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C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery 8th Oct 1914 6th Cavalry Brigade land Ostend  The 6th Cavalry Brigade, consisting of the 1st (Royal) Dragoon Guards, 10th (Prince Of Wales’s Own Royal) Hussars and C Battery, RHA land at Ostend as part of the 3rd Cavalry Division. 22nd March 1915 On the Move 23rd March 1915 Battery Covers German Trenches 27th of March 1915 German Air Activity   29th of March 1915 Quiet Time    31st March 1915 The Line is Quiet 1st April 1915 Alternative position selected 2nd of April 1915 Quiet Day   16th April 1915 New Zone 17th April 1915 5th Division Attack   18th April 1915 A Quiet Day 19th April 1915 Departure 20th April 1915 Posting 22nd April 1915 Heavy Firing North of Ypres 23rd April 1915 Germans take French Line 24th April 1915 Readied for Attack 27th April 1915 Mine Blown up Under German Trenches 28th April 1915 New Position Observed 7th May 1915 Enemy Saphead Engaged 10th May 1915 Mine Exploded Under German Trenches 16th May 1915 Fire Directed on Peckham Farm 17th May 1915 Damaged Zeppelin Spotted 20th May 1915 Practice with Incendiary Shells 26th May 1915 German Snipers Active in Peckham Farm 29th May 1915 Respirators Received 1st June 1915 Waiting to be Relieved 2nd June 1915 Guns withdrawn to Wagon Lines 3rd June 1915 Relocating to Boeseghem 5th June 1915 Rejoining 3rd Calvary Brigade 14th June 1915 RHA Ammunition Column joins 18th June 1915 Inspection 19th June 1915 Trench Mortar Accident 20th June 1915 High Explosive Shells Received 3rd of August 1915 Batteries Move 6th August 1915 A Move to Flechin 15th August 1915 Second Trench Lines Dug 16th August 1915 Soldiers Receive Commissions 29th August 1915 New Commander Arrives 30th August 1915 Move Delayed 3rd September 1915 A Move to Hinges 4th September 1915 Digging Gun Pits at Vermelles 5th September 1915 New Gun Position 6th September 1915 Zone of Fire Allotted 7th September 1915 Digging at Vermelles 8th September 1915 Ordered to Move North 9th September 1915 Digging Resumes 10th September 1915 Digging Resumes at Vermelles 11th September 1915 Orders to Proceed to Meerut Division 12th September 1915 To La Gorgue and Back Again 13th September 1915 Digging Gun Pits 14th September 1915 Digging Continues at Vermelles 15th September 1915 Rejoining 6th Cavalry Brigade 16th September 1915 A Return to Flechin 17th September 1915 Quiet Day 18th September 1915 Another Quiet Day 19th September 1915 Orders to Move 20th September 1915 A Move to Bois des Dames 21 September 1915 Settling into Bois des Dames 22nd September 1915 Roads Reconnoitred 23rd September 1915 Reconnoitre of Roads Continues 24th September 1915 Orders to Move 25 September 1915 A Move to Corons du Rutoires 26th September 1915 Ordered into Action 27th September 1915 Covering Guards Attack on Hill 70 28th September 1915 Orders Received to Barrage 29th September 1915 Orders to Withdraw and Return to 6th Calvary Brigade 30th September 1915 Quiet Day in Bois des Dames 3rd October 1915 A Move to Cauchy-a-la-Tour 19th October 1915 A Move to Febvin-Palfart 21st October 1915 Winter Quarters 23rd October 1915 Posting 24th October 1915 Posting 28th October 1915 2nd Lieutenant Bennett Posted in 29th October 1915 Major AE Erskine Takes Command 7th November 1915 New Horses Arrive 17th November 1915 On the Move Again 18th November 1915 Settled in Sains-les-Fressins 8th December 1915 Horses Cast 18th December 1915 New Horses Arrive from Boulougne 25th December 1915 Xmas