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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Killed<ref>[[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]]: Casualties for week ending 17/8/17, [[1st Border Regiment]], 46 killed in Belgium |
|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> |
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<ref>Men killed 12/08/1917 (1): |
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*Pte. 24709 Joseph William Armstrong |
*Pte. 24709 Joseph William Armstrong</ref> |
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<ref>Men killed 13/08/1917 (15): |
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*2Lt. George Froude Hamlett (3rd Border) |
*2Lt. George Froude Hamlett (3rd Border) |
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*C.S.M. 4778 Darrell Jackson |
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*Pte. 18933 William Wilkinson |
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*Pte. 4055 John Scott |
*Pte. 4055 John Scott |
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*Pte. 22630 James Scrace |
*Pte. 22630 James Scrace</ref> |
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<ref>Men killed 14/08/1917 (7): |
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*L/Cpl. 23015 JJ Wise |
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*Pte. 27007 John Ferguson |
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*Pte. 28721 Fred Schofield |
*Pte. 28721 Fred Schofield |
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*Pte. 28569 Joseph Philip Wilcox |
*Pte. 28569 Joseph Philip Wilcox |
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*Pte. 202207 William Wilkinson |
*Pte. 202207 William Wilkinson</ref> |
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<ref>Men killed 16/08/1917 (22): |
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*Lt Col. Frank George Greir Morris DSO |
*Lt Col. Frank George Greir Morris DSO |
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*Cpl. 20480 R Elliott |
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*Pte. 28607 Joseph Walsh |
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*Pte. 33807 Herbert White |
*Pte. 33807 Herbert White |
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*Pte. 27839 William Wilson |
*Pte. 27839 William Wilson</ref> |
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*L/Sgt. 9030 Albert Edward Moody</ref> |
*L/Sgt. 9030 Albert Edward Moody</ref> |
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|24/8/17 |
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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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|{{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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|{{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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|29/8/17 |
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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) |
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*Fred Fildes / Albert Joseph Smith / Thomas H. Graham / William S. Crook |
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*Joseph Billington / Richard Graham / Herbert Markland / William T. Ismay |
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*Maurice Jarvis / Thomas Morris / J.P. Kelly / G Massey |
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*Leonard Burton / Duncan Samuel Watt / George Allen / George Wrigley |
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*Possibly 14633 Edward Yarrow |
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*Possibly 26286 John Watson – James F. Watson (not found) |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|Capt JW Ewbank MC – bar to MC |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|Capt WB Butler – MC |
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|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 |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|2Lt AJF Danielli – MC |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Sergt Shearer – DCM and MM |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Cpl Fildes No 33857 – DCM |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|9134 CQMS Smith – DCM |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|10743 Sgt Billington |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|27911 L/Sgt Graham |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|19797 Sgt Markland |
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|style="vertical-align:top; padding-right:30px;"|8281 Cpl Jarvis |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|17526 Cpl Moore J. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|18988 Cpl Morris T. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|10780 L/C Kelly J. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|14673 L/C Yarrow E. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|37695? L/C Blow FA. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|240890 L/C Ismay. W |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|11833 L/C Mason T. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|13782 L/C Graham T. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|33615 Pte. Crooke |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|25245 Pte Watson J. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|26287 Watson J. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|4927 Massay G. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|21183 Pte Turner? P. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|21488 Burton L. |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|28734 Pte Watt D. |
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|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;"|2Lt Lowthorpe- Lutwidge |
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|style="vertical-align:top;"|Rejoined from Hops. |
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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): |
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*C.S.M 6339 H Harrison |
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*Pte. 202343 William Bardsley |
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*Pte. 28720 Harry Butler |
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*Pte. 260084 William Dixon |
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*Pte. 33718 Herbert Arthur Dormer |
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*Pte. 28732 James Tomlinson |
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*Pte. 25285 Arthur Walton |
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*Pte. 260089 Charles Allen Shaw |
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*Pte. 28576 Arthur Dennis Crompton |
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== References / notes == |
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*War diary transcribed by [[User:HughF|Hugh Fulton]] |
*War diary transcribed by [[User:HughF|Hugh Fulton]] |
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