fatigues. 9th of June 1917  A Relief   9th June 1917 To Dieval ( back area ) by bus from Ecurie. 10th of June 1917 Minor Op Planned   10th June 1917 Training at Dieval. 11th June 1917 Still at Dieval. First wet day for many days. 12th June 1917 Fine day again. Bath's for Battalion in the morning. 13th June 1917 Training as usual in the morning. Weather fine. 14th of June 1917 Relief   14th June 1917 Battalion route march from 0500 to 0800 hours. 15th of June 1917   Relief Completed   15th June 1917 Enbussed at Dieval at 0630 hours to return to Rocklincourt camp. 16th June 1917  Quiet Night   16th June 1917 Relieved 15th Royal Warwicks in Brigade Support, in Oppy Wood sector. 17th of June 1917 Quiet Day   17th June 1917 Still in Brigade Support. Finding large digging and fatigue parties every night. 18th of June 1917   Aircraft Active   19th of June 1917  Quiet Day   20th June 1917 Relieved on the night of the 20th/21st by 15th Warwicks. 21st of June 1917  Brigade Relief Completed   21st June 1917 Training for the attack on Oppy Wood. 24th of June 1917  A Raid   24th June 1917 Medal Presentation 25th June 1917 Training as usual. 26th of June 1917  Quiet Day   26th June 1917 Operation Order No.1 dated today. Major S.W. Montgomerie. Commanding 1st Norfolk Regt.   26th June 1917 Trained in the morning. Rested in the afternoon. 27th June 1917 Operation Order No.2 27th June 1917 Relieved 14th Royal Warwicks in Front Line. 28th of June 1917  Successful Operation    28th June 1917 Attacked Oppy Wood at 1910 hours. 1st Bedfords on left, 1st Chshires on right. 29th Jun 1917 Reliefs 29th June 1917 A fighting patrol was sent in to Oppy Village but found 2nd East Surrey still holding there and had to return. 30th June 1917 Relieved by 2nd K.O.S.B's. night of 30th/1st, and withdrew into Brigade Support. 30th June 1917 Arrivals and Departures for June 1917. 1st of July 1917  Front Line Adjusted   1st July 1917 In Reserve Brigade Line 3rd July 1917 At 2200 hours The Battalion was still within the Reserve Line. 3rd July 1917 Attack Made 3rd July 1917 Report   4th July 1917 Relief Completed 5th July 1917 The working party of 100 worked on improving the Communications Trench known as Tired Trench. 5th of July 1917  Our Trenches Damaged   6th July 1917 Lewis Gun Teams 6th of July 1917  A Brigade Relief   7th July 1917 Working parties. 10th of July 1917 A Raid Ordered   11th July 1917 Visit 12th July 1917 Working parties 12th of July 1917  Back Areas Shelled    13th July 1917 A working party of 150 reported at 1000 hours to Divisional H.Q's. 14th July 1917 Night fatigues were resumed. 15th July 1917 A number of Military Medals and parchments were awarded. The men of the Regiment received theirs 16th July 1917 The Battlion moved further back to Ecurie Wood huts and took over the same from the Bedfords. 16th Jul 1917 Shelling 17th July 1917 A special syllabus of work had been prepared whilst in this camp, but owing to the Battalion being innoculated this could not be adhered to for the first 2 days. 17th of July 1917 Quiet Time   18th of July 1917 Direct Hits Made   18th July 1917 No parades owing to inoculations. 19th of July 1917   Situation Quiet    19th July 1917 Heavy rain overnight, but the Commanding Officers still had a Battalion parade on the Divisional polo ground 20th July 1917 The syllabus and training were adhered to. 21st of July 1917 Back Areas Shelled   21st July 1917 Mounted Gymkana 22nd July 1917 The Battalion exchanged camp with the Bedford Regt.   23rd of July 1917 Minenwerfer Active   23rd July 1917 Still in forward camp, two Coys. working on "Red" Line each night. 26th of July 1917  Very Quiet    27th of July 1917  Gas Attack   28th July 1917 Relief in daylight. 29th of July 1917 Brigade Relief   29th July 1917 In Reserve. 30th July 1917 In reserve. 31st July 1917 Brigade sector very quiet. 31st July 1917 Postings 1st of August 1917 MG Activity   1st August 1917 Battalion in Brigade Reserve. 2nd August 1917 Fatigues. 3rd of August 1917   Snipers Active   3rd August 1917 Reliefs 4th of August 1917  Hostile Shelling   4th August 1917 Weather still bad. 5th August 1917 Trenches very bad. 6th August 1917 Inter Company relief 7th of August 1917  A German Raid   7th August 1917 Very thick mist 8th August 1917 Enemy Raid 9th August 1917 Battalion relieved by 1st Devon Regt. 95th Brigade. 10th of August 1917 Mostly Quiet   10th August 1917 Battalion moved to Bray near Mont St. Eloi for days on the live range tour. 11th August 1917 Musketry 12th August 1917 Shooting on the range. 13th of August 1917 Two Minute Barrage   13th August 1917 Baths 14th August 1917 Night march 15th August 1917 Moved to forward camp. 16th of August 1917 MGs Active   16th August 1917 Still in forward camp. 17th August 1917 Weather improved 18th August 1917 Still in forward camp. 19th of August 1917  Gas Drums Plan   19th August 1917 Divisional band played 20th August 1917 Still in forward camp. 21st August 1917 Reliefs 22nd of August 1917 Railway Shelled   22nd August 1917 Fatigues 23rd August 1917 In the Support Line. 25th of August 1917  TMs Hit Oppy Wood   27th of August 1917 Quiet Time   27th August 1917 Reliefs 28th August 1917 Very windy. 