22nd October 1917 On this day:  Daily Activity    SM U-92 Type U 87 Shipyard Kaiserliche Werft, Danzig (Werk 36) Ordered 23 Jun 1915 Laid down 20 Aug 1916 Launched 12 May 1917 Commissioned 22 Oct 1917 Commanders. 22 Oct 1917 - 31 May 1918 Max Bieler. 1 Jun 1918 - 9 Sep 1918 Günther Ehrlich. Career 5 patrols. 27 Dec 1917 - 9 Sep 1918 III Flotilla Successes 5 ships sunk with a total of 15,961 tons. 2 ships damaged with a total of 7,373 tons. 4 Mar 1918 U 92 Max Bieler British Princess (damaged) 7,034 br 8 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Ben Lomond 2,814 br 8 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Mars 3,550 br 10 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Charles Theriault (damaged) 339 br 11 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Westover 5,769 am 13 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Ramon De Larrinaga 3,058 sp 16 Jul 1918 U 92 Günther Ehrlich Vanlock 770 sw Fate 9 Sep 1918 - Mined in the Northern Barrage east of the Orkney Islands. 42 dead (all hands lost). The wreck of U 92 was located by a sonar sweep in 2006. Information to confirm the identification was obtained by divers in 2007. There was another U 92 in World War Two. That boat was launched from its shipyard on 10 Jan 1942 and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine on 3 Mar 1942. John Doran  Emplacement Dug    FRONT LINE Our artillery more active during the period from Noon till 4.15pm. Our heavier cutting wire on enemy front line. Our 18 pounders shelled FRESNOY PARK, and in rear with shrapnel & incendiary shells. Inter Company relief took place at 2.0pm. 8.15 to 9.30pm light artillery sent about 50 HE shells in vicinity of CHEZ BONTEMPS and heavy shelling well in the rear of enemy’s line. Enemy shelled our right Coy very heavily at 12.20pm HE & shrapnel, & at our request our heavies retaliated. Enemy TM’s active with gas shells against our Right Coy front at 11.0 to 11.5pm, at 12 and again at 1.20am. About 50 shells being fired in all. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Walk by the Sea  Very Wet  Reliefs  Working Parties  Reliefs  Reliefs  In Support  High life at the front  Training  Reliefs  Training  On the Move  Training & Baths  Route March   Intense MG Fire  On the March  Orders  Orders  Orders  Orders  Orders    Working Parties  Divisional Reliefs  Routh March  Parade in camp  On the Move  Rapid Wiring & Bayonet fighting.  Constructing assault course  Reliefs  1815 hours Gas discharge  Work  Court of enquiry on "F" Post. 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 October 1917. Pte. Luke Albiston. 16th Btn. B Coy. 14th Platoon Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Frederick Charles Balderson. MM. 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. James Bingham. 14th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Spr. Arsene F. Cormier. 3rd Canadian Tunnelling Coy Read their Story. Pte. John Deakin. 14th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Deakin. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Donoghue. 23rd Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. William Doy. 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. James Dunsmoor Elliott. MID. 16th (Birkenhead) Btn. Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Evans. 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Rfm. William Evans. 9th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Pte. Henry Arthur Everitt. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Pte. James Harrowell. 9 Bn Pte. Henry Charles Hinton. 10th Btn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Read their Story. Lance Corporal Alma Horton. 18th Batn Cyclist Corp Read their Story. Pte. Richard Makin. 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Richard Makin. 18th (2nd South East Lancashire) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. Richard Makin. 18th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Richard Makin. 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Harry Mirtle. 12th Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Lionel Moles. 54th Btn. Read their Story. L/Cpl. Rudolph Muscat. 20th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. John James Myers. 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Joseph Nolan. 23rd Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Albert Burgess Peerless. 8th Btn Norfolk Regiment Cpl. John Regan. 23rd Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Edward William Henry Reynolds. 8th Battalion Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William Robertson. 16th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte William Robson. 15th Btn Durham Light Infantry 2nd Lt. Charles Edward Sherwood. 3rd Btn. Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Charles Edward Sherwood. 3rd Btn. Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Albert Edward Smith. 23rd Battalion Manchester Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Edgar Robert Smith. MM. 8th Btn. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Michael Taylor. 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Harold Thomas. 14th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Charles Thorpe. 23rd Btn. Manchester Regiment Pte. Albert Henry Wakefield. 15th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. Hubert Henry Wall. 53rd coy Machine Gun Corps Pte. Albert Warner. 8th Btn. D Coy. Norfolk Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Ernest Worsley. 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Drvr. William Wroe. 74th Brigade, B Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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