11th Battalion War Diary, January 1916

11th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2403
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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1916	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1917	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1918	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events
AVELUY	1/1/16 to 6/1/16		R.E. Fatigues.
F1 Sector	7/1/16		11TH BORDER REGT relieved 17TH H.L.I. in F1 Sector. Casualty 1 man wounded.^[1]
F1 Sector	8/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sector	9/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sector	10/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sector	11/1/16		Casualty. 1 man wounded.
F1 Sector	12/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sector	13/1/16		Casualty. 1 man wounded.
F1 Sub-sector	14/1/16		Front quiet. The 17TH H.L.I. relieved the Border Regt. Border Regt. Returned to rest billets at BOUZINCOURT.^[2]
BOUZINCOURT	15/1/16 to 20/1/16		Battalion in rest billets at BOUZINCOURT.
F1 Sub-sector	21/1/16		Battalion returned to F1 sector. Batt. on right 8TH Suffolks. Batt. on right 2ND KOYLI.
F1 Sub-sector	22/1/16		Enemy artillery active. Casualties, Wounded 1 officer, 2 men, Killed 1 man.^[3]
F1 Sub-sector	23/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sub-sector	24/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sub-sector	25/1/16		Our artillery bombarded the MOUND with good results. 1 man wounded (self-inflicted).
F1 Sector	26/1/16		Day quiet.
F1 Sector	27/1/17		Our artillery bombarded new gun emplacement.
F1 Sector	28/1/16		17TH H.L.I. relieved 11TH BORDER REGT in F1 sector. 11TH BORDER REGT went back to billets at AVELUY. Casualty 1 man killed.
AVELUY	29/1/16		R.E. Fatigues. At 6.55PM 8 shell fell in AVELUY.
AVELUY	30/1/16		R.E. Fatigues.
AVELUY	31/1/16		R.E. Fatigues.

References / notes

National Archives Catalogue Reference: WO/95/2403
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