27th April 1917 On this day:  In Action SS Dromore   Name SS Dromore, Type Steamer, Country British. GRT 4,398 tons, Built 1913, Builder Richardson, Duck & Co. Ltd. Stockton. Operator Johnston Line, Ltd. (Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd.), Liverpool History Sunk when torpedoed by U 58(Kurt Wippern) on the 27th April 1917, 140 miles North-west by North of Tory Island (56.30N, 11.40W) en route Liverpool - Baltimore with general cargo. No casualties. John Doran  Trench activity  Regimental route march  Rumours of Move  Afternoon Tea  On the March  Trench Work  Noticeable Change  Patrol  Patrol  Reorganisation  At Rest  Visit  Reliefs  Baths  Hostile TMs Active  Gas Attacks        Football  Reliefs  HQ Moves  Working Parties  Entertainment  Rest and Training  Reliefs  Shelling.  Still at Camblain L'Abbe.  Battalion still in Support  Excavating  Operational Orders  Enemy counter was broken up. 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, 27th of April 1917. Petty Officer 1st Class Aldred. H.M.S. Victory Read their Story. Pte Joseph George Patrick Andrews. 11th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Thomas Holt Challis. 256th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Bmdr. Sidney Harris Eales. 156th Brigade, 'C' Battery Royal Field Artillery Read their Story. Cpl. William Evans. 11th Div.Train, No.2 Coy. Army Service Corps Read their Story. Cpl. Joseph Edward Gaunt. 2nd/6th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Cpl. Joseph Edward Gaunt. 2/6th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Rfm. James Edward Green. 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade Read their Story. Pte. William Groom. 10th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Dvr. Ernest Holland. 455th West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers Read their Story. Cpl. Owen Kehoe. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John Meehan. 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Cpl. Joseph Benjamin Moss. 9th Btn. Suffolk Regiment Read their Story. pte. Sidney Victor Phillips. Notts and Derby Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Sidney Phillips. 11th Btn. Notts and Derby Regiment Read their Story. A/Bdr Hugh Randall. 161st Bgde., "A" Bty. Royal Field Artillery Cpl. Joseph Stendall. 2nd/8th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Read their Story. Pte. James Joseph Thompson. 22nd (3rd Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Heslop Tubman. 13th (Wandsworth) Btn. East Surrey Regiment Pte. Alick Ware. 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment Pte. Thomas White. 2nd Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment Add a name to this list.

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