Day 1915 28th December 1915 Orders to Move 1st January 1916 A March to Estree Blanche 4th January 1916 New Gun Positions Reviewed 6th January 1916 Reliefs Arrive 7th January 1916 A March to La Bourse 8th January 1916 Settling in to a New Zone   9th January 1916 Under Fire 10th January 1916 Too Close for Comfort 11th January 1916 Trench Mortar Activity 12th January 1916 A successful day for C Battery RHA 13th January 1916 C Battery - Military Cross and DCM Awarded 14th January 1916 Battery Retaliates to Trench Mortars 15th January 1916 Big Willie in C Battery's sights 16th January 1916 Hostile Fire 17th January 1916 Heavy Shelling 18th January 1916 Sniper Exposed 19th January 1916 Firing all Night 20th January 1916 Shelling Continues 21st January 1916 Hostile Fire on the Increase 22nd January 1916 Enemy Engaged 23rd January 1916 Mine Blown in German Trenches 24th January 1916 A Day of Heavy Shelling 25th January 1916 German Aircraft Very Active 26th January 1916 Heavy Hostile Fire 27th January 1916 Another Day of Heavy Shelling 28th January 1916 Trenches Heavily Bombarded 29th January 1916 Fog Impedes Artillery Activity 30th January 1916 Fog Quietens Artillery Fire 31st January 1916 A Quiet Day 1st February 1916 Enemy Fire Quietened 2nd February 1916 Cover Provided for Mine Detonation 3rd February 1916 Enemy Dispersed 4th February 1916 German Trench Improvements Observed 5th February 1916 Enemy Cyclist Blown Off Bicycle 6th February 1916 Heavy Shelling 7th February 1916 Working Parties Engaged 8th February 1916 Enemy Digs In 12th February 1916 Reliefs on the Way 13th February 1916 Heavy Shelling 14th February 1916 Waiting to be Relieved 17th February 1916 German Positions Bombarded 18th February 1916 A Quiet Day 20th February 1916 Gun Withdrawn to Wagon Line 21st February 1916 Relief Arrives 22nd February 1916 On the Move 23rd February 1916 C Battery - A Cold Night's March 29th February 1916 Harsh Winter Conditions 5th March 1916 British Cavalry Corps Ceased to Exist 11 March 1916 Battery Inspection 13th March 1916 A Visitor Arrives 19th March 1916 Leave Passes to England 14th June 1916 Route March 24th June 1916 On the Move Again 25th June 1916  A March to St Leger 26th June 1916 A March to Bonnay 30th June 1916 British Offensive Postponed 1st July 1916 Ready to Advance 4th July 1916 Battery Arrives in Allery 8th July 1916 Battery Arrives in Corbie 9th July 1916 Still on the Move 14th July 1916 Ready to Advance 19th July 1916 C Battery Arrives in Corbie 20th July 1916 Quiet Time in La Neuville 1st August 1916 On the Move to Soues 2nd August 1916 On the Move Again 4th August 1916 A March to Grand Preaux 5th August 1916 C Battery Arrives in Wambercourt 8th August 1916 Training Commences 3rd September 1916 Postings in and Postings out 5th September 1916 New Officer for the Battery 9th September 1916 Let the Games Begin 10th September 1916 Battery Moves to Dominois 11th September 1916 The Move Continues 12th September 1916 Battery Arrives in La Chaussee 13th September 1916 Quiet Day in La Chaussee 14th September 1916 A Move to Busy 15th September 1916 Battery Stands To 16th September 1916 Shortage of Horse Fodder 17th September 1916 Battery Moves to Querrieu 18th September 1916 Very Wet Weather 20th September 1916 Clearer Weather on the Horizon 22nd September 1916 A Move to Soues 23rd September 1916 Battery Moves to Bealcourt 24th September 1916 A March to Douriez 25th September 1916 3 Days Spent at Douriez 29th September 1916 On the Move Again 30th September 1916 Bombardier