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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Killed<ref>[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]: Casualties for week ending 17/8/17, [[1st Border Regiment]], a total of 46 men killed in Belgium:.</ref>
;<ref>Men killed 12/08/1917 (1):
*Pte. 24709 Joseph William Armstrong</ref>
;<ref>Men killed 13/08/1917 (15):
*2Lt. George Froude Hamlett (3rd Border)
*C.S.M. 4778 Darrell Jackson
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*Pte. 18933 William Wilkinson
*Pte. 4055 John Scott
*Pte. 22630 James Scrace</ref>
;<ref>Men killed 14/08/1917 (7):
*L/Cpl. 23015 JJ Wise
*Pte. 27007 John Ferguson
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*Pte. 28721 Fred Schofield
*Pte. 28569 Joseph Philip Wilcox
*Pte. 202207 William Wilkinson</ref>
;<ref>Men killed 16/08/1917 (22):
*Lt Col. Frank George Greir Morris DSO
*Cpl. 20480 R Elliott
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*Pte. 28607 Joseph Walsh
*Pte. 33807 Herbert White
*Pte. 27839 William Wilson</ref>
;<ref>Men killed 17/08/1917 (1):
*L/Sgt. 9030 Albert Edward Moody</ref>
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|{{left|Battalion moved into the line opposite CANNES FARM this evening. Major R.P.M. NICHOLS in command temporarily LT G.B.D. CARGILL a/adjutant temporarily while Lt Col A.J. ELLIS DSO and CAPT A.W. SUTCLIFFE MC being temporarily 10% for a rest. LT W.S.M RUXTON took out a special patrol tonight to support the crossing of the BROEMNEEK & consider the possibility of establishing posts on the far side, also LT A.J.F DANIELLI made a short hearted attempt to establish an advanced post near NEY WOOD but was unsuccessful owing to an enemy post having been already established near, a party of about 40 boche being located. One prisoner was taken tonight by D Coy. a German despatch rider who had lost his way.|offset=5px}}
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|{{left|Considerable shelling of the front line and battalion HQ at CANNES FARM but fortunately casualties were light. The weather was appallingly wet & raw.|offset=5px}}
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|{{left|Another uneventful day. Considerable shelling by day & miserable weather. posts were eventually established across the BROEMBEEK. LT RUXTON doing particularly good work again in establish-|offset=5px}}
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|{{left|ing posts within 25y of the enemy. A prisoner – a Prussian guard Sergt |offset=5px}}
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|TRENCHES
|27/8/17
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|{{left|Major (Feldwebel). being taken by Pte. Corran C Coy after he / Corran had killed 3 & wounded 1 of a patrol of 5 including the feldwebel, by his Lewis gun|offset=5px}}
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|28/8/17
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|{{left|Battalion moved back from the front line & got into support by this morning at dawn. The 4th Scots Guards taking over, on the WIJDENDRIFT line.|offset=5px}}
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|CHARTERHOUSE CAMP
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|{{left|Battalion relieved from the WIJENDRIFT line & moved back to ELVERDINGHE area & moved at 5 pm by rail to beyond PROVEN into the P4 area & into POLL HILL Camp near HAANDEKOT crossroads – the mens lines were very sloppy & muddy owing the heavy rains. Officers lines good [?]|offset=5px}}
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|POLLSHILL CAMP near HAANDEKOT
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|{{left|Spent the day in reorganising – checking deficiencies & making them up as far as possible – & cleaning up generally.|offset=5px}}
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|{{left|C.O. held battalion parade & presented the following medal ribbons<ref>Names cross referenced with the National Archive (Medal Card Records):
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*Sgt Shearer and J. Moore (not found)
*Fred Fildes / Albert Joseph Smith / Thomas H. Graham / William S. Crook
*Joseph Billington / Richard Graham / Herbert Markland / William T. Ismay
*Maurice Jarvis / Thomas Morris / J.P. Kelly / G Massey
*Leonard Burton / Duncan Samuel Watt / George Allen / George Wrigley
*Possibly 14633 Edward Yarrow
*Possibly 26286 John Watson – James F. Watson (not found)
*No.2183 is associated with Percy Jimson
*No.11833 is associated with James Marsden
*No.221096 is associated with F.A. Blow</ref>|offset=5px}}
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|Capt JW Ewbank MC – bar to MC
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|Capt WB Butler – MC
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|Capt FRC Chambers<ref>It is assumed that this is William Francis Herbert Chambers as per diary entry 2am on 16/8/17 above.</ref> – MC
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|2Lt AJF Danielli – MC
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Sergt Shearer – DCM and MM
|style="vertical-align:top;"|Cpl Fildes No 33857 – DCM
|style="vertical-align:top;"|9134 CQMS Smith – DCM
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{{left|Military Medals|offset=5px}}
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|10743 Sgt Billington
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|27911 L/Sgt Graham
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|19797 Sgt Markland
|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|8281 Cpl Jarvis
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|17526 Cpl Moore J.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|18988 Cpl Morris T.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|10780 L/C Kelly J.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|14673 L/C Yarrow E.
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|37695? L/C Blow FA.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|240890 L/C Ismay. W
|style="vertical-align:top;"|11833 L/C Mason T.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|13782 L/C Graham T.
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|33615 Pte. Crooke
|style="vertical-align:top;"|25245 Pte Watson J.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|26287 Watson J.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|4927 Massay G.
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|21183 Pte Turner? P.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|21488 Burton L.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|28734 Pte Watt D.
|style="vertical-align:top;"|7584 Allen G.
 
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|25425 Wrigley G.
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|{{left|Casualties for week ending 31/8/17|offset=5px}}
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Increase
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Drafts from base
|style="vertical-align:top;"|1
|style="vertical-align:top;"|32
|style="vertical-align:top;"|2Lt Lowthorpe- Lutwidge
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Rejoined from Hops.
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|1
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Decrease
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Killed<ref>[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]: Casualties for week ending 31/8/17, [[1st Border Regiment]], 12 killed in Belgium:<br>Men killed 19/08/1917 (1):
*C.S.M 6339 H Harrison
Men killed 21/08/1917 (1):
*Pte. 202343 William Bardsley
Men killed 25/08/1917 (1):
*Pte. 33630 Albert James Huggett
Men killed 27/08/1917 (7):
*Pte. 28720 Harry Butler
*Pte. 260084 William Dixon
*Pte. 33718 Herbert Arthur Dormer
*Pte. 28732 James Tomlinson
*Pte. 25285 Arthur Walton
*Pte. 260089 Charles Allen Shaw
*Pte. 28576 Arthur Dennis Crompton
Men killed 28/08/1917 (1):
*Pte. 201976 John Morgan
Men killed 30/08/1917 (1):
*Pte. 260085 Jones Morris</ref>
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|9
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Wounded
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|22
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Missing
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|2
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Evacuated
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|4
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|To Sch O&Q
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|1
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|{{right|[Signed] ''AW Sutcliffe'' Capt.<br>a/adjutant<br>1/Border Regt|offset=25px}}
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== References / notes ==
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*{{OGLicence}}
*War diary transcribed by [[User:HughF|Hugh Fulton]]
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