25th March 1918 On this day:  Reliefs Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. 25-26 March 1918 Fell back through Busse to Avrilcourt and then marched via Tilloloy, Popincourt, Grivillers, Marquivillers, Guerbigny to Erches, arriving at 1100 on morning of 26th. Lewis Guns were sent by lorry previous night. Major Brew and details went into line in front of Erches. Remainder of Battalion under Captain Despard MC formed reserves west of Erches. War Diaries  On the Move  Retreat  Retreat    18th DLI are near St Leger. Orders received to relieve the Y&L in the front line. This order cancelled and we were ordered to take up a position E of COURCELLES along the railway line A.22.b.20 to A.16.d.5.8 to prevent advance of the enemy who had broken through GGOMIECOURT and to get into touch with 92nd Brigade on our left. Proceeded leaving HAMELINCOURT on our right to railway cutting, put out outposts, dug in and settled down for the night. 1 prisoner taken by D Coy and a German officer with whom he was, was shot. 18th DLI war diary WO95/2361/1  Shelling  Counter Attack  Counter Attack  On the March  Fighting Withdrawal  Holding the Line  Enemy Attacks  Enemy Advance  In Defence  Reliefs  Counter Attack  In Defence  7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs).  Training  In Action  Fierce Attack  Raids  On the March  Four Trains Per Hour  Training  Hard Fighting  Holding the Line  Enemy Attacks  Under French Orders  Hard Fighting  Withdrawal  Reorganisation  Appointments  March Continues  Pressed Back  HQ Moves  Fighting Withdrawal  Orders  Orders  Orders  Enemy Advance  Withdrawal  Fatigues  Andrews Group Order No. 1.  BM/1046 Precis air recco.  BM/1937 16th Div. wire GC 564 of 24th  In Action  Reliefs  Line Broken  Enemy Attack  Into Port  Battn Falls Back  Tilloy again under intermittent fire.  Reconnaisance. 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 March 1918. Private Arthur Albrighton. 2nd Btn. Royal Marine Light Infantry Read their Story. Lt/Col. William Herbert Anderson. VC 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Flight Commander Frederick Carr Armstrong. D S C 3 (Naval) Squadron Read their Story. Able Seaman Ashcroft. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. Able Seaman Edgar Phillip Ayling. Drake Btn. Royal Naval Division Read their Story. 2Lt. George William Ball. 21st Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. John Bater. 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. Able.Sea. William Ernest Boulton. Drake Battalion Read their Story. Pte. Walter James Brassett. 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Albert Britton. 7th (West. and Cumb. Yeomanry) Btn. Border Regiment Pte. Andrew Brockbank. 12th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool) Read their Story. Pte. Fred Brown. 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. A/Cpl. William Brown. 2nd Battalion Cameronian Scottish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Isaac Charles. 1st/5th Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Maurice Andrew Copp. 2/4th Btn. Leicestershire Regiment L/Cpl. David Crichton. 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles Read their Story. Pte. Joseph S. Croser. 7th Battalion Border Regiment Read their Story. Sgt. Oswald Frank Gibbon. 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment Read their Story. Lt.Col. Alan Roderick Haig-Brown. DSO. 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William George Herd. 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment Sjt. Arthur Thomas Holtham. 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Read their Story. Cpl. Thomas Fredrick Huggon. MM 8th (Service) Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Pte. Samuel Humberstone. 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Read their Story. Cpl. Thomas T. Huntley. 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Pte. William Jackson. 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry L/Cpl. William Jotcham. 12th (Bermondsey) Btn. East Surrey Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Edward Kelly. 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry L/Cpl. Edward Kelly. 12th Btn Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Gnr. J. Kirkland. 173rd Brigade, C Bty Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Sgt. William Lovell. 2nd Battalion Duke of Cambridgeshires Own Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. Pte. William McNutt. 2nd Btn. Scottish Rifles Pte. William McNutt. 2nd Btn. Cameronians (Scottish) Rifles Pte. Hugh Morrison. 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment Sgt. George Moulding. 1st Btn. Wiltshire Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Peter Murray. 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. Herbert Neail. MM 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters L/Cpl. Herbert Neail. MM 16th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Pte. Sidney Abraham Oram. 1/17 (Stepney & Poplar) Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Spr. Charles William Page. 228th Field Coy Royal Engineers Read their Story. Pte. James Leonard Phillips. 12th (Service) Btn Highland Light Infantry Read their Story. Spr. Stanley Frederick Rumsey. 432nd Field Coy. Royal Engineers Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Henry Thomas Bayard "Bay" Smith. 4th Queen's Own Hussars Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Walter Tull. 23rd Btn. Middlesex Regt Read their Story. Spr. James White. 228th Field Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Sgt. William Wilson. MM. 20th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. CSM. William Alfred York. 2nd/4th Battalion Royal Leicestershire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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