10th November 1917 On this day:  Entertainment  Rum and rain  Daily Activity    The Allied forces including: The 1st South Wales Borderers & The Canadian 8th Army had established a defensive line on the ‘Goudberg Spur’. This spur was situated near ‘Goudberg Copse’ and was populated with small farm houses & buildings that were occupied by the German forces. A British attack was planned for the 10th November 1917. This was to be the last offensive of the Ypres/Passchendaele battles and the 1st Battalion of the South Wales Borderers where to play a pivotal role in the attack. At 5.00am A company from the 1st South Wales Borderers would head north from Valour Farm after the British Rolling Barrage had pummelled the German positions. The trenches were partially flooded and surrounded by shell craters. The wooden duck boards, on which the soldiers walked, were submerged. The mud was like glue and should a man slip off the duck boards, while carrying his full pack which included 3 days rations, rifle & steel helmet, extra ammunition & 2 bombs per man he would almost certainly slide into one of the many deep shell holes with no chance of rescue or escape. When the barrage started the terrain was so unrecognisable that it became difficult for the artillery to locate the German positions. To make matters worse, as A Company went over the top they ran into their own barrage causing several casualties and resulted in the battalion edging off to the right. The soldiers had trouble locating its objectives and gradually as German counter attacks became stronger the offensive stalled.  On the Move  Football  Training  Honour  Training  Trench Work  Bad Weather  Move  Training & Football  In Camp  Reliefs  On the March  Gaps in Enemy Wire  On the March  Move  On the Move  Training  Orders Received  Preparations  On the March  Death  On the Move  Training  Quiet Time  Trenches in very bad condition.  Construction Work  Quiet  Artilleries inactive.  Artillery Shoot  Operational Orders  Reliefs  Busy getting Tanks ready 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, 10th of November 1917. Pte. Frederick Adams. 59th Divisional Supply Train (MT) Royal Army Service Corps L/Cpl. John Arnold. 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Albert Charles Ball. 10th Btn. Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Read their Story. Pte. William Charles Bishop. 12th (Service) Btn. Manchester Regiment Gnr. John Thackray Byers. 157th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Gnr. Charles William Corbett. 23rd Siege Btty Royal Garrison Artillery Pte. John Percy Newton Dover. 1st Btn. Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry Read their Story. Pte. George Evans. 2nd/6th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. George Evans. 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Rifles Pte. Thomas Flynn. 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Pte Thomas Flynn. 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Pte. Edward Mitchell Friend. 15th Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Pte. William Henry Hodges. 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Cpl. Thomas Patrick McKenna. 528 Field. Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Mjr. Frederic Eckersall Nixon-Eckersall. MiD 157th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John William Owens. 1st Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. L/Cpl. James Powell. 2nd Btn, A Coy. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Bernard Ricketts. 2nd Garrison Bn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas W. Roberts. 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Pte. William Swanney. 9th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Bernard Tyler. 5th Light Horse Read their Story. Private Francis James Wailey. Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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