29th August 1917 Very visible improvements in condition of trenches. 30th August 1917 Still in line. Weather fair. 31st August 1917 Quiet Time   31st August 1917 Still in Front Line. Weather improving. 31st August 1917 Arrivals and Departures for August 1917. 1st September 1917 Battalion in the Front Line in Oppy Wood sector. 2nd September 1917 Enemy T.M's. active on Oppy Wood. 3rd of September 1917  Quiet   3rd September 1917 Weather good. Nothing to report. 4th September 1917 Relieved in the Front Line by "Nelson Battalion, of the R.N.D. 5th of September 1917 Brigades on the March   5th September 1917 Battalion moved from Springvale Camp to ACQ. 6th of September 1917 Gas Shelling   6th September 1917 Moved from ACQ to Beaufort. 7th of September 1917 Training   7th September 1917 At Beaufort. General clean up. 9th of October 1917 Hostile Guns Active   8th September 1917 Sunday. No parades, except Church in the morning. 9th September 1917 Training according to the programme. 10th of September 1917  Division to Move 11th of September 1917  Artillery Marches 15th September 1917 Brigade field day at Sur Le Lege. 16th September 1917 Training as usual. 19th September 1917 Inter Coy. and Regimental boxing. 20th September 1917 Still in Beaufort. Nothing to report. 24th September 1917 Orders received for us to move by train to St. Omer. 25th September 1917 Left Beaufort at 0300 hours. Marched to Tinques where we entrained At 0740 hours for St. Omer. 26th September 1917 In Holque we did 4 hours training in the morning. 27th September 1917 Sudden order to move to Serques in order that the Brigade might be altogether moved from Holque at 1700 hours. 28th September 1917 Marched to Staple leaving serques at 0800 hours. 29th September 1917 Moved from Staple to La Rouklashille. 30th September 1917 At La Rouklashille. 30th September 1917 Arrivals and Departures for September 1917. 1st October 1917 Battalion in billets in La Rouklashille. 2nd October 1917 On the March   3rd October 1917 On the March   4th of October 1917 Attack Launched   4th October 1917 At Bedford House in Divisional Reserve to 95th and 13th Brigades. 5th of October 1917 Quieter Night   5th October 1917 Battalion in very old and knocked about trenches at Tor Top. 6th October 1917 Battalion in the Front Line. Very bad weather, raining practically all day. 7th October 1917 Battalion was relieved at night by 16th Warwick Regt. and withdrew to Support in front of Inverness Copse. 8th October 1917 received orders to attack Polderhoek Chateau on the morning of the 9th in conjunction with 16th Warwicks on the right. 9th Oct 1917 1st Norfolks attack Polderhoek Chateau  In the early hours 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment was involved in an attack on Polderhoek Chateau close to the Menin Road during the Third Battle of Ypres. 9th October 1917 Moved from Support trenches in the early morning for the attack on Polderhoek Chateau. 10th of October 1917   "Intense Barrage" Endured   10th October 1917 Back in our original line with only 1 Officer left to organise 3 Companies. 10th October 1917 Report on Operations on 9th October 1917. 11th of October 1917 Snipers Active   11th October 1917 Stragglers coming in all morning.   12th October 1917 Marched to Berthen. Weather was very bad, raining all day. 13th October 1917 Re-organising and training for 4 hours per day. 14th of October 1917 Training   17th of October 1917 Training   17th October 1917 Large draft of 148 arrived. A very good draft of young men aged around 19 years. 18th October 1917 Second draft of 144. Not so good as the first, but quite a fair lot. 19th October 1917 Training and re-organising. 20th October 1917 Practice attack in the afternoon for the B.G.C. went fairly well. 21st of October 1917 Offensive to be Resumed   21st October 1917 Still at Berthen. Training. 23rd of October 1917 More Moves   23rd October 1917 Marched to Ridge Wood, preparatory to going to the line again. 24th October 1917 Waiting for orders 25th October 1917 Battalion moved to Bedford House in Divisional Reserve. 26th of October 1917 Intermittent Shelling   26th October 1917 Battalion moved to Stirling Castle and was ordered to proceed to the trenches to relieve 1st Royal West Kent Regt. 27th of October 1917  Quiet Time   27th October 1917 In the line. 28th of October 1917 Enemy Guns "Above Normal"   28th October 1917 Relieved at night by the 1st East Surrey Regt. 29th October 1917 At Bedford House. Fairly good accommodation. 31st October 1917 Arrivals and Departures for October 1917. 1st November 1917 The Battalion moved from Bedford House at about 1600 hours and took over the Firing Line in front of Polderhoek Chateau from the 1st D.C.L.I. 2nd November 1917 Enemy quiet all day. 3rd November 1917 Quiet day. Nothing to report. 