22nd March 1918 On this day:  In the Line  On the March    4th Bedfords were at Bouzincourt Ridge, Albert on the Somme.    9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers fell back on Halpincourt, where we remained during the day, falling back on Ollizey in the evening. War Diaries  Enemy targetting 37 battery Men Captured   104th Field Company RE were stationed at St Quentin. On this day elements of the 104th were captured    82 Brigade RFA was in position to the rear of Villequier Aumont, with D Bty lines being in village. A, B and C Batteries were situated to the rear of the Saint Quentin canal.    18th DLI leave Magnicourt: "Orders received to move under scheme B (by bus) Moved out of Bajus at 7.15am and marched to embussing point between Berles and Tingues. Proceeded by bus via St POL, Frevent, Doullens and the Doullens to Arras Road. Orders received in the morning to billet at Pommier but busses went straight on turning off at Beaumont les Loges and on to Blairville arriving at about 9.pm. Orders given to dump packs, assume battle order and leave out personnel in accordance with SS 135 para 30. Orders received to proceed up to line and take over trenches immediately. Embussed again and marched via Boisleux St Marc to the Army Line near Boyelles. Took over part of the Army Line with HQ in railway cutting. Everything quiet. 13th Y&L in front line on left, W Yorks on right. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Fighting Withdrawal  Orders Received  Withdrawal  Withdrawal  On the Move  Enemy Attack  Messages  Fighting Withdrawal  In Action  Aerial Battles  Recce  Withdrawal  Reliefs Complete  Bridge  Fighting Retreat  Inspection  In Action  Heavy Shelling  Enemy Quieter  Patrols Clash  Working Party & Baths  Quiet  Reliefs  On the Move  Orders  In Action  In Defence  Three Brigades Withdrawn  Training  In Action  In Action  In Action  Dispositions  Attack Made  In Action  Retirements  Under Pressure  Under Attack  Divisional HQ Moves  Heavy Shelling  Enemy Attacks  Message    Message  On the Move  Withdrawal  Air and agents report whole of enemy force still in Khan Bagdadi neighbourhood.  Night fairly quiet.  In Action  On the Move  Germans Break Through  Orders  General repairs  Heavy Shelling 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, 22nd of March 1918. Gnr. Arthur John Alexander. 83rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Pte. John Thomas Anderson. 6th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment Leading Seaman Thomas James Angus. S.S. Trinidad. Read their Story. Mess Room Stwd. Frederick William Applegate. SS Trinidad Read their Story. Telegraphist Herbert George Edwin Austin. H.M.S. Gaillardia. Read their Story. Pte. Robert Wilfred Baker. 7th Btn., C Coy. Leicestershire Regiment Pte. Robert Wilfred Baker. 7th Btn. C Coy. Leicestershire Regiment 2nd Lt. Ernest Frederick Beal. VC. 13th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. John Belton. 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Pte. John Alexander Billingsley. 3rd Btn Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. George Brain. 10th Battalion Notts and Derby Regiment Read their Story. Gnr. Andrew Brien. Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. Sjt. Issac Arthur Brogden. 12th Btn. (Teesside Pioneers) Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) 2nd Lt. Thomas Joseph Brophy. 2nd Btn. Leinster Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. John Crawford Buchan. VC 7th Bn. Attached 8th Bn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Read their Story. Pte. John Carter. 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. William John Chalkley. 13th (West Ham) Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Charretie. 32nd (East Ham Pals) Btn Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Harold Cocker. 17th Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Harold Cocker. 17th Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment Read their Story. Drvr. Harry Collins. A Bty. 88th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Herbert George Columbine. VC 9th Sqdn Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) Read their Story. Cpl. Edward Conroy. 10th Btn. Loyal North Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Pte Ernest William Cooper. 9th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment Gnr. William Cornes. 6th Trench Mortar Bty, "Z" Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Pte. Bernard Crossan. 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte Charles Eldred. 66th Battalion Machine Gun Corps Pte. James William Farr. 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Leonard Fisher. MM. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Ernest William Giles. 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Ernest William Giles. 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Pte. William Gladwin. 9th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Herbert Gollins. DCM. 6th Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Charles Ivor Goodwyn. 2nd Btn South Lancashire Regiment L/Cpl. William Green. 11th Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Walter Leonard Gregory. 1st Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Arthur James Handy. 2nd Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Bell Hargreaves. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. A/Capt Kenneth Edwards Hawkins. MC 7th Btn., B Coy London Regiment Sgt. Herbert John Hobbs. 19th Btn. London Regiment Pte. Alf Howey. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Sanderson Hurdman. MM 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. Charles Henry Ingham. 432nd (East Lancashire) Field Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Cpl. John William Jackson. 9th Btn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Sgt. Allen Lawrence. 10th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Pte. William Lomas. 8th Btn. Border Regiment Cpl. John Gilmor Magee. 14th Battalion Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Patrick McAuley. 2nd Battalion Leinster Regiment Pte James McClymont. 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment Read their Story. Stkr1. James McGrady. HMS Gaillardia Read their Story. Pte. Malcolm McLeod. 85th Overseas Btn. Read their Story. Sjt. James McRae. 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders Pte. Frederick Nelson. B Coy., 13th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) Read their Story. Pte. Daniel Patrick Nevin. 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Read their Story. Rfmn. Edgar Ford Nixon. Prince Consorts Own Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. Henry North. 13th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Sjt. Patrick O'Keeffe. 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. George William Parsons. 13th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Amos Pollard. 1st Btn. Leicestershire Regt. Pte. James Priest. 10th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Cpl. Louis Reah. 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Rfn. Archibald Sidney "Harry" Saunders. 1/21st (Surrey Rifles) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. John Sealey. 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Pte. Edwin Taylor. 17th Btn. Kings (Liverpool Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Joshua Thomas. 9th Btn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Llewellyn Vaughan. 1st Btn. Z Coy. Hertfordshire Regiment Read their Story. Stkr1. Charles Wanger. HMS Gaillardia Read their Story. L/Cpl. Alfred Edward Ward. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry L/Cpl. Charles Woods. 7th (West and Cumbrian Yeomanry) Btn. Border Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sydney Wyatt. 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sydney Wyatt. 3rd Btn. Worcestershire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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