Jeffery Awarded Military Medal 1st November 1916 Attacks Postponed 5th November 1916 Bad Weather Postpones Attack 13th November 1916 In Action   15th November 1916 The Battery Advances 17th November 1916 Wagon Line Advances   20th November 1916 Orders to Evacuate 22nd November 1916 Batteries Billet Together 23rd November 1916 On the Move to St Requier 24th November 1916 Permanent Billets at Roussent 15th December 1916 Time Spent in Roussent 16th December 1916 A March to Renty 17th December 1916 On the Move to Aire 31st December 1916 C Battery RHA - New Duties as Depot Battery, 1st Army Artillery School, Aire 26th January 1917 Lt Chapman Posted to G Battery 31st January 1917 Battery Remains in Post at Aire 3rd February 1917 Lt Morrison Posted in to Battery 8th February 1917 Lt Patrick Posted in to Battery 9th February 1917 Lt Boylan Posted to IV Brigade RHA 21st February 1917 Military Medals Awarded 1st March 1917 C Battery RHA Remains in Aire 5th March 1917 On the Move to Dennerbroeucq 6th March 1917 C Battery RHA Rejoins 6th Cavalry Brigade 21st March 1917 Battery Based in Lespinoy 22nd March 1917 A Route March for General Vaughan 23rd March 1917 Practice March to Merlimont 24th March 1917 3 Series Shrapnel Fired 25th March 1917 More Shrapnel Fired 26th March 1917 Battery Returns to Lespinoy 1st April 1917 Military Medal Ribbons Awarded 5th April 1917 On the Move 6th April 1917 Move Orders Cancelled 7th April 1917 On the Move Again 8th April 1917 Battery Arrives in Fosseux 9th April 1917 Busy Day of Movements for C Battery   10th April 1917 Battery Brought into Action   11 April 1917 Heavy Casualties   11th April 1917 Supplementary War Diary Record    12th April 1917 Bitterly Cold Conditions 13th April 1917 Cold Conditions Continue 14th April 1917 Deep Mud 16th April 1917 On the Move 19th April 1917 On the Move 10th May 1917 6th Cavalry Brigade Horse Show 11th May 1917 New Horses Arrive 12th May 1917 On the March to Torte Fontaine 13th May 1917 On the March 14th May 1917 A Night in Havernas 15th May 1917 On the Move to Bussy-Les-Daours 16th May 1917 On the Move to Harbonniere 17th May 1917 On the March 21st May 1917 Into Action 23rd May 1917 Guns Laid at Night   27th May 1917 Recovered German Ammunition Pits 28th May 1917 Battery Advances 31st May 1917 All Guns in Action 4th June 1917 Battery Evacuates Positions 5th June 1917 Preparations for Move 6th June 1917 On the Move 7th June 1017 Brigade Tactical Exercise 8th June 1917 In Action 9th June 1917 In Action   10th June 1917 Raid   11th June 1917 C Battery RHA in Action   12th June 1917 Relief Complete   20th June 1917 Raid   25th June 1917 C Battery RHA Supports a Raid by the Royals   30th June 1917 Battery Remains in Action   7th July 1917 In Action Supporting 2nd Cavalry Division 10th July 1917 Quiet Period 11th July 1917 On the Move to Bray 12th July 1917 On the Move to Sarton 13th July 1917 Battery Arrives in Estree Wamin 14th July 1917 On the Move to Hernicourt 15th July 1917 Battery Moves to Auchel 16th July 1917 On the Move to La Motte Baudet 31st July 1917 Brigade Aquatic Sports Event 7th August 1918 On the Move with 6th Cavalry Brigade 25th August 1917 Battery Placed Third in Gun Train Competition 30th August 1917 Training Exercises 31st August 1917 On the Move Again 1st September 1917 On the Move to Nieurlet 2nd September 1917 Resources Sent to V Corps 6th September 1917 On the Move to Herzeele 11th September 1917 Relocated to a Fresh Bivouac 17th September 1917 Resources Lent to RFA Brigades 30th