| 8th Border Regiment War Diary Transcriptions (1915-1918) The National Archives WO/95/2251
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| Place | Date | Hour | Summary of Events |
| ERNY ST JULIEN | 1st | Cleaning up billets - & Coy inspections - Cold & showery. | |
| 2nd | No church parade owing to chaplain having left Bn through sickness. | ||
| 3rd | Bn preparing to move to 3rd Army area – D coy proceeded as loading coy at ANVIN. | ||
| 4th | A Coy left ast 1.45am – Transport 5.0am – remainder 7.45am left ERNY ST JULIEN & marched to ANVIN – entraining for ACHIET LE GRAND (3 Army Area) – arrived 11.30pm & marched for GOMIECOURT - Freezing. | ||
| GOMIECOURT / ROCQUINGY | 5th | Cold night in tents at GOMIECOURT. Marched in Bde to huts at ROCQUINGY via BAPAUME – Cold but fine. | |
| 6th | Cleaning up & Coy inspections – showery. | ||
| 7th | Coy training & Lewis Gun classes wet. | ||
| 8th | Cold & showery – Lt-Col. Sir H. Lennard Bt. (ADC 6th Corps) – late 2nd in Comd visited Bn Concert at night & coy training – musketry & Bombing. | ||
| ROCQUINGY / BEUGNATRE | 9th | Bn marched as Brigade to BEUGNATRE in huts – Bde in Divl reserve – wet. | |
| 10th | Coy training & Lewis Gun classes. | ||
| 11th-15th | Bn found working parties for burying cable. Weather cold, hard frost at night. | ||
| 16th | Bn attended divine service. Weather cold & frosty but fine. | ||
| BEUGNATRE | 17th | Bn engaged on working parties burying cable. Slight fall of snow. Weather cold. | |
| 18th | Bn engaged on working parties burying cable. Weather extremely cold, freezing hard. | ||
| 19th | Bn engaged on working parties burying cable. Weather cold & frosty. | ||
| 20th | Cleaning up billets. Company inspections. Company Commanders reconnoitred trenches. | ||
| LAGNICOURT | 21st | BN relieved 4th South Staff Regt in the line NE of LAGNICOURT, No casualties. | |
| 22nd | Very quiet. Good work done during day improving & deepening trenches in places. Wiring at night. | ||
| 23rd | Quiet day. LAGNICOURT shelled fairly heavily by hostile artillery. Wire in front strengthened. Freezing. | ||
| 24th | 50 men (A Coy) digging new support trench from HARROGATE AVENUE to YORK SUPPORT 5pm-9pm. Freezing. | ||
| 25th | Xmas Day – Enemy shelled Harrogate Av. Nr. Bn HQ wounded 2 Cheshire men. Snow during day. 2 officers 3rd Worcesters on right on wiring duty – lost during snowfall not returned – Brigadier visited Bn trenches to wish compliments of season. | ||
| 26th | Quiet day - fine. | ||
| VAULX-VRAUCOURT | 27th | Bn moved to VAULX-VRAUCOURT. | |
| 28th | Cleaning up. Coy inspections & baths - fine – freezing. | ||
| 29th | 2 coys wiring MORCHIES-VAUX line. 2 coys digging, deepening & improving LAGNICOURT SWITCH – Fine & cold. | ||
| 30th | Usual working parties. | ||
| 31st | Usual working parties. Fine & cold.
[Signed] CWH Birt, Lt-Col.
Comdg 8th Border Regt. |
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.