1st Battalion War Diary, January to March 1915

1st Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/4311 & WO/95/2305
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1915	✔			✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1916	✔	✔		✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1917	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
1918

Place	Date	Hour	Summary of Events
RUGBY	JAN 18th		Mobilization of 29th Division ordered.
RUGBY	MARCH 12th		Battn paraded (26 officers 810 other ranks) & took part in the Review of the 29th Division by H.M. The King Emperor.
AVONMOUTH	17th		Embarked on S.S. ANDANIA 26 officers (including one M.O. attached) & 887 other ranks. Embarked on S.S. Duke of EDINBURGH one officer & 115 other ranks.
AVONMOUTH		5.30pm	S.S. ANDANIA sailed.
MALTA	24th	8am	Arived in harbour.
	26th	8am	Left harbour.
ALEXANDRIA	28th	6pm	Anchored inside harbour.
	30th	10.30am	Disembarked from S.S. ANDANIA & proceeded to Divisional Camp at MEX about four miles W of ALEXANDRIA.
			[That is all the information available in the war diary for these months]

References / notes

National Archives Catalogue Reference: WO/95/4311
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