September 1917 Training Period 1st October 1917 A Win on the Football Field 2nd October 1917 A Visit by Chasseurs d'Afrique 5th October 1917 Orders to Move 6th October 1017 On the Move to Saint-Momelin 31st October 1917 Battery Shares Resources with RFA Brigades 5th August 1918 Bivouacked with IV Brigade RHA 6th August 1918 On the Move to Petit St Jean 7th August 1918 On the March 8th August 1918 In Action 9th August 1918 Moved to Reserve 10th August 1918 On the Move 11th August 1918 Enemy Artillery Active 12th August 1918 Battery at Fouencamps 13th August 1918 A Visit from Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig 14th August 1918 Battery Remains at Fouencamps 15th August 1918 On the Move to Le Mesge 16th August 1918 Arrived at Le Mesge 20th August 1918 Battery at Le Mesge 21st August 1918 On the Move to Fieffes 22nd August 1918 Arrived at Fieffes 24th August 1918 Battery Remains at Fieffes 25th August 1918 Marching to Willencourt 26th August 1918 Arrived in Willencourt 27th August 1918 Put on Notice 28th August 1918 Battery Remains on Notice 29th August 1918 Orders to Move to Wailly 30th August 1918 Battery Remains on Notice 31st August 1918 Battery Remains in Petit Bouret 1st September 1918 Six Hours' Notice 2nd September 1918 On Notice to Move 3rd September 1918 Battery Remains on Notice 4th September 1918 Training 6th September 1918 On the Move Again 13th September 1918 Officers Return from England 15th September 1918 Training Continues 16th September 1918 On to Move 17th September 1918 Manoeuvres 18th September 1918 On the Move to Fresnoy 19th September 1918 On the Move Again 20th September 1918 On the Move to Fortel and Boffles 24th September 1918 Battery Remains at Fortel and Boffles 25th September 1918 On the Move with 6th Cavalry Brigade 26th September 1918 Battery Arrives in Meaulte 27th September 1918 On the Move to Hem 28th September 1918 In Situ at Hem 29th September 1918 On the Move to Vermand 30th September 1918 Battery Remains at Vermand 1st October 1918 Battery Rejoins 6th Cavalry Brigade 2nd October 1918 Battery Actions Scheme at Bellenglise 3rd October 1918 In Action 4th October 1918 Battery Stands To 5th October 1918 On the Move to Trefcon 7th October 1918 Battery Remains at Trefcon 8th October 1918 On the March 9th October 1918 Into Action 10th October 1918 A Day of Action 11th October 1918 New Billets in Elincourt 12th October 1918 Battery Remains in Elincourt 13th October 1918 On to Move to Banteux 14th October 1918 On the Move to Etricourt 18th October 1918 In Positions 19th October 1918 Brigade Field Day 21st October 1918 Battery at Etricourt 22nd October 1918 Another Brigade Field Day 23rd October 1918 On the Move 31st October 1918 Field Days and Training 2nd November 1918 Brigade Tactical Scheme 3rd November 1918 125th Anniversary Celebrations 5th November 1918 On Notice to Move 6th November 1918 On the March 7th November 1918 On the Move 8th November 1918 On the Move 9th November 1918 In Position 10th November 1918 On the Move 11th November 1918 Armistice Signed - Cease Fire 12th November 1918 On the Move 16th November 1918 Preparing for March 17th November 1918 On the March 18th November 1918 On the Move 20th November 1918 Battery Remains in Billets 21st November 1918 Arrival at the Lion of Waterloo 22nd November 1918 On the March 23rd November 1918 Change of Plans 24th November 1918 On the Move 30th November 1918 Battery Remains in Billets If you can provide any additional 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