3rd July 1916 On this day:  In Reserve 16th Northumberland Fusilers move to Warloy   16th Northumberland Fusiliers move to Warloy via Bouzincourt. records of the 16th (service) battalion northumberland fusiliers captain ch cooke mc, newcastle upon tyne 1923 3rd Monmouths return to pioneer duties   The 3rd Monmouths returned to their pioneer duties and were engaged in digging the new British front line at the Schwaben Redoubt and Ancre. Here they came across the dead and wounded of the terrible fighting that had taken place over this ground. They also came under heavy shelling and German grenade attacks. The Ulster Memorial Tower now marks the site of these trenches. Wire cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery at Aix-Noulette report Batteries wire cutting. B237 battery was shelled with 4.2s at about 0900 and one gun was damaged. The enemy shelled battery positions on the Aix-Noulette - Bully Grenay road all morning with 5.9 and 4.2 inch guns. Minewerfen (mortars) were active about 1600. At 2230 the enemy blew up a mine on Vimy Ridge but very little artillery fire followed. Another mine was exploded at 0030. At 0145 our artillery open a strong barrage in support of a raid by the 15th London Regiment on salient in Bois en Hache. The raid lasted twenty minutes with result at present not known. Enemy retaliation was much heavier than in the former raid. All was quiet again by 0230. War Diaries 1st Wiltshire and 3rd Worcesters fight side by side.   1st Wiltshires enter the Leipzig Salient and fought side by side with the 3rd Worcestershire until they were relieved on July 7th. 106th Coy RE search for lost men   At Thiepval 106th Coy Royal Engineers are engaged in clearing trenches in search hoping to find alive some of their best men who were lost trying to take the fort, Germans using Gas at night and shelling continuously. Also working in German Trenches that had been taken  Enroute to France  Routine  Heavy Guns Continue  Quiet Day Shelling   0355. 18th DLI Inform Brigade of heavy shelling by enemy at 2.15am was of ---- shells. 2035. Brigade instructed 18th Btn DLI to get in touch with Duke of Wellingtons Regiment of 12th Brigade, on their right at Delaunay. The National Archives 18DLI War Diary Appx 1 WO95/2361/1  Stratigic Wood  Gallantry Recognised  In Action  Leading the Advance  No Working Parties  Trench Work  In Action  In the Trenches  Working Parties  Reliefs  Reorganisation  In Action    On the Move  Shelling  Reliefs Complete  Football  Training & Sport      In Dugout  Attack Made  Training  Tunneling  In Action  Trench Raid  Defence Work  Reliefs  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft damaged  Aircraft Lost  Aircraft damaged  Artillery Active  Survivors  Training  On the Move  On the Move  On the March  Shelling  On the Move  Attack  Attachment to 1st Loyal North Lancs.  Reliefs  March to Flesselles via Canaples - Havernas arriving at Flesselles at about 1300 hours.  On the Move  On the Move  Battalion relieved 10th R.W. Kent Regt.  On the Move  Shelling  Repairs  Moves  Quiet  New Billets  Very Busy  Inspection  Bombardment  Attack Made  Working and Mining parties  Congratulations  More Beds  Brigade Sanitary Squad formed Can you add to this factual information? Do you know the whereabouts of a unit on a particular day? Do you have a copy of an official war diary entry? Details of an an incident? The loss of a ship? A letter, postcard, photo or any other interesting snipts? If your information relates only to an individual, eg. enlistment, award of a medal or death, please use this form: Add a story.

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Remembering those who died this day, 3rd of July 1916. Capt. John Lloyd William Howard Abell. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Capt. John LLoyd William Howard Abell. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Alston. 9th Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Arnold. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Arthur Baker. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Ball. 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. Charles Bennett. 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Albertine Thomas Boar. 6th Btn Queen's Own Royal West Kent Read their Story. Pte. Frank Cole. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. John Conlon. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. John Varley Cowlishaw. 8th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl Jack D'Hooghe. 7th Bttn Suffolk Rgt Read their Story. L/Cpl. Alexander Rae Arthur Dryden. 10th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James William Durrant. 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Pte. Bert Fisher. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Victor Galloway. 6th Btn. Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Read their Story. Spr. George Gentle. 117th Railway Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Rfmn. Ernest Samuel "Sa" Hadden. 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Henry Hargreave. 14th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Frank Hatson. 9th Battalion Cameronians Scottish Rifles Pte. Arthur Frank Hatson. 9th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Pte. Ernest Hazelwood. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt Lawrence Clifford Hills. 1st Btn Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. John Robert Hockley. 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Rgt. Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Johnston. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Henry Langan. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles William Levick. 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment Read their Story. Pte Alfred Lewis. 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Thomas McCormick. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Adrian Mellody. 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frank Palmer. 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment 2nd Lt. Herbert P. Peacocke. 8th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Wilfred Pearce. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Victor Pickard. 6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Pte. John Thomas Plant. 8th Btn. South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest John Pullen. 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Pte. William Rea. 10th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred Henry Price Reynolds. 11th Btn Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Nathan Starling. 2nd Btn. London Regiment Sgt. Henry Taylor. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte James Tear. 7th Btn Border Regiment Pte. Reginald Tillett. 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edward George Turrell. 7th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. John Edward Twinn. 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Joseph Walker. Royal Scots Pte. Thomas Walker. 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Henry Wall. 12th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Arnold Ward. 10th Btn. York and Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Mark Witworth Ward. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. James George Warner. 6th Battalion West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Private Walter Wheeler. 9th Battalion Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Alfred John Whiffen. 8th Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. Capt. Stewart Alexander White. 21st (Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Sgt. William Whitehouse. 10th Btn., `D' Coy. Royal Warwickshire Rgt. Pte. George "Wiggy" Wignall. 1/6th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Thomas Wixey. 8th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Pte. Charles Wright. 7th Battalion Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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