7th October 1916 On this day: Continuous Barrages   236th London Brigade Royal Field Artillery report at 1345 47th Division attacked with a view to seizing the Grid Line and Butte de Warlencourt. The 15th Battalion on the right obtained their objectives and after several vicissitudes held it with a few parties and dug in behind it. On the left the attack was, as a whole, unsuccessful with very little ground being gained. The Batteries fired continuously on barrages ordered by Divisional Artillery. Lt J.F. Gayner proceeded to the Field Ambulance sick. 2/Lt B.B. Wallace was wounded by a bullet in his hand while reconnoitering the front. War Diaries  20th DLI back to the line    SM U-84 Type U 81 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 254) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 25 Oct 1915 Launched 22 Jul 1916 Commissioned 7 Oct 1916 Commanders. 17 Oct 1916 - 26 Jan 1918 Walter Roehr Career 8 patrols. 3 Dec 1916 - 26 Jan 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 28 ships sunk with a total of 83,127 tons. 7 ships damaged with a total of 42,149 tons. 2 ships taken as prize with a total of 3,462 tons. 14 Dec 1916 U 84 Walter Roehr Aamot (prize) 1,362 nw 18 Dec 1916 U 84 Walter Roehr Malcolm (prize) 2,100 sw 9 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Alexandrian (damaged) 4,467 br 10 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bergenhus 3,606 nw 12 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Auchencrag 3,916 br 15 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Kinpurney 1,944 br 15 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Omsk 1,574 da 20 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bulgarian 2,515 br 20 Jan 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Neuquen 3,583 br 17 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bayonne 2,589 fr 17 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Romsdalen 2,548 br 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Berrima (damaged) 11,137 br 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Hunsworth (damaged) 2,991 br 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Juno 2,416 nw 18 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Valdes 2,233 br 21 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Dukat 1,408 nw 22 Feb 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Invercauld 1,416 br 13 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Argyll 3,547 br 13 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Lime Branch (damaged) 5,379 br 18 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Cragoswald 3,235 br 18 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Rowena 3,017 br 19 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Elswick Manor 3,943 br 20 Apr 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Malakand 7,653 br 1 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bachi 2,184 sp 1 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Demerara (damaged) 11,484 br 4 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Goathland 3,044 br 7 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Condesa 8,557 br 7 Jul 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Oxø 831 nw 12 Aug 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Ursus Minor 623 nw 13 Aug 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Bergamot 1,290 br 24 Nov 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Actaeon 4,999 am 1 Dec 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Antonios Stathatos 2,743 gr 2 Dec 1917 U 84 Walter Roehr Birchgrove 2,821 br 9 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Bayvoe 2,979 br 10 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Cardiff (damaged) 2,808 br 12 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Chateau Laffite 1,913 fr 17 Jan 1918 U 84 Walter Roehr Messidor (damaged) 3,883 br Fate 26 Jan 1918 - Possibly rammed and depth charged by PC62 in St George Channel and sunk at 51.53N 05.44W. 40 dead (all hands lost). There was another U 84 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 26 Feb 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 29 Apr 1941. John Doran  Inspections  Levels Dropping  Corps Commander inspection  Rations Improved  On the Move  Training and Route March  Attack Made  Submarine Docks  Guards Draft  On the March  Attack Made  Working Parties  Patrol  On the Move  Shelling  Trench Work  Into Camp  Working Parties  Training & Baths  Recce  Training  TMs Active  Shelling  Trench Raid  Defence Work and Training  Attack Made  In the Front Line  Instructions  Instructions  Quiet  Orders received that the Battalion will entrain at St. Pol tonight.  Pilot wounded  Aircraft Lost  Shelling  Return  Reliefs  Attack Resumed  Quiet  Operation Orders  March Table  Battalion parades. 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.

Killed, Wounded, Missing, Prisoner and Patient Reports published this day. This section is under construction.

Want to know more about 7th of October 1916? There are:43 items tagged 7th of October 1916 available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War.

Remembering those who died this day, 7th of October 1916. Bmbdr. Andrew Adamson. 256th Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery Cpl. Albert Ainsworth. 7th (City of London) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Frederick Alfred Barrett. 7th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Russell Brenton. 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Geoffrey Reynell Breslaw. 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Frederick Cain. 7th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Rflmn. Percy Clarke. 1/12th (Rangers) Btn. London Regiment 2nd Lt. William Price Vivian Coles. MM 7th Btn. C Coy. London Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Edward Albert Cottingham. 2/4th London (Royal Fusiliers) Sgt. Edward Albert Cottingham. 4th Btn London Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Albert James Cross. 1/12th (The Rangers) Btn. D Coy. London Regiment Read their Story. Sgt Arthur T. Culmer. 6th Btn East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John William Denning. 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Cpl. Frank Dyer. 15th Bth Hampshire Regiment Pte. Herbert James Everett. 9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Frank Finden. 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Robert Flanagan. 30th Coy Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. George William Gee. 11th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Joseph William Charles Hall. D Coy. 1/12th (The Rangers) Btn London Regiment Sgt. Joseph Heacock. 1/7th Btn. Middlesex Rgt. L/Cpl. Henry Oscar Hendry. MM. 1/7th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Holmes. 7th Btn. York and Lancaster Rgt. Sgt. David Jones. VC. 12th Btn. King's (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Walter Henry Jordan. 6th Btn The East Kent Regiment (The Buffs) Read their Story. Gnr. Alexander Burnett Kemp. 2nd Mortar Battalion, Z Coy. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. 2nd Lt. William Henry Lockett. 16th Btn. att. 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Cpl. Lewis Edwin Martin. 6th Btn. East Kent Regiment Sgt. William Bernard McMahon. 16th (St Pancras) Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Cpl. William Stanley Pashley. 11th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment Pte. Frederick Arthur Piper. 15th (Service) Battalion Hampshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter Ringer. 12th (Service) Battalion Durham Light Infantry Pte. Walter William Tombleson Rowson. 7th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas William Taylor. 11th(Lewisham)Btn. Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Rflmn. Ernest James Titcomb. 12th Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Lumsden Weatherston. 15th (Civil Service Rifles) Battalion London Regiment Rflmn. Charles William Webb. 2nd/8th (Post Office Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Wesley George Young. 7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Add a name to this list.

Previous Day     Next Day Select another Date Day: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Month: January February March April May June July August September October November December   Year: 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.