4th of November 1917 Heavy shelling   4th November 1917 Front Line and Support Line systems now very nearly complete 5th November 1917 Enemy fairly quiet. We bombarded the Chateau and ridge behind all day. 6th of November 1917 Attack Launched   6th November 1917 Very quiet day. Relieved by 1st D.C.L.I. who relieved the left half of the Battalion, and 1st Devon Regt. who relieved the right half. 7th November 1917 On the March   8th of November 1917 Fairly Quiet   8th November 1917 In Camp.   11th of November 1917 Quiet Time   11th November 1917 On the March   12th November 1917 Training Difficult   16th of November 1917 15th Brigade Entrain 16th November 1917 Battalion entrained at Ouderdom for the Lumbres Area near St. Omer. 17th November 1917 At Bayenghem. Platoon and Coy. training. 18th of November 1917 121st Battery Moves   19th of November 1917  Pioneers Move 20th November 1917 Moved from Bayenghem and marched to Harlettes. 21st November 1917 At Harlettes. Training continued. 25th November 1917 Marched Beaumetz Lez Aires as a Brigade. 26th of November 1917   HQ Closes and Re-opens 26th November 1917 Continued march to Valhoun. "A", "B" & "D" Coys. in Tangry and "C" Coy. at Valhoun. 27th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 27th November 1917 Back in Tangry area. 28th of November 1917 Entraining for Italy 30th November 1917 Arrivals and Departures for November 1917. 1st December 1917 Move 1st April 1918 1st half Battalion. 2nd April 1918 Battalion route march in the morning. 3rd April 1918 The morning was spent training in the hills. 4th April 1918 Day was spent in packing up and preparing for entrainment. 5th April 1918 The journey continued through the night via Verona, Southern end of Lake Garda to Brescia where we arrived at 1030 hours. 5th April 1918 Left Villaganzerla at 0100 hours and arrived at Vicenza at 0520 hours without incident. 6th April 1918 Arrived Mondane at 0830 hours having passed through MiGenis tunnel which took 30 minutes. 6th April 1918 Arrived at Torino P.S. at 0500 hours and thence to Blissoleno arriving there at 1045 hours. 7th April 1918 We arrived in Les Laumes at 0820 hours where we had a 1 hour halt. 7th April 1918 Arrived Amberien via Chambery at 0405 hours, leaving again at 0425 hours, thence to St. Jean De Losne via Lowhans, arriving at 1000 hours. 8th April 1918 Arrived Abancourt via Serquex at 0830 hours, the journey continued throughout the day. 8th April 1918 Versaille passed at 0730 hours, and Pontoise at 0920 hours, where breakfast was served 9th of April 1918 Orders 9th April 1918 At 0130 hours we arrived at Dowlens and detrained. 10th of April 1918  Relief Postponed 10th April 1918 An early start, marching at 0700 hours to Warluzel where the Battalion billeted. 11th April 1918 Orders to entrain arrived in the early morning. 12th April 1918 Received orders about 1300 hours to march to St. Venant. 12th April 1918 At about 1430 hours the Battalion moved forward leaving behind the dumped personnel under Major Marshall 13th of April 1918 Enemy Attacks   13th April 1918 The morning was spent digging shelter trenches around Croix Marraisse. 13th April 1918 The details had orders to move to Tannay at 0900 hours 14th April 1918 Companies were moved in to the Bois Moyen about midday where they started to work on a defensive line running South from La Rue Des Morts. 14th April 1918 Divine Service was held in a barn and Gas drill carried out at 1400 hours. 15th of April 1918   Another Enemy Attack   15th April 1918 All Companies at work on the defensive line. 15th April 1918 1 Officer proceeded to join the Battalion in the line 16th of April 1918 Situation Quiet   16th April 1918 Moved up to the line in the evening and relieved 1st Devon Regt   16th April 1918 1 Officer and 5 men returned from English leave. 16th April 1918 Operational Order 25.   17th April 1918 Considerable Artillery Activity 17th April 1918 Training 18th of April 1918  Artillery Active   18th April 1918 Forest Shelled 18th April 1918 Parades under Company arrangements. 19th of April 1918 A Raiding Party    19th April 1918 Aerial Activity Increased 19th April 1918 Trenches and Posts 20th April 1918 Moderate aerial activity. 20th April 1918 Reinforcements 21st April 1918 Operational Order 26.   21st April 1918 Relief 21st April 1918 Funeral 22nd of April 1918  A Gas Attack   22nd April 1918 Quiet   22nd April 1918 Parades under Company arrangements. 23rd of April 1918 Constant Shelling   23rd April 1918 At about 0200 hours the enemy shelled Battalion H.Q. with 5.9" scoring direct hits nearly every shot. 23rd April 1918 Draft of 18 men reported from Base Camp 24th April 1918 Situation quiet. Companies working all night and every night on their breastworks. 24th April 1918 A party of 1 Officer and 50 men reported to advance H.Q. for work.   25th of April 1918  Division Attacks   25th April 1918 Battalion H.Q. again shelled with 5.9", no harm done. 25th April 1918 The light railway made it's first journey from Tannay siding to the Halt   26th April 1918 Operational Order No.27.   