{"id":2366,"date":"2018-02-03T12:35:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T12:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:44:38","slug":"war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-march-1918","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-march-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary, 1\/18th London Regiment – March 1918"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1st\/2nd March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Corps Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Training – Field Fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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3rd March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church Parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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4th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training – Test move received 645am and cancelled 710am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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6th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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7th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Battalion Working Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tactical training scheme. Lt Col Neely assumed command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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8th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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9th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bttn working party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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10th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Church parades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bttn working party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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13th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bttn working party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divisional tactical scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training – boxing tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training – gymkhana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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17th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Patrick’s Day – Church parade – Ceremonial and inspection by Brigadier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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18th March- Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Corps Reserve – Training – Bathing – Gas Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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19th March – Vallulart.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training – Bathing – Reconnoitring line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moved into line and relieved 17th Bn RF (2nd Division) and 2nd South Staffs in right sector La Vacquerie Sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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21st March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enemy attacked and captured outpost line. Heavy casualties<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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22nd March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuated ground and took up position on Highland Ridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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23rd March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuated ground and took up position on Rocquigny<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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24th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuated ground and took up positon in High Wood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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25th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evacuated ground and joined depot near Menancourt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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26th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moved from Menancourt to Vauchelles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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27th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moved from Vauchelles to Toutencourt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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28th March – In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Toutencourt and moved up to Senlis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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29th to 31st March – Senlis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In reserve at Senlis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1st\/2nd March – Vallulart. In Corps Reserve. In Training – Field Fighting. 3rd March – Vallulart. Church Parades. 4th March – Vallulart. Training. 5th March – Vallulart. Training – Test move received 645am and cancelled 710am. 6th March – Vallulart. Training. 7th March – Vallulart. Battalion Working Party. Tactical training scheme. Lt Col Neely assumed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":59,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22067,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366\/revisions\/22067"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}