11th April 1917 On this day: 16th Northumberland Fusiliers relieved   The 16th Northumberlands are relieved at Savy Wood and move to Germaine for two days. St Quentin attacked   The French attack St Quentin  On the March 4th Northumberlands march to Ronville Caves   At Wanquetin C and D Coys 4th Northumberland Fusiliers undertook bayonet training and a short march. Snow began to fall at 3.30pm. At 6pm they paraded at the camp then marched through the snow storm to Ronville Caves via Warlus, Dainville and Arras, at midnight.    SM U-96 Type U 93 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 260) Ordered 15 Sep 1915 Laid down 12 Jan 1916 Launched 15 Feb 1917 Commissioned 11 Apr 1917 Commanders. 11 Apr 1917 - 31 Aug 1918 Heinrich Jeß Career 9 patrols. 24 May 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes 31 ships sunk with a total of 95,253 tons. 3 ships damaged with a total of 16,220 tons. 2 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Shamrock 170 br 2 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß St. Bernard 186 br 8 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Orator 3,563 br 9 Jun 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Baron Cawdor 4,316 br 14 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Emanuel 203 da 21 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Paddington 5,084 br 23 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Radioleine (damaged) 4,029 fr 29 Jul 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Anitra 593 nw 1 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Carrabin 2,739 br 3 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Hurst 4,718 br 4 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Rupee 39 br 4 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Young Clifford 47 br 6 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Bedale 2,116 br 8 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Greldon 3,322 br 8 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Memphian 6,305 br 9 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Champagne 5,360 br 9 Oct 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Peshawur 7,634 br 23 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß La Blanca 7,479 br 24 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Sabia 2,807 br 26 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Drot 2,923 nw 28 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Agenoria (damaged) 2,977 br 28 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Apapa 7,832 br 30 Nov 1917 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Derbent 3,178 br 20 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Custodian (damaged) 9,214 br 25 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Destro 859 br 28 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Inkosi 3,661 br 30 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Geraldine 61 br 30 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß St. Michan 43 br 31 Mar 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Conargo 4,312 br 27 May 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Michiel Taal Johsz 86 nl 5 Jun 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Polwell 2,013 br 9 Jun 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Vandalia 7,333 br 4 Aug 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Reinhard 239 ru 7 Aug 1918 U 96 Heinrich Jeß Highland Harris 6,032 br Fate 20 Nov 1918 - Surrendered. Broken up at Bo'ness in 1919-20. There was another U 96 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 Aug 1940 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 14 Sep 1940. John Doran  Supportin action and casualty clearance  Training and standby  Reports Good  Village Taken  Servere Fighting  On the Move  Casualties    Courts Martial  Reliefs  Inspections  Attack Made  Artillery Concentrations  In Billets  Reliefs Complete  On the March  Trench Work  More Snow  Reliefs  Snow  Recce  On the March  Reliefs  Mopping Up Practice  shell fire  Strong Points  On the March  In Billets  Dispositions  Construction Work  Attack Made  Put on 4 hours notice.  In Action  In Action  Heavy Casualties  Supplementary War Diary Record  Bombardment  Artillery quiet.  Winter Clothing Withdrawn  Reliefs  Headquarters 451B  Headquarters 451B.  Brigade will attack the Enemy at I.31.b. 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, 11th of April 1917. Pte. Cecil Frederick Asher. 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. Reginald Baker. 13th Battalion Read their Story. A/Cpl. Patrick Beirne. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. L?Cpl. Sidney Jacob Blackman. 2nd Battalion Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Brennan. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Henry Beattie Brown. 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Nicholas Cawthorn. 1/5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Duncan Alexander Clark. 6th Btn. Cameron Highlanders Pte. Thomas William Coates. 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Thomas Cocks. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Markham Cook. 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. George David Cox. 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frank Crowther. 2/6th Btn., D Coy. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Dean. 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. John Donnelly. 6/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers Pte. William James Drewett. 11th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment Pte. Ernest Edmonds. 8th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. George Fielding. 8th Btn. Cheshire Regiment Frederick James Flutter. 3rd Dragoon Guards Read their Story. L/Sgt. Harold Elijah Frith. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Wilfred Gelsthorpe. 1st Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Walter John George. 212th Coy. Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. Harold Hardy. 2nd/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Johnson. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George William Johnson. 8th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Thomas Jones. 9th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Sgt Mjr. Richard James Lepine. 13th Btn. B Coy. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Pte. Robert Linklater. 1st Btn. Hampshire Regiment Pte. Evan "Evie" Lloyd. 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Lt. Donald Mackintosh. VC. 3rd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Archibald McCallum. 6/7th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Pte. John Joseph McLoy. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. Stanley Harding Moore. 2/5th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. James Murphy. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Walter Robert Pearman. 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. Eugene Perry. 22nd Btn. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Albert Edward Picton. 7th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. George Charles Price. 8th Battalion Leicestershire L/Cpl. Percy Riley. 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. John Shand. 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Lewis Slatcher. 8th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte Walter George Smith. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Rfn. Joseph Thornley. 13th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Gnr. Cyril Tinsley. 3rd Reserve Btn. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Capt. William Arthur Verschoyle. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Wilson. 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. Rfm. William Arthur Winnett. 13th Btn Prince Consort's Own Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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