25th April 1915 On this day: Daily Battery Activity 6th London Brigade RFA    6th County of London Brigade RFA report 15th Battery did not fire. 16th Battery fired thirty six rounds in registering German trenches from A.3.d.2.2 to A.3.a.0.2. Range 3425-3600 yards. 17th Battery registered four points - a snipers post (3050 yds), Canal trench (3100 yds), German forward trench (3425 yds), and German Communication trench (3700 yds). The 16th and 17th Batteries, as the result of Chateau Gorre being shelled yesterday moved the Wagon Lines to La Motte Farm and the banks of the La Bassee canal respectively. Today the Brigade came under the tactical command of General Wray (Through Colonel Hall) instead of General Onslow, 2nd Division. War Diaries 1st Battalion Royal Scots fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium April 1915.   1st Battalion Royal Scots fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium in the Second Battle of Ypres.  2nd Cavalry Brigade on the move  Landing Arrangements for collection of sick and wounded   19th Field Ambulance, RAMC at Erquinghem-Lys. The night party for advanced post now leaves at 8 pm, and the motor ambulance wagon at 8.30 pm, for the collection of the sick and wounded from Regimental Aid Posts of the trenches. War diary RAMC 19th Field Ambulance, Erquinghem-Lys  Reinforcements CO of 4th East Yorks killed   Commanding officer of the 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, Lieutenant Col George Herbert Shaw was killed. Action with French Troops   E Battery 3rd Brigade RHA Lent to support French Forces 3 miles NW of Ypres. Went into action one mile north of Brielen at 1530 on being attached to French Troops and registered on ridge to east of canal about Pilkem and to south of Lattu (???)  Counter Attack  Ammo column delayed  Considerable losses  SS Aragon in the Dardanelles  7th Northumberlands in the Line  Trench Work  Enemy Shelling  Working Parties and Shelling  Underground Rescue  In Support  Machine Gunners in Action  Attack and Counter Attack  On the March  In the Trenches  On the March  Entrenching  Shellfire  Under Shellfire  In Action  Landing  In Action  In Action  Confusion  Wire  Quiet  Bombs  Holding the Line  Shelling  Reliefs  In Billets  Quiet  Quiet  Reliefs  Instruction  Holding the Line    "A" & "B" Coys. in billets at La Clytte were ordered to proceed to trench area as Reserve.  Preparations  Still in trenches.  First Aid Post  Church Parade at Lapugnoy.  Landings  Shelling  On the March  Working Parties  Trench Work 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, 25th of April 1915. Leading Seaman Charles Herbert Allison. H.M.S. Vengeance. Read their Story. Chief Stoker John Anderson. H.M.S. Erin Read their Story. Sgt John Appleton. 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Pte. Alfred Stanley Arkwright. 2nd Btn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) Read their Story. Pte. Walter Atkinson. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Herbert Valentine Ayers. 2nd Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Pte. Joseph Bailey. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Sgt. Patrick Bannon. 1st Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Edwin Barnes. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Lewis Bradshaw. 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte. George Burman. 9th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Patrick Carroll. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Lt. William Alan Copeland. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Herbert Dunn. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. William Dunn. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Sgt. Frederick Ellis. 1st Btn. Essex Regiment Read their Story. Lt. Charles Stockley French. 2nd Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Robert Fuller. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. James Galloway. 1st Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Cpl. Benjamin Charles Gay. 1/6th Btn. Gloucester Regiment Read their Story. Maj. Charles George Gordon. 2nd Btn. Read their Story. Pte. Gilbert Greening. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers CSM. Frederick William Hall. VC. 8th Btn. Read their Story. Pte. William Hislop. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. Harry Hodgman. 5th Infantry Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Alexander Hutchison. 1st Battalion Royal Scots Read their Story. CQMS. William Jones. 1st Btn., H Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment CQSM. William Jones. 1st Btn. H Coy. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Pte Henry Arthur Kiff. 2nd Btn Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Matthew Leach. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Daniel Lynch. 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. S. Lyons. 8th Btn. Read their Story. Able Sea. Frank Henry Reed. HMS Agamemnon Pte. Robert Savage. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Pte. Maurice Simmonds. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Sgt. Frank Edward Stubbs. VC. 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Joseph Supple. 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers Pte. Harry William Thurlow. 8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Alweyne Montague Fisher Turner. 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Lt. Francis Stuart Verschoyle. Royal Anglesea Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte Sidney George Westall. 1st Btn Royal Warwickshire Able Sea. William Charles Williams. VC MID HMS Hussar Read their Story. C.S.M. William Wilson. 1st Btn. Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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