26th April 1918 "C" Coy. shelled in the afternoon 26th April 1918 Dull with low visibility. 27th April 1918 Relieved in the evening by 1st Royal West Kent Regt.   27th April 1918 Pte. Gould ( who escaped from German lines ) was examined. 28th of April 1918 Artillery Quieter   28th April 1918 Companies resting and cleaning up. 28th April 1918 Company paraded at 1000 hours under Capt. Locke 29th April 1918 Remainder of Battalion went to bath's by motor lorry under Brigade arrangements. 29th April 1918 "D" Coy. paraded at 1500 hours and the Drums attended. 30th April 1918 "C" Coy. returned and "B" Coy. went down.   30th April 1918 Banners were presented by the Corps. Commander. 30th April 1918 Arrivals and Departures for April 1918. 1st May 1918 Battalion in Reserve in camp at J.7.d.   3rd of May 1918 Enemy Artillery Active    3rd May 1918 On the night 3rd/4th we relieved the 1st Devon Regt.   4th of May 1918 Situation Quiet   4th May 1918 Our Artillery was very active all day and night 5th May 1918 Enemy Artillery was active on "A" Coy. front, shells falling close to Coy. H.Q. 6th May 1918 At daybreak rain was still falling heavily and Artillery activity was all in our favour. 7th May 1918 Our Artillery was very active during the night; harrasing and counter battery work carried on continuously day and night.   8th May 1918 Shelling 9th May 1918 Heavy Artillery Fire   10th of May 1918 Gas Shells Used    10th May 1918 A dull day.    11th of May 1918 A Raid    11th May 1918 Over the Top 11th May 1918 Congratulations 11th May 1918 Message 12th May 1918 Weather continued dull. 13th May 1918 Small working parties. 14th May 1918 Working party. 15th of May 1918 Our Heavies Busy    15th May 1918 Working parties. 16th May 1918 Reliefs 17th of May 1918 Active Artillery   17th May 1918 Clean clothing 18th May 1918 Baths 19th May 1918 Major General Strickland visited 20th May 1918 Trench Work   21st May 1918 Working Parties 21st May 1918 Relieved during night 21st/22nd 22nd of May 1918 Enemy Active   22nd May 1918 Preparations 23rd of May 1918 Quiet Night   23rd May 1918 Relief completed 24th May 1918 Enemy Artillery very active 25th May 1918 Enemy active with Artillery & Trench Mortars   26th May 1918 Heavily shelliing 27th May 1918 Shelling   28th May 1918 Counter battery work. 29th May 1918 Direct hit 30th of May 1918 A Relief   30th May 1918 Working Parties 31st May 1918 Very quiet 31st May 1918 Arrivals and Departures for May 1918. 1st June 1918 Short Shells 2nd June 1918 Shells 3rd June 1918 Shelling 4th June 1918 Observation Balloon and Aeroplane Downed 5th of June 1918  Brigade Relief   5th June 1918 Day spent bathing and cleaning up 6th June 1918 Baths 7th June 1918 Training 8th June 1918 Battalion practice attack 9th June 1918 Sunday 10th June 1918 Company training 11th June 1918 Inspection of Companies 12th June 1918 Baths 13th of June 1918  Brigade Relief Completed   13th June 1918 Enemy activity not great 14th June 1918 Lewis Guns active 15th of June 1918  Operation Proposed   15th June 1918 Enemy Artillery active 16th June 1918 Enemy Artillery firing at night. 17th June 1918 Trench Raid 18th June 1918 No great activity. 19th June 1918 Working parties 20th of June 1918 Situation Unchanged   20th June 1918 Working parties 21st June 1918 Working parties 22nd of June 1918  Slight Activity   22nd June 1918 Working parties 23rd June 1918 Working parties 24th June 1918 Reliefs 25th of June 1918 WO95/1510/4   25th June 1918 Improving trenches 26th June 1918 Trench Work   29th of June 1918 Enemy Guns Active   1st of July 1918  Situation Unchanged   7th of July 1918  Gas Shelling   12th of July 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of July 1918  Our Guns Active   24th of July 1918  Relief Completed   28th of July 1918 Quiet    31st of July 1918 Relief Completed   9th of August 1918  Training   10th of August 1918  Training 13th of August 1918 Entraining Commenced 15th of August 1918  Training 21st of August 1918  Division Advances   23rd of August 1918  Division Attacks   24th of August 1918  5th Division Co-operates   25th of August 1918 Brigades Move   26th of August 1918  Enemy Retreats   27th of August 1918 Quiet   28th of August 1918   Situation Unchanged   30th of August 1918  Advance Continues   31st of August 1918  Counter-Attack   1st of September 1918  Attack Sucessful   2nd of September 1918 Strongly Defended 3rd of September 1918  Enemy Withdraws   4th of September 1914 An Easier March 4th of September 1918 Divisional Relief 5th of September 1918 Rest and Training 9th April 1918 2nd half of Battalion under Major thurshall arrived in the early hours of the morning and billeted in the same village. 17th of September 1918 Back Areas Bombed   18th of September 1918 Attack Commences   19th of September 1918 Enemy Guns Quiet   20th of September 1918  Quiet Time   22nd of September 1918 Field Guns Active   30th of September 1918  Divisional Relief   9th October 1918 Operational Order No.55   10th October 1918 Operational Order No.56.   