13th January 1915 On this day: Two Companies of 18th DLI depart Hartlepool.    The two companies of the 18th DLI detatched to Hartlepool for the coastal alert, rejoined the rest of the Battalion at Cocken Hall. They were given a cheery fair well by the people of the town at Hartlepool railway station and were met by the battalion band at Leamside station who played them back to the camp.  Ship Sunk    SM U-31 Type U 31 Shipyard Germaniawerft, Kiel (Werk 191) Ordered 29 Mar 1912 Laid down 12 Oct 1912 Launched 7 Jan 1914 Commissioned 18 Sep 1914. Commanders. 1 Aug 1914 - 13 Jan 1915 Oblt. Siegfried Wachendorff Career 1 patrols. start date unknown - 13 Jan 1915 IV Flotilla Successes No successes. Fate 13 Jan 1915 - Final fate unknown. Possibly mined off the East coast of the UK. 31 dead (all hands lost). There was a wartime rumour that the British had found this boat on the surface with the all the crew dead (from gas poisoning) and then towed the boat to a British base. This rumour is not true. There was another U 31 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 25 Sep 1936 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 28 Dec 1936. John Doran Brig Gen Bowles visist Redmires Camp   Brigadier General Bowles visits Redmires Camp and observed the men of the Sheffield City Battalion undertaking musketry practice and simulated attacks. Sheffield City Battalion - Ralph Gibson & Paul Oldfield  2nd Queens on the move  Tricky Work  British Bull dogs  Mud and Water  Life Under Fire  Trench Work  Reinforcements  Reliefs  Holding the Line  Reliefs  Lecture  Flooding  On the March  Training  Reorganisation  Cleaning  Reliefs  Snipers Active  Training  Reliefs  Intermittent sniping but very little shelling.  Wet  Reliefs  Very Wet  In trenches 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, 13th of January 1915. Fireman James Adam. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Fireman James Adam. H.M.S. Viknor Read their Story. Able Seaman Alfred Adams. H.M.S. Viknor. Read their Story. Seaman Michael James Ahearne. H.M.S. Viknor. Read their Story. Petty Officer 1st Class Edward James Akehurst. H.M.S. Viknor. Read their Story. Fireman Alderson. H.M.S. Viknor Read their Story. Ships Cook John Andrew. H.M.S. Viknor Read their Story. Deck Hand Andrews. H.M. Trawler Eagle. Read their Story. Writer 2nd Leslie Charlton Arkle. Mercantile Marine Reserve HMS. Viknor Read their Story. Writer 2nd Leslie C. Arkle. H.M.S. Viknor Read their Story. Able Seaman William Thomas Armour. H.M.S. Viknor. Read their Story. Blacksmith Walter Davison Arthur. Mercantile Marine Reserve HMS Viknor Read their Story. Blacksmith Walter Davison Arthur. H.M.S. Viknor. Read their Story. Cooper Thomas Burn. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Bradley Dickinson. 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Richard Geaney. 3rd Bn. Leinster Regiment Read their Story. Carp. Arthur Hartley. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Howlett. 1st Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment Carpenter. Donald Campbell Mackay. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Able.Sea. William Pattison. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Able.Sea. John Richardson. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Able.Sea. James Hodgen Riley. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Fireman. John William Sayers. HMS Viknor Read their Story. Rfmn. John Wright. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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