27th August 1918 On this day: Daily Activity   9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers. Companies did usual training from 0900 to 1200 and from 1330 to 1430. Performance was given by the Divisional Concert Party at 2.30pm. D Company formed the work party at night and were engaged deepening communication trench between Meulehouck and front line. While passing through gas from enemy shells several men were gassed. War Diaries  Assist Belgian Army  Situation normal  Attack Made  Recces  Reliefs  Enemy Gas Attack  In the Trenches  At Rest  Increased Shelling  Firing Practice  Training  Reliefs  "C" Coy. through Gas Chamber  Re-organising.  Quiet  Battalion Orders. Lt. Col. W.L. Owen.  Slight hostile shelling of Support Lines  Put on Notice  Bath's and simple training  Brigade would Advance 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 August 1918. 2Lt. Stephen Dexter Allen. 7th Btn. Royal Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. William Henry Ball. North Staffordshire Regiment Read their Story. Spr. E. Bishop. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. Pte. William Blashford. 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards Read their Story. Pte. David Brown. 17th Btn. Royal Scots Read their Story. Pte. H. Buckle. 10th Battalian Lancashire Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Henry Buckle. 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Pte. Frederick Charles Butcher. 7th Btn. East Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Frederick G Comer. 7th Btn. West Kent Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Cadwaladre Davies. 6th Btn. South Wales Borderers Read their Story. Pte. ArsÃÆ?Ã?¨ne Joseph Delvaux. 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company Read their Story. Gnr. John Abernethy Dickson. 122nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Read their Story. 2nd Lt. Thomas George. 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Frederick Thomas Gold. 2nd Btn. London Regiment Read their Story. Pte. Fred Hawkings. 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Rgt. Pte. Ralf Hodgson. 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Lawrence Humphrey. 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment Sgt. Charles Jones. 24th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Owen Jones. 13th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers Read their Story. Pte. John W. Lawrenson. 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Page. 8th Btn. Read their Story. Pte. Thomas Page. 8th Btn. Middlesex Regiment Read their Story. L/Cpl. William Alexander McDonald Portlock. 13th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Read their Story. Capt. William Rogerson. att. 8th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Dyson Timms. Royal Inniskillin Fusiliers Read their Story. L/Cpl. Fredrick Anderson Tomlinson. 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry Read their Story. Rfmn. Cristian Arthur Ungerer. MM. 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps Read their Story. Cpl. Alfred George Wills. 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment Pte. William Charles Wills. 8th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment Read their Story. Add a name to this list.

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