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|A quiet day. Very little [[sniping]]. Had warning that artillery would be firing on enemy’s trenches near [Bridcage?] A Company sent 3 platoons [????] the front line trenches keeping one platoon in support at Lancashire support Farm. These platoons were recalled at the evening stand to.
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|The usual relief took place in the afternoon without any casualties.A very wet day. Great delay in obtaining the Battn. [lug/baggage?] on account of new regulations with regard to the transport. No [[sniping]].
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|Lt-Col. C. E. Bond took over command of the Regt from Col Brander who proceeded home. A quiet day. Very little [[sniping]]. All companies were employed on repairing parapets. A Coy supplied fatigue party for bring up of stores from Touquet [Berthe].
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 28 March 2017
8th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2251
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Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events |
TRENCHES | 1st | A quiet day. Very little sniping. Had warning that artillery would be firing on enemy’s trenches near [Bridcage?] A Company sent 3 platoons [????] the front line trenches keeping one platoon in support at Lancashire support Farm. These platoons were recalled at the evening stand to. | |
2nd | The morning was quiet. Sniping continued all day. Pte Edwards of B Coy was badly wounded about 2pm. Great difficulty is being experienced with the water in the trenches.The left of B Coy being particularly bad. About 7pm the enemy exploded a mine in trench 99 belonging to the 9th L.N. Lancs. Heavy firing on both sides was the result of this. [Lt Gray?] took a party of 12 men to No 99 trench to help to repair parapet and search for missing men. | ||
TRENCHES PLOEGSTEERT | 3rd | The usual relief took place in the afternoon without any casualties.A very wet day. Great delay in obtaining the Battn. [lug/baggage?] on account of new regulations with regard to the transport. No sniping. | |
4th | A quiet day. The Battn. Went to the baths and spentremainder of day in billets cleaning up and resting. [Soyer] Farm wasshelled by the enemy but luckily no casualties. | ||
PLOEGSTEERT | 5th | The usual fatigues were told off. These were withdrawn at 1 O’clock.Divine service was held at the billets during the afternoon. About 12.30 two HE shells burst [????] [Soyer] Farm where A coy is billeted. There were two casualties Pte Robinson being wounded also Pte [Walth???] slightly wounded otherwise a quiet day. | |
6th | A coy erected wire entanglements for purpose of experiment with reference to their projected night operation. [Soyer] Farm was shelled during the morning but no casualties. The remaining companies did the usual fatigues. The wire erected by the company blown up by the RE. Result,[the] knife [rest?] blown in half. The charge being [8?]lbs. | ||
7th | The explosion with the blowing up of the wire entanglements was again tried, with better results. 10lbs being used, this completely demolished it. A quiet day. | ||
PLOEGSTEERT TRENCHES | 8th | The usual relief took place,the 2nd S. Lancs taking our place in billets. D, A & C companies in firing trench. B coy in Lancashire Support [Farm]. More firing than usual took place and again at midnight. | |
9th | During the morning a 9.2 howitzer at [Dardre] Farm bombarded the German front line opposite trench doing considerable damage. Unfortunately one shell burst short and blew up D Coy headquarters. No one was near the spot at the time. During the night the R [latrines?] rose considerably and the fire trench about 30 yards either side became badly flooded. The enemy dropped about 30 shells N & E of Lancashire Support Farm but did no damage. | ||
TRENCHES | 10th | During the night the water again rose. A Coy especially had great difficulty in coping with it and had to abandon 3 bays south of 101/2. The day was calm. | |
11th | Water in trenches had subsided about 8 inches. The parapets were repaired as much of them had subsided. About 2pm the enemy again shelled the vicinity of Lancashire Support Farm and the tram line, no damage was done. | ||
12th | The 8th Loyal N. Lancs took over fat [forward assembly trench?] Paul & fat [Dudley] OC C coy extended his line northwards to the R. [W????rs?] OC A Coy on account of flooded dug out had to send 1 platoon to billet with B Coy at Lancashire Support Farm and 1 platoon from B Coy came to [mountain?] gun farm for billets. During the afternoon considerable shelling took place. In the morning Pte Carruthers C Coy was seriously wounded in the head[1] The water in 105 & 106 subsided a little during the day. | ||