12th October 1918 Operation Order No.57.   12th October 1918 Operation Order No.58.   12th October 1918 Improving billet area. 13th October 1918 Divine Service 14th October 1918 At 0900 Companies training started in attack 15th October 1918 Companies carried out schemes on the ground. 16th October 1918 Company training as per programme.   17th October 1918 Lewis Gunners fired a short course on the range. 18th October 1918 Operation Order No.59. 18th October 1918 Administrative Order.   18th October 1918 Company training in attack on the Sunken Road. 19th October 1918 Presentation of medals by Corps. Commander. 20th October 1918 Battalion remained in Bethencourt. 21st October 1918 Battalion remained in billets ready to move. 22nd October 1918 Operation Order No.60.   22nd October 1918 Battalion moved in to Support at 57.B.NE.   23rd October 1918 Battalion advanced in Artillery Formation taking up a position NE. of the village of Beaurain   23rd of October 1918 Heavy Bombardment 24th October 1918 Battalion re-organised. 25th October 1918 Training by Companies in open warfare. 26th October 1918 Company training in the attack. 27th October 1918 Church Parade. 28th October 1918 Inspections of S.B.R's by Brigade Gas NCO's. 29th October 1918 Company Training.   29th November 1918 Rugby Football played 30th October 1918 Short course on rifle range 31st October 1918 Advance and Rear Guard schemes. 1st November 1918 Officers Joining Regt. :- in October 1918. 1st November 1918 Training as per programme. 2nd November 1918 Training 2nd December 1918 Battalion cleaned up generally prior to visit from His Majesty the King. 3rd November 1918 On the Move 3rd November 1918 Operational Order No.61.   4th November 1918 The Battalion moved to Louvignies 5th November 1918 Battalion moved to Assembly position [ 57S. S.5.b.5.0. to M35.c.05.75. ] for an attack through the Foret De Mormal.   6th November 1918 At 1730 1st Norfolk moved to Quartes area, where and assembly position had been selected for an attack   7th November 1918 Work on the bridge was forced to be cancelled owing to hostile Machine Gun fire.   8th November 1918 1st Devon report cyclists and cavalry patrol passed through   10th November 1918 At 1100 hours the Battalion moved via Auloyne La Grande Carriere to Jollimetz 11th November 1918 Notice was received of Suspension of Hostilities. 11th of November 1918 Armistice and a Report   12th November 1918 Re-organisation 13th November 1918 Battalion moved to LeQuesnoy 13th of November 1918 Resting 14th November 1918 De-Lousing started. 15th November 1918 Companies not De-Lousing carried out route marches 16th November 1918 Divine Service [ Ceremonial ] 17th November 1918 8 Km route march 18th November 1918 Battalion route march via Hercignies 19th November 1918 Parades under Company arrangements. 20th November 1918 Parades under Company arrangements. 21st November 1918 Battalion route march 22nd November 1918 Inspections of transport by B.G.C. 23rd November 1918 Short route marches 24th November 1918 Rugby Football match. 25th November 1918 Educational and Lewis Gun classes commenced. 26th November 1918 Football 27th November 1918 Battalion route march. 27th December 1918 Battalion Deloused and carried out P.T. and short route marches. 28th November 1918 Parades, short route marches 30th November 1918 Battalion bathed and cleaned up. 1st December 1918 Divine Service's at 1000 and 1800 hours. 3rd December 1918 Escort the Colours to the Battalion. 4th December 1918 His Majesty the King. H.M. passed through Le Quesnoy. 5th December 1918 Battalion worked on Salvage area. 7th December 1918 Battalion was alloted the Divisional bath's at 0830 hours - 1130 hours 8th December 1918 Battalion attended C of E Church Parade at 1000 & 1800 hours 9th December 1918 Battalion boot inspection 10th December 1918 New Billets Arranged 11th December 1918 Rugby Football again against Lincolns. 12th December 1918 2nd/Lt. I.G.C. Lynwood joined and was posted to "C" Coy. 13th December 1918 Battalion marched to La Flamengrie 14th December 1918 Battalion marched to La Longeuville 15th December 1918 Battalion marched to Maubuege 16th December 1918 Battalion marched to Fauroeulx and Liseroeul 17th December 1918 Battalion rested 18th December 1918 Battalion marched to Haine St. Paul 19th December 1918 Battalion marched to Manage 20th December 1918 Battalion marched to Nivelles 21st December 1918 Battalion marched to Sombreffe 22nd December 1918 The Battalion received an address from the Mayor of Grande Leez. 23rd December 1918 Battalion rested, 24th December 1918 Battalion Deloused and carried out P.T. and short route marches. 25th December 1918 Translation of an address read to the Commanding Officer by the Mayor of Grand Leez 25th December 1918 Copy of the message received from the King 25th December 1918 attalion attended Church Service 26th December 1918 Battalion rested. 28th December 1918 Battalion received message from His Royal Highness the King 29th December 1918 Divine Service. 