11th Battalion War Diary, April 1916

11th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2403
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1918	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events
EI Sector	1/4/16		Front very quiet. Draft of 20 men arrived on night of 30/3/16.
EI Sector	2/4/16		Front very quiet. Raid on German salient at X20D 7025 postponed owing to brightness of night.
EI Sector	3/4/16		Front very quiet. Casualty: - 1 other rank. Bruised.
SENLIS	4/4/16		11TH Border Regt relieved by 10TH Y. and L. Regt. Returned to billets in Senlis.
SENLIS	5/4/16		Resting and cleaning up.
SENLIS	6/6/16		Started Coy. Training & musketry etc.
SENLIS	7/6/16		Coy. training etc.
SENLIS	8/4/16		Coy. training etc. Draft of 20 other rank received.
SENLIS	9/4/16 to 11/4/16		Training.
AVELUY	12/4/16		Batt arrived into support at AVELUY.
AVELUY	13/4/16		Working parties.
AVELUY	14/4/16		Working parties. A Coy proceeded to isolation camp at Senlis (measles).
AVELUY	15/4/16		Working parties. 2lt Taylor accidentally killed.
AVELUY	16/4/16		Working parties.
CONTAY WOOD	17/4/16		Batt went into isolation camp in CONTAY WOOD.
CONTAY WOOD	18/4/16		Batt training. Small working parties.
CONTAY WOOD	19/4/16		Batt training. Small working parties.
CONTAY WOOD	20/4/16		Batt training. Small working parties. Draft of 21 other ranks arrived.
CONTAY WOOD	21/4/16 to 23/4/16		Batt training. Small working parties.
CONTAY WOOD	24/4/16		Batt training. Small working parties. Draft of 2 officers. 2Lt Green, D Coy, 2Lt Machell, C Coy.
CONTAY WOOD	25/4/16 to 30/4/16		Divisional & Bge manoeuvres. Batt training. Small daily working parties.
			[signed] C.W. Margerison Lt. 11TH Batt Border Regt.

References / notes

• National Archives Catalogue Reference: WO/95/2403
• The transcription above is available under the National Archives Open Government Licence for public sector information.