21st August 1918 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The day passed as usual. Our relief of the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers was cancelled and orders given for an attack to be made by the Brigade. The 15th Royal Irish Rifles (107th Brigade) captured Mural and Wirral Farms, capturing 17 prisoners, at 0030, with 40 (wounded) casualties. War Diaries    SM U-163 Type U 93 Shipyard Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack Ordered 9 Feb 1917 Launched 1 Jun 1918 Commissioned 21 Aug 1918 Commanders. 21 Aug 1918 - 11 Nov 1918 Heinrich Metzger Career. start date unknown - 11 Nov 1918 IV Flotilla Successes No successes. Fate 22 Nov 1918 - Surrendered to Italy. Broken up at La Spezia in August 1919. There was another U 163 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 1 May 1941 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 21 Oct 1941. John Doran  Relief successful.  Gloucesters Advance    MORBECQUE The Battalion were to have relieved the 11th E YORKS in the R2 Sub Sector VIEUX BERQUIN but after arrangements had been made for relief these orders were cancelled. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Moving Up  On the Move  Quiet  Attack Made  A Chinese Attack  A Chinese Attack  In Action  Artillery Active  On the March  Training  Attack Made  A "Chinese" Attack  Bathing  Attachment  Training  Orders  Attack Made  Course  The attack commenced at 0455 hours  Division Advances  Decorations Awarded  On the Move to Fieffes  Gas shelling of our Front Area  Resting and cleaning up.  Tanks in Action. 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, 21st of August 1918. Able Seaman Alexander Aitken. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Able Seaman Albert Victor Aldridge. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Chief Motor Mechanic Roy Leslie Alexander. D S M H.M.S. Hermione. Read their Story. Petty Officer Joseph Anderson. Hood Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Able Seaman Aspinall. Anson Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. George Arthur Blackhall. 14th (Pioneers) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Lt.Col. Walter Lorrain Brodie. VC, MC. 2nd Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Bernard Brophy. 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Coyne. 7th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment Read their Story. Private Daniel Davies. Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancs Regiment) Read their Story. Tpr. Gilbert Dennis. att. 9th Lancers Hampshire Yeomanry Read their Story. Pte. James Edmundson. 21st Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Rflmn. Cyril George Franklin. 5th Battalion London Regiment 2nd Lt. Herbert W. Fuller. 14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Alfred Edward Gaby. VC 28th Battalion Read their Story. Pte. William John Howard. 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Charles Kendall. 2nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps Read their Story. Pte. George Harry Lawson. 1st Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Bertie Leveridge. 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. William Henry Lyons. 1st Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Stanley May. 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Cpl. Arthur Price Merrington. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. L/Sgt. Charles Napier Mitchell. MM & Bar. 13th Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Cpl. James Frederick Pickup. 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Arthur George Pope. 7th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Sgt. John James Porter. 2/14th (London Scottish) Btn. B Coy. London Regiment Read their Story. Dvr. James Quinn. Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Ab.Sea. Maurice Joseph Bede Scarborough. Anson Bn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Pte. Joseph Elijah Smith. 13th Btn. King's Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Sgt. Frederick Walter Wiles. 14th (London Scottish) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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