30th December 1918 Educational classes as usual. 31st December 1918 Battalion carried out short marches 1st January 1919 Battalion carried out short marches 2nd January 1919 Battalion carried out short marches and P.T. under Coy. arrangements. 3rd January 1919 Educational classes as usual. 4th January 1919 Football in afternoon, Brigade league. 5th January 1919 Voluntary Church parades. 6th January 1919 2nd/Lt. Hughes returned to England on the 6th. 9th January 1919 Battalion Deloused. 10th of January 1919  Locations 11th January 1919 Demobilisation. 12th January 1919 Divine Service. 13th January 1919 Rubgy against R.F.A. 15th January 1919 Short marches. 16th January 1919 Mentioned in dispatches 17th January 1919 2nd/Lt. Hughes awarded Military Cross. 18th January 1919 Battalion football against 1st D.C.L.I. 19th January 1919 Divine Services. 20th January 1919 14th Field Ambulance concert party gave entertainment in the theatre for two nights. 21st January 1919 On the 22nd Rugby 15 Bde. Verses 72 Bde. 26th January 1919 Divine Service 27th January 1919 On the 29th Football "B" Coy. & "A" Coy. Bedfords. 1st February 1919 Routine became Company training under Company arrangements. 1st February 1919 Measuring and sketching to scale. 2nd February 1919 Voluntary Service at 1100 hours. 4th February 1919 Battalion attended lecture by Lt. Col. Gordon Hale on Waterloo. 6th February 1919 Concert party from R.E.S. 9th February 1919 Military Funeral of Pte. Hazera Jones 16th February 1919 Divine Service 22nd February 1919 "B" Coy. played No.4 Coy. RASC at football 23rd February 1919 Divine Service. 28th February 1919 Demobilisations for the month 28th February 1919 Personnel to leave for the month 1st March 1919 Commanding Officers inspections. 2nd March 1919 Divine Service 3rd March 1919 Training 5th March 1919 Companies paraded in billets 6th March 1919 Battalion carried out short marches 7th March 1919 Battalion was deloused at Divisional bath's. 8th March 1919 Battalion parade 9th March 1919 Divine Service. 10th March 1919 Battalion parade 12th March 1919 Battalion parade 14th March 1919 Found guard for Brigade H.Q. Court of Enquiry 15th March 1919 Billeting party sent to Gembloux. 16th March 1919 Draft of 2 Officers and 150 men proceeded to join 15th Essex Regt. 17th March 1919 No Divine Service. 18th March 1919 Battalion cleaned up billets. 19th March 1919 Leave prior to going to Tunisia. 20th March 1919 In Billets 20th March 1919 Return from leave 26th March 1919 Football match 30th March 1919 Football match 1st April 1919 In the main the Battalion bathed 2nd April 1919 Capt. R. Francis left for UK prior to proceeding to Russia. 6th April 1919 Battalion V 1st Cheshire Regt 7th April 1919 Battalion moved to Gilley 9th April 1919 5th Composite Battalion joined. 12th April 1919 Postings 15th April 1919 Posting 17th April 1919 Battalion entrains 18th April 1919 Arrival 20th April 1919 Cadre If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment? There are:6702 items tagged 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. Those known to have served with 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment during the Great War 1914-1918. Allen Frederick William. Pte. Arnup Henry Alfred. Srgt. (d.23rd Apr 1917) Bates William Robert. Pte. (d.23rd June 1915) Bermingham William. Pte. (d.15th Sep 1914) Biggs John Austin. (d.28th June 1915) Brown E. 2Lt. (d.4th Sep 1916) Clayton Harry Dudley. Pte. (d.26th October 1914) Coleman Walter Henry. Cpl. Cork William James Samuel. Pte. (d.28th Sep 1916) Dixon Tom. Pte. (d.28th April 1915) Eastoll George. Pte. Forster Philip James. Pte. (d.24th September 1914) Fuller Charles. Pte. (d.24th August 1914) Fuller Charles. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1914) Fuller Charles. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1914) Gerald John William. Pte. (d.4th June 1916) Gilbert Frederick. Pte. (d.10th Aug 1917) Gout Ernest W.. Cpl. (d.12th July 1915) Groom John. Pte. (d.9th November 1917) Guymer Bertie. Pte. (d.25th June 1915) Howes Arthur Fredrick. L/Cpl. (d.11th Mar 1915) Jones Edward. Cpl. (d.23rd August 1918) Jones-Bateman CMO. Lloyd Newton. Lt.Col. (d.25th July 1917) Kerry Joseph Arthur. Pte. (d.24th Aug 1914) Lake Frederick Charles. Col.Sgt. (d.1st April 1915) Leveridge Bertie. (d.21st Aug 1918) Lucas Charles William. Pte. (d.4th Nov 1914) Medler Sidney Richard. Pte. Meek Percy Albert. Pte. Middleton Bertie. Pte. (d.4th September 1916) Mitchell Sydney. L/Sgt. (d.2nd Dec 1918) Muskett Cecil Frederick. Pte. (d.9th Oct 1917) Shearman Edgar. Pte. (d.6th Dec 1914) Smith Herbert Sydney. Pte. (d.30th Mar 1917) Sofley Stanley. Pte. (d.22nd Oct 1914) Staplehurst George. Pte. (d.2nd Sep 1918) Witherick Percy John. Sgt. (d.24th Aug 1914) Wright Percy H.. Pte. (d.25 Oct 1914) Wright Percy Patricia. Pte. (d.25th October 1914) Youngs Matthew George. Pte. 