17th August 1917 On this day:  Funeral 16th Northumberlands on the move   16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers leave Ribaillet camp for Coxyde. Activity in Front Line    Layout of Machine Guns under new Divisional Defence 245 Machine Gun Company Mercatel and trenches. Conference held at 245 Machine Gun Company Headquarters at 1200, attended by DMGO and OC’s 149, 150 and 151 Brigades together with the OC. 245 MGC. The new Divisional Machine Gun Defence Scheme, part of the VI Corps Defence Scheme, was discussed. Received a letter from Divisional HQ, showing division of gun positions under the new Defence Scheme and indicating that all guns are to be in position by 0600 21st August. Copy of Divisional Letter GX4025/34 GSO1 50th Division. 1 Attached Map (Appx No.12) substituted for previous M.9 Maps. 2 Right Brigade to occupy positions 1 to 7 inclusive and S1 and S2. Left Brigade to occupy positions 8 to 15 inclusive and S8. 245 MG Coy. to occupy positions S3 to S7 and S9 to S12 inclusive. All guns to be in position by 0600 21st Aug 1917. Remaining 7 guns per Brigade MG Coy in the line to be at the disposal of GOC Brigade 17th August 1917. War Diaries  Ongoing training    BEEHIVE SUPPORT Battalion HQ ACHEVILLE SECTOR Fine and quiet days. At night 150 men carried gas bombs to QUEBEC TRENCH for Special R.E. Capt. HUTCHENCE left to take up appointment of 2nd in Command of 1/6 SOUTH STAFFS. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Into Support  Training  On the March  At Rest  Reliefs  In Action  In Reserve  On the Move  Shooting Practice  Working Parties and Training  Sports  Shelling  Reliefs  Patrol  Training   A Relief          Quiet  Reliefs  Hostile Batteries  Musketry Competition  Diary  On the Move  Operational Order  Operational Order 123  March Table O.O.123  Operational Order  Operational Order 124  Training  German Relief Hit  Patrol to German posts  Weather improved  Battalion carried out Musketry practice  On the Move  Companies at disposal of Company Commanders.  Orders were received by Bn.H.Q.  Reports of Crew Commanders.  lst Brigade Tank Corps. Order No.15.  48th Division Order No.12.  Training 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, 17th of August 1917. Herbert Alexander Affleck. 1st Field Artillery Brigade Read their Story. Rfm William J. Bell. 15th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. L/Cpl. James Bernes. 12th Btn. Kings Rgt. (Liverpool) Read their Story. L/Cpl. James Bernes. 12th Btn. King's (Liverpool) Regiment Read their Story. Mjr. Frederick Leslie Biddle. 2nd Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. William Edward Boddy. 7th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. David Boland. 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers L/Cpl. Thomas Boland. 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Bradley. 9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Harry W. Brown. VC 10th Btn. an Infantry (Alberta Regiment), Read their Story. Pte. Isiaih Byfield. 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. Matthew Caine. 11th Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Arthur Champ. 2nd Btn. Monmouthshire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. B. Cooper. 173 Brigade, `B' Bty. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Roy Coulthard. 2nd Auckland Btn. Rfmn. Patrick Joseph Coyne. 12th Btn. Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own) Read their Story. Pte. Cormac Cumeskey. 24th (1st Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. James Dodds. 10th South Belfast Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Wilfred Reader Fry. 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry Read their Story. L/Cpl. Clifford Garland. 61st Div. Signal Coy Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. William Andrew Greer. 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers Pte. William Thomas Gregory. 12th Battalion Rifle Brigade Pte. Thomas Haughey. 12th Battalion Durham Light Infantry L/Cpl. Albert Isaac Hutchinson. 7th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Archibald Mariner Jones. 32nd Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery Rfm William McDowell. 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles Read their Story. Spr. D. B. Moore. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Pte. John William Murphy. Royal Defence Corps Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Peter Robertson Purdie. M.C Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Frederick William Saxton. Herefordshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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