6th August 1914 On this day:  The Battle of Liege 2nd West Surrey's on manoeuvres   In South Africa the Pretoria District Infantry Brigade, including 2nd Battalion The Queen's, are on a trek from Potchefstroom, where it had just carried out manoeuvres. The total distance was about 110 miles. The final march into Roberts' Heights on this date was 27 miles. At 7.30 P.M. The battalion received urgent order to proceed to Cape Town on Aug. 8th. 2nd Bn Queens West Surrey Regt War Diary Zeppelin raids.   On 6 August 1914 the German Zeppelin Z6 (LZ21) bombed the Belgian city of Liège, killing nine civilians. It was dropping artillery shells instead of bombs, but the ship's inadequate lift kept it at low altitude so that the bullets and shrapnel from defending fire penetrated the hull. The ship limped back towards Cologne, but had to be set down near Bonn in a forest, completely wrecking it. John Doran HMS Ampion lost   HMS Amphion hit a mine and sank in North Sea with the loss of 151 lives.  Colours Laid up  Hunt for the Storeship  Hot and Close  Reservists Arrive  Training  Mobilisation  Training  Reservists  Mobilisation  Reservists  Reservists  Equipment  Mobilisation  Mobilisation   Parties joining Battalion in preperation for embarkation  Reservists arrived.  Concentration   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, 6th of August 1914. Shipwright 2nd Class Carl Harry Bowden Adams. H.M.S. Amphion. Read their Story. Leading Telegraphist Norman Mckay Arundel. H.M.S. Amphion. Read their Story. Stoker 1st Class Robert Ashton. H.M.S. Amphion. Read their Story. Chief ERA Albert Victor Austin. H.M.S Amphion Read their Story. Chief Engine Room Artific Albert Victor Austin. H.M.S. Amphion. Read their Story. Pte. Jerome Cann. HMS Amphion Pte. Jerome Cann. Read their Story. Pte. Jerome Cann. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Stoker 2nd Class. William James Douglas. HMS Amphion PO/Stoker Frank Levi Fisher. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Staff Paymaster J. T. Gedge. HMS Amphion Staff Paymaster Joseph Theodore Gedge. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Sea. Albert Laity Harradine. HMS amphion Read their Story. Able Sea. Charles Richard Hender. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Stoker William Julian. Stoker HMS Amphion Read their Story. Pte. Irvine Kellyn. Read their Story. 2nd Class Stoker William John Knight. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Pte. William Thomas Lacey. HMS Hussar Capt. Ayre George H. Lees. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Sig.Boy. john maxwell. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Seaman George Charles McConaghy. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Joseph Pierce Murphy. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Frederick William Pound. HMS Amphion Stoker 1st Class Frederick William Pound. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Sgt. James Ernest Scott. Sgt. Arthur Sistern. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Stroker First Class Herbert James Street. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Petty Offcr. J. D. Towllis. HMS Amphion L/Stoker. Reginald Penhorwood Tucker. HMS Amphion Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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