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Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to the Great War. If you have any unwanted photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates, add a comment or ask a question. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great battalion regiment artillery Did you know? We also have a section on World War Two. and a Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.   Pte. William James Samuel Cork 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.28th Sep 1916) William Cork was injured at Delville Wood where he received gunshot wounds to the face, he was taken to Rouen General Hospital on 21/09/1916 and moved to the General Hospital at Etaples, where he died on 28/09/1916. He is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. Son of William and Alice Maud May Cork, of 163, Armes St., Norwich. s flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Matthew George Youngs 1st Btn Norfolk Regiment (d.23rd Jul 1916) My great uncle Matthew Youngs of the 1st Battalion Norfolk regiment was killed in action at High Wood on 23rd of July 1916 aged 20. One of 7 children of Edward Joseph Matthew Youngs and Martha Ann Curtis, his older brother, Arthur Edward, was also fighting in the Somme and was killed at Deville Wood 4 days earlier, aged 22. Their mother never recovered from the loss of two sons. Following the sudden death of her husband in 1919, she became mentally unhinged and spent the last few years of her life in a mental institution. She died in 1938. Alison Lihou Add to this record.   Pte. John Groom 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment (d.9th November 1917) John Groom served with 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Philip Groom Add to this record.   Pte. George Staplehurst 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.2nd Sep 1918) ly. E. Neave Add to this record.   Cpl. Walter Henry Coleman 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Walter Coleman was admitted to hospital on 5th Oct 1918 suffering from yellow gas poisoning. He had been transferred from 11th Stationary Hospital in Rouen. Add to this record.   Pte. Frederick William Allen 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Frederick Allen served in 1st Norfolk Regiment in 1914. He embarked for France on the 9th of October 1914 and was married in 1915 in East Molesey, Surrey. He transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in Sept 1916 then to the Machine Gun Corps. He was discharged on 31/3/1920 and awarded the 1914 Star, Victory and British War medals. Roderick Pierce Add to this record.   Cpl. Edward Jones 1st Battalion, B Coy. Norfolk Regiment (d.23rd August 1918) In honour of Edward Jones on behalf of his daughter Kathleen Olive Jones, who never got to grow old and share memories with her father. Sarah Miles Add to this record.   Pte. Charles Fuller 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.24th Aug 1914) Charles Fuller was my grandfather. He was serving with 1st Norfolk Regiment, with his 2 brothers, Fred and William. Charles was killed 24th of August 1914, he died in his brother Fred's arms. Later Fred was injured and lost a hand. In November 1914, William was also killed. This of course, along with thousands of other families, had a devastating effect. It was a few months later that my grandmother had the official confirmation of Charles's death. Robert Fuller Add to this record.   Pte. Harry Dudley Clayton 1st Btn Norfolk Regiment (d.26th October 1914) Harry Clayton served with 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment, he was awarded the 1914 Star with Clasp. John T Brosnan Add to this record.   Pte. Percy Albert Meek 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Percy Meek was treated for shell-shock by Dr. Arthur Hurst at Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley and then Seale-Hayne Military Hospital, Newton Abbot, Devon. There is a Pathe News film online. Percy is confined to a wheel chair, mute and paralyzed. Eventually Dr Hurst was able to get through and Percy gave basket making lessons to his fellow patients. Percy eventually went home, continued the basket making business and died in 1968. Sometimes the stories of those who survived is more profound than that of those who died. Theresa Mary Walker Add to this record.   Pte. Bertie Middleton 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment (d.4th September 1916) Bertie Middleton was my great uncle. He served with 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Anthony Middleton Add to this record.   L/Sgt. Sydney Mitchell 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment (d.2nd Dec 1918) Sydney Mitchell enlisted on 14th of December 1914 in Norwich, he was 19 years and 6 months old, occupation listed as footman. He served with 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment until 20th of October 1915 during which time he was promoted to the rank of Lance Serjeant. Wounded by a hand grenade to the face (denoted in service record). His wounds prompted evacuation to the UK on 30 July 1916, possibly Norfolk War Hospital (Norwich) but the record is incomplete. Wounds rendered him unfit for further duty and discharged from the service on 2 September 1917, granted the Kings Certificate allowing him to wear the pin denoting he had served and been invalided out of the Service. He died on the 2nd of December 1918, and his remains were interred in the family grave in St Mary's Churchyard, Snettisham, Norfolk. Peter Everingham Add to this record.   