2nd Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/1655 & WO/95/1656
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
1914 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |||||||||
1915 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
1916 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
1917 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | |
1918 |
Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events |
The Battalion proceeded to trenches E of GIVENCHY. | |||
[No entry made]. | |||
The Battalion was relieved in trenches & proceeded to billets at HINGETTE (Casualties 1-3/11/15, 2 wounded). | |||
7/11/15 |
In Billets Lieut B Hutton and Lieut A. Wright joined the Battalion on 5/11/15. | ||
The Battalion marched to LE QUESNOY and billeted in Brigade Reserve billets. | |||
In billets. | |||
The Battalion proceeded to trenches E of GIVENCHY. | |||
In trenches (Casualties 4 killed, 4 wounded).[1] | |||
The battalion was relieved by 2nd Gordon Highldrs and proceeded to Brigade Reserve Billets at LEQUESNOY. A draft of 21 O Ranks joined the Battalion. | |||
The In billets. | |||
The Battn proceeded to trenches E of GIVENCHY. | |||
[No entry made]. | |||
The Battn was relieved in trenches & proceeded to billets at LE QUESNOY (Casualties – 2 Lt A.A. Adamson killed[2] 16/11/15, 1 wounded). | |||
The Battalion marched to HINGETTE and billeted. | |||
22/11/15 |
In billets. | ||
C and D Companies marched to RUE DE EPINETTE at 3pm and billeted. A and B Companies and headQrs marched to LE HAMEL at 3pm about 3pm and billeted. A draft of 23 O Ranks joined Bn on 23/11/15. | |||
The whole Battalion proceeded to trenches E of FESTUBERT relieving Division. Lieut H.P.D. Helm joined the Battalion. | |||
30/11/15 |
The Battalion remained in trenches (Casualties 5 killed, 7 wounded).[3]
E. Thorpe, Lieut-Colonel
Commanding 2nd Bn The Border Regt. |
References / notes
- National Archives Catalogue Reference: WO/95/1655
- The transcription above is available under the National Archives Open Government Licence for public sector information.
- War diary transcribed by P. Bramham.
- ↑ CWGC record only two:
- Thomas Bennett (18546 Pte.) Age: 23. "C" Coy. 2nd Border Regiment. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. Son of James and Clara Bennett of 62, Woodsend Rd., Flixton, Manchester.
- Edward Evans (20578 Pte.) Age: 30. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. Husband of Elizabeth Harvey (formerly Evans) of 38, Green St., West Bromwich.
- ↑ Lieut. Francis Douglas Adamson. Age: 24. Buried at Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy. Son of Clara I. Adamson of 1, Belford Terrace, Sunderland, and the late Cuthbert Edward Adamson.
- ↑ The following six men were killed or died of wounds between the 25th and 30th November, 1915:
- Wilson Blackett (14070 Pte.) Died 29/11/1915. Age: 18. Buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Blackett of Ovington, Winston, Darlington.
- John Thomas Emmett (7960 Pte.) Died 25/11/1915. Age: 29. Buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Husband of Hannah Caroline Flood (formerly Emmett) of 5, Globe Court, Ethelred St., Kennington, London.
- M. Gosling (14081 Pte.) Died 25/11/1915. Buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue.
- W. Shaw (18874 Pte.) Died 26/11/1915. Age: 18. Buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Son of Mrs. Emma Shaw of 2, Vernon Place, Lime Grove, Longsight, Manchester.
- Edwin Stokes (6427 Pte.) Died 30/11/1915. Age: 20. Buried at Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue. Son of Joseph and Hannah Stokes.
- Harold Farrell (11949 Pte.) Died 25/11/1915. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Son of Mrs. Mary Jane Farrell, of 299 Fir St., Seedley, Manchester.