7th April 1917 On this day:  On the Move Intense Wire Cutting   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report Batteries carried out intense wire cutting this morning, A236 Battery firing one hundred and thirty rounds, B236 Battery one hundred and fifty five rounds and C236 Battery two hundred and ten rounds. Zero time for Daylight Raid 2000. 18th Battalion (London Irish Rifles) carried out this raid, in the same place on the right Brigade Front as the raid in February, under a heavy barrage by two and half Divisional Artilleries, accompanied by dummy raid at German line on Hill 60 and St Eloi. Enemy fire was fairly heavy and caused a number of casualties. Nineteen prisoners were taken. OC. Left Group acted as liaison officer with GOC 141st Infantry Brigade, also Major Pollard OC. D236 Battery acted as liaison with OC. Raid. 2/Lt A M Cole B236 Battery posted to 66th Division. War Diaries    SM U-88 Type U 87 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 32) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 20 Nov 1915 Launched 22 Jun 1916 Commissioned 7 Apr 1917 Commanders. 23 Jul 1916 - 5 Sep 1917 Walther Schwieger Career 4 patrols. 18 May 1917 - 5 Sep 1917 III Flotilla Successes 12 ships sunk with a total of 39,382 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 845 tons. 23 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Hector 1,146 nw 25 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Hilary 6,329 br 28 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Roma (damaged) 417 ru 29 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Ashleaf 5,768 br 31 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Jeanne Cordonnier 2,194 fr 31 May 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Miyazaki Maru 7,892 jp 1 Jun 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Cavina 6,539 br 6 Jun 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Eemdijk 3,048 nl 7 Jun 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger John Bakke 1,611 nw 29 Jun 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Escondido 1,066 nw 3 Jul 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Iceland 1,501 br 7 Jul 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Coral Leaf (damaged) 428 br 13 Jul 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Ceres 1,166 da 16 Jul 1917 U 88 Walther Schwieger Vesta 1,122 da Fate 5 Sep 1917 - Presumably mined off Terschelling. 43 dead (all hands lost). There was another U 88 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 16 Aug 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 15 Oct 1941. John Doran  Move  Airfields bombed  HQ Shelled  New Posts  Cold Day  Wire Cutting  Changeable  Orders      Attack Made  Aerial Bombardment  Training and Competitions  Relief Complete  On the March  On the March  Training  In Support  Enemy Work Parties    On the Move  On the Move  Training  Hostile Batteries  Training  Battalion Locations  Emplacements  Lectures  On the Move  Visit  Marched from Steenvoorde to Noordpeene.  On the Move Again  Shelling  Preparations  "C" Coy. used Dickesbushe Range.  Cleaning Up  Reliefs  Reliefs  Reliefs  Continued bombardment. 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, 7th of April 1917. Pte. Edward Whittaker Bowes. 6th Btn. Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Edward Whittaker Bowes. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Joseph Brown. 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment L/Cpl. Daniel Dickinson. 4th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Spr. E. B. Foster. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Read their Story. Rfmn. Moses Fresco. 12th London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Edward Jennison. 177th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Capt. George James Mahony-Jones. 20 Sqd. Read their Story. Spr. Patrick Moriaty. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Lt William B. Moyes. 20 Sqd. Read their Story. Pte. Hugh Philp. 8th Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 2nd Lt. Henry Pritchard. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Rfl. John James Woodrow. 1st/18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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