11th May 1915 On this day: 1st Devons relieve 5th Cheshires   In the evening 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment left their bivouac and proceeded to relieve the 5th Bn Cheshire Regiment in the trenches near Oosthoek on the Yser canal. 3rd Monmouths in the front line   On May 11th, the 3rd Mons briefly moved back to the front line where the commanding officer Lt Col Gough was wounded. Major Bridge took command and the battalion moved out of the line to bivouacs at Poperinghe. Here they found piles of parcels from home, which it had not been possible to deliver during the battle, most of them were addressed, to men who could no longer receive them. 6th London Brigade RFA Orders   Order received for the 15th London Battery to bombard the points J1, J3, and the 16th London Battery the entrance to the southern communication trench in the Rue D’Ouvert, at a very slow rate of fire. 15th London Battery also fired nine rounds on K.5 between 0545 and 0615, ten rounds on ‘K’ work between 0710 and 0730 and twenty four rounds between 0930 and 1015 on K.3. At 1520 out of fourteen rounds fired at Dogwheel House, six direct hits were obtained. From this date the Division (2nd London) is known as the 47th Division. War Diaries The "Second Battle of Ypres". 1st Battalion fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium 1915.   1st Battalion fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. Trenches heavily shelled but with little result. Trenches held A Coy on the right, D Coy in the centre, B Coy on the left, and C Coy in support. The left company worked hard to consolidate there position which was overlooked by the enemy from the left. 9th Heavy Battery proceed to France   9th Heavy Battery RGA proceeded to France Advance party leave Redmires   An advance party of 100 men of the Sheffield City Battalion under Capt. Hoette left Redmires Camp and marched to Sheffield Middle station to entrain for Penkridge Bank Camp on Cannock Chase. They were joined at the station by parties from the 13th and 14th (Barnsley) Battalions and seen off by Brigadier Gen. Bowles. Sheffield City Battalion - Ralph Gibson & Paul Oldfield Hypo supplies arrive   Medical Board assembled to examine as to physical fitness of No 17844 Staff Sgt W A Clenshaw for promotion to a commission in the ASC. Received from 19th Infantry Brigade 110 Nip Bottles for solution. Hypo for damping Respirators of Bearers of 19th Field Ambulance. War diary RAMC 19th Field Ambulance, Erquinghem-Lys 3rd Monmouths at Frezenberg   On May 11th, the 3rd Mons briefly moved back to the front line where the commanding officer Lt Col Gough was wounded. Major Bridge took command and the battalion moved out of the line to bivouacs at Poperinghe. Here they found piles of parcels from home, which it had not been possible to deliver during the battle, most of them were addressed, to men who could no longer receive them. Edmonds in the Official History of the Great War describes the action of B Company 3rd Monmouth'ss and D Company 1st KOYLI in holding the frontline at Frezenberg as one of the greatest feat of arms of the whole war. Casualties between April 22 nd - May 8 th had been horrendous. Of the 1020 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion the Monmouthshire Regiment who had arrived in France in February 1915 only 134 were left alive on the morning of May 10th. Stragglers reported over the next few days and the strength rose to about 250 in total. On May 14th, what was left of the battalion was moved to the village of Winnezeele in France for a period of rest and reorganisation. 18 Squadron formed   No. 18 Squadron. RFC, was formed at Northolt, Middlesex, on 11th May 1915, from No. 4 Reserve Squadron. From experience at the front it had been recognised that reconnaissance aircraft had to be able to defend themselves from attack by enemy aircraft and 18 Squadron was therefore equipped with the Vickers FB5 Gunbus for fighter-reconnaissance duties. On 19th November 1915 the squadron went to France to the aerodrome at Treizennes.  Ypres ravaged by war  Bringing in Wounded  11th Royal Scots in France  Trench Work  Trench Work  13th Londons in Billets  Into the Trenches  Into the Trenches  On the March  Reinforcements  GOC to Corps HQ  RE urgent move  Northumbrians to 5th Corps  Brigade deployment  Working Parties  Movement orders  Orders issued to move  Address  In Bivouac  Digging in  Shelling  Recce  In the Line  Hot Weather  Reliefs  Training  Training  On the Move  Working Parties  In Reserve  On the Move    Preparations  On the March  No Man's Land   No Retirement Planned  Motor Vehicles  Relief Complete  Orders received  Rumour  On the Move  Relieved at 2000 hours.  Rounds Fired  Draft 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? 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Remembering those who died this day, 11th of May 1915. Cpl. Thomas Adamson. 2nd Btn. Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Addison. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Basil John Amyes. 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd.Lt. Mervyn Kebble Anderson. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Captain Andrews. Plymouth Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Able Seaman Edwin Asher. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. James Baird. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Gnr. Clendon James Thomas Barker. 45th Brigade, 5th Batt. Royal Field Artillery Pte. Harry Bayliss. 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harry Bayliss. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Boughey. 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Boyce. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Cpl. John Tait Coghill. 1st/7th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Arthur Davies. 1st/4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Arthur Davies. 4th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers L/Cpl. Alexander Allan Donaldson. 2nd Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highalnders Read their Story. Pte. Michael Egan. 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Sjt. Hugh Frazer. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John William Hall. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Murdo Maclennan. 4th Btn Seaforth Highlanders Pte. James McCue. 5th (Extra Reserve) Btn Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Murray. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Michael O'Hara. 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Harold George James Woodbridge. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Add a name to this list.

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