2Lt. E Brown 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.4th Sep 1916) We are researching the WW1 names on Snettisham (King's Lynn) Memorial and 2Lt E Brown of the 1st Bn Norfolk Regt may be one, we have a number of unidentified Brown's. One certainly served in the 1st Battalion, Norfolks as on CWGC record. Peter Everingham Add to this record.   Lt.Col. Lloyd Newton Jones-Bateman CMO. 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.25th July 1917) Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd Jones-Bateman CMO. served with 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Caroline Hunt Add to this record.   Pte. Philip James Forster 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.24th September 1914) My Great Uncle Philip James Forster, was the first man to die of his wounds in Brighton, having been brought home after the fighting on the Aisne and wounded on 24th August 1914. He received a full military honors funeral. He had been a regular soldier prior to the War and re joined on 5th August 1914 at Attleborough in Norfolk. I am am named after him. His brother Sydney was killed in 1915. Philip Add to this record.   Cpl. Ernest W. Gout 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment (d.12th July 1915) Ernest Gout was my father's older brother. He was wounded in Ypres and returned home for a time and then returned to the war and wounded again and died in a hospital in Bailleul. He lies in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France. Add to this record.    Bertie Leveridge 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment (d.21st Aug 1918) Bertie Leveridge was the son of William and Emma Leveridge. He was born in 1890 and baptised in Letheringsett on 22nd June 1890. Bertie enlisted in Cromer with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment and fought in France and Flanders. He was killed, aged 28 on 21st of August 1918 in France. He is remembered with honour at the Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2 Hebuterne. Lynne Pavey Add to this record.   Col.Sgt. Frederick Charles Lake 1st Btn., Attchd. Gold Coast Regiment, WAFF Norfolk Regiment (d.1st April 1915) Colour Serjeant Lake was the husband of Mabel May Lake of Soham Cottage, College Rd, Watton, Norfolk. He was buried in the Douala Cemetery, Cameroon, Grave 4. S Flynn Add to this record.   Pte. Herbert Sydney Smith 1st Btn. Norfolk (d.30th Mar 1917) Herbert Smith is a relative of my wife and I am trying to piece together the circumstances of his death. From what I have found out the Norfolk's where in the Festubertand area of the line in March 1917 before moving in April. Now comes the sketchy assumption bit. At this period of time the 5th Division which the 1st Battalion Norfolk Regiment was connected to was in the sector preparing defensive positions south of the River Omignon. As he died of wounds on the 30th of March, I am assuming he was severely wounded during the german attack of 21st/22nd of March 1917. I will try and get more detailed information but if anyone has any leads I would be grateful as we intent to visit his grave in Lapugnoy Military Cemetery on the 100th anniversary of his death with his Granddaughter (my wifes mother) Ben Add to this record.   Pte. Sidney Richard Medler 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment Sidney Medler was born 25 Jan 1897 in Ringland to Farmer Walter James Medler and wife Elizabeth (nee Craske). He was the 3rd son and one of 6 siblings. He enlisted on 25th July 1916, aged 19 into the Royal Norfolk Regiment. He arrived in France on 23rd November 1916 to join the 1st Battalion. I know he was present at the Battle for Vimy Ridge as my grandfather (Sidney's son) told me. This is probably were he received shrapnel wounds to his right leg. He left for England and convalescence on 19th May 1917. I have a photograph of the Canadian Hospital HRH Duchess of Connaught Hospital so he may have stayed here. Wherever it was, he was gravely ill for a while with septicaemia and his parents were sent for to say their "goodbyes". However, he did not die, but family lore says that 2 nurses nursing him caught the infection from him and died at that time. Sidney recovered to be discharged from service because of disablement on 21st December 1917 and to receive a war pension. He also received the Victory and the Silver Star Medal. Sidney and his two brothers survived the war. Paula Vernon Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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