11th Battalion War Diary, June 1916

11th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2403
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Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events
BOUZINCOURT	1/6/16		Batt in Divisional Reserve. Working parties for R.E. etc.
BOUZINCOURT	2/6/16		Batt in Divisional Reserve. Working parties for R.E. etc. 2Lts W.S. Paton, G. Black, taken on strength of Batt.
BOUZINCOURT	3/6/16 & 4/6/16		Batt in Divisional Reserve. Working parties for R.E. etc.
BOUZINCOURT	5/6/16		Batt in Divisional Reserve. Working parties for R.E. etc. Party under Lt Barnes raided German trenches opposite R.31.1. Zero time 11PM. Casualties:- Lt Barnes and 5 O.R. Killed, 27 O.R. wounded, 1 O.R. wounded and missing. 11 German prisoners captured.
SENLIS	6/6/16		Battalion moved into billets in Senlis.
SENLIS	7/6/16		[empty entry - presume nothing of importance happened on this day]
SENLIS	8/6/16		Divisional exercise on morning of 8TH Battalion bivouacked the night of 7TH - 8TH in BAVELINCOURT WOOD.
SENLIS	9/6/16 to 11/6/16		Batt training.
CONTAY	12/6/16		Divisional Exercise. Battalion returned to billets in Contay.
CONTAY	13/6/16 & 14/6/16		Batt training.
CONTAY	15/6/16		Divisional Exercise.
CONTAY	16/6/6 to 18/6/16		Batt training.
CONTAY	19/6/16		Bge Exercise.
CONTAY	20/6/16		Draft: - 5 other ranks.
CONTAY	21/6/16		Divisional Exercise. 1 O.R. wounded (self-inflicted).
CONTAY	22/6/16		The Batt moved to billets at BOUZINCOURT, arriving 12.30 AM 23/6/16.
AUTHUILLE SECTOR	23/6/16		Batt left BOUZINCOURT for the trenches, taking over from the 2ND MANCHESTER Regt at 12.30 AM 24/6/16.
AUTHUILLE SECTOR	24/6/16		Our 18 pounders commenced to cut the enemy wire at 5.30 AM and continued during the day. Enemy retaliation practically nil. Gas raid on night 24-25 did not come off owing to unfavourable wind.
AUTHUILLE SECTOR	25/6/16		Our guns bombarded the German lines continuously. German retaliation very heavy during the afternoon. Casualties, 1 O.R. wounded, 2 O.R. shell shock.
AUTHUILLE SECTOR	26/6/16		Continuous bombardment by both sides. We let off gas at 2.30 PM with apparent success. The 2ND KOYLI commenced to relieve us at 9.30 PM. Relief complete at 12.40 AM 27TH. 2 O.R. killed, 30 O.R. wounded, 9 O.R. shell shock.
CRUCIFIX CORNER	27/6/16		Bombardment continued. Batt using SAA, grenades etc.
CRUCIFIX CORNER	28/6/16		Zero time postponed for 48 hours. Our artillery bombardment less intense.
CRUCIFIX CORNER	29/6/16		Our artillery bombardment less intense. German retaliation slight.
CRUCIFIX CORNER	30/6/16		Batt moved up to assembly trenches at 10 PM.
			[signed] C.W. Margerison Lt.

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.