TRENCHES & PLOEGSTEERT | 13th | Relieved by the 2nd S. Lancs during the afternoon. The Battn returned to their usual billets. | |
PLOEGSTEERT | 14th | The Battn. Rested in billets and during the day went by campany to Pont de Niepe for baths. D Coy supplied night fatigue. [Capt] [???]the chaplain [???] by splinter of shell. | |
15th | A, B & C companies furnished fatigues for the engineers at Touquet [Berthe] also night carrying parties from Touquet [Berthe] to Lancashire Support Farm. | ||
16th | The usual shelling of Ploegsteert took place, the brigade HQ had a few shells close to them, also C coy at [????ille] Farm. The machine gun school [hit two] shells. [ten?] men of the [Wilts?] Rgt attending the school were killed. The usual fatigues were carried out. | ||
17th | A very quiet day. The usual fatigues were found. A coy supplied 1 NCO and 30 men for a night fatigue in Touquet [Berthe]. | ||
PLOEGSTEERT TRENCHES | 18th | The usual relief was carried out. The relief started at 2pm. D Coy occupied the right section. A the centre, and B coy on the left. C Coy in Lancashire Support Farm. Col Brander took over command of the 7th Inf Bde. | |
19th | Lt-Col. C. E. Bond took over command of the Regt from Col Brander who proceeded home. A quiet day. Very little sniping. All companies were employed on repairing parapets. A Coy supplied fatigue party for bring up of stores from Touquet [Berthe]. | ||
TRENCHES | 20th | Each company employed in repairing their parapet and freeing trenches from water. L Corp Smith[2],of D Coy was killed whilst working in CT 10?/3. OC 8th S. Lancashire Regt visited the line with a view to taking over when relief took place. At 2pm a bombardment of the enemy’s front line trench by trench mortars took place. The German retaliated. There were no casualties. | |
21st | A quiet day. Very wet. The officers commanding companies of the 8th S. Lancs Regt went around the trenches during the morning with a view to taking over the line. | ||
22nd | All available men were employed in repairing parapets, and improving communication trenches. A coy started new dug out on the western side of the road inside of their support line. Quiet day, the right coy was shelled about 11am, about 7 shells falling in that area. | ||
TRENCHES & PLOEGSTEERT | 23rd | The Battalion was relieved by the 8th S Lancs Regt during the afternoon there were no casualties. | |
PLOEGSTEERT | 24th | The Battn rested in billets and had baths in Nieppe. During the evening a night fatigue party was supplied both by B & D companies. | |
25th | Service was held at [Soyer] Farm, nearly 200 men were present. There were fewer fatigues. A Coy supplied 30 men during the afternoon. Quiet Day. | ||
26th | Ploegsteert was shelled during the morning and evening. All the companies were on fatigues [???] during the morning. In the evening A, B & C companies supplied fatigue parties for the RE. | ||
PLOEGSTEERT TRENCH | 27th | The Battalion went into trenches at 6.20am relieving the 8th S. Lancs Regt. The XI Cheshires were on our left and L.N. Lancs on our right. C Coy was the right of line, A Coy centre, and B Coy on left. | |
28th | All companies were employed in repairing and remaking parapets and draining trenches. At 9.30pm an operation was undertaken by the Battn on our right. There was a good deal of rifle fire and bombardment lasting for about an hour. B Coy had a man slightly wounded. Lancashire Support Farm was hit. | ||
29th | Nothing of importance occurred during the day. | ||
30th | The enemy’s snipers were most active than usual. Pte Ellis Jones[3] of B Coy being killed in C T 109. The Battn occupied in repairing the parapet & draining trenches. | ||
31st | A quiet day. At midnight 10 rounds rapid werefired in reply to German fusillade. There were no casualties |
References / notes
- National Archives Catalogue Reference: WO/95/2251
- The transcription above is available under the National Archives Open Government Licence for public sector information.
- War diary made available by M. Deacon and transcribed by P. Bramham.
- ↑ CWGC states: R. Carruthers (15102 Pte.) died 13/12/15. Buried Bailleul Communal Cemetery.
- ↑ CWGC states: Robert Smith (8/15065 L/Cpl.) aged 23 son of John Smith 8 New St. Cockermouth. Buried Lancashire Cottage Cemetery.
- ↑ CWGC states: William Ellis Jones (14316) age 22. Son of Mr & Mrs Ellis Jones 9 Ferney Green, Kendal. Buried London Rifle Brigade Cemetery.