6th November 1917 On this day: 124th Heavy Battery to 16 HAG   124th Heavy Battery, RGA transfer to 16th Heavy Artillery Group from 50 HAG on the 6th of Nov 1917. Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Ruyaulcourt. The 'Officers' played 'the Rest' of the Battalion at Rugby in the afternoon. Match took place on the Battalion football ground. Result 'Officers' 10 points, 'Rest' 9 points. War Diaries Passchendaele captured by Allies   On 6th November 1917 Passchendaele was captured by Allied Forces but the battle for the high ground to the north of Passchendaele was still raging.  Travelling  Review  Clothing Issue  Working Parties & Training  INspection & parade  Brave Actions  Shelling  Reliefs  Working Parties  On the March  Working Parties  Orders  Training  TMs and MGs Target Gaps  Training  Assault  Attack Made  Barrage  Intelligence  Salvaging  On the Move  Training  New Tanks Collected  Construction  Posting  Training  Attack Launched  Raid  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.  Construction  New German Trenches  Range Firing  Training  New training squadron formed  19th & 21st Companies practiced with two Battalions of 187th Infantry Brigade. 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 November 1917. Able Seaman Allan. Anson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Walter Frank Vernon Anson. 1/6 Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers Read their Story. Able Seaman John Henry Ashley. Hawke Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Private Thomas William Astley. 2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Louis Harvey Bardell. 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. J. H. Bolsom. 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. J. H. Bolsom. 12th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. John Booth. 171st Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Spr. John Booth. 171st Tunneling Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Sgt. James Brady. 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Daniel Chambers. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Hanna. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Humphreys Humphreys. 1st/6th battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers Read their Story. CSM. Walter Richard James. 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Pte. George Albert Mason. 1st Btn. Herefordshire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Alfred George Matson. 144th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Sgt. Edward Miller. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William Muir. 12th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers Pte. Joseph Norton. 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Pte. Stanley Victor Roberts. 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Pte. James Peter Robertson. VC. 27th (Manitoba) Battalion Read their Story. John Fox Russell. VC MC Royal Welch Fusiliers Capt. John Fox Russell. VC, MC. att. 1st/6th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Capt. John Fox Russell. VC, MC. Att. 1st/6th Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Royal Army Medical Corps Read their Story. Gnr. Alfred Oscar Sheldrake. 51st Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery Gnr. Albert Sherlock. 74th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. Albert Sherlock. 74th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. James Amos Smith. 11th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. J. Taylor. 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt.Col. Algernon Carteret Thynne. DSO Royal North Devon Hussars Read their Story. Pte. Sidney John Trevelyan. 12th Battlion Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Albert Henry Witherstone. 1st Battalion Herefordshire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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