{"id":512,"date":"2017-12-15T07:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T07:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:41:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:41:23","slug":"war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-november-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-november-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary, 1\/18th London Regiment &#8211; November 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1st November &#8211; In Line<\/strong>.<br>Left Section quiet.<br>Casualties 1 OR, Accidentally Killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2nd November \u2013 In Line.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3rd November \u2013 In Line.<\/strong><br>Gas discharged on Oppy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>4th November \u2013 In Line.<\/strong><br>Raid carried out by Bttn of Right Brigade. Very satisfactory. At 1610, a German gave himself up \u2013 358th Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>5th to 7th November.<\/strong><br>In Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>8th November \u2013 In Line.<\/strong><br>Relieved by 1\/19th and moved into Support Position &#8211; Red Line. Raid by 31st Bde on Left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>9th to 11th November &#8211; In Support.<\/strong><br>Supplying Working Parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>12th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>Relieved by 6th Bttn and moved into Corps Reserve in Maroeuil Area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>13th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>In Corps Reserve &#8211; cleaning up. Battn in Emergency at 2 hours by day and \u00bd hour by night until 21\/11\/17 at 3pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>14th\/15th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>16th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>Bgde Genl Inspection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>17th\/18th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>In Corps Reserve &#8211; Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1<strong>9th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>MM presented by Lt Col Parry to Rfn McMillan.<br>Route March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>20th November \u2013 Maroeuil.<\/strong><br>In Corps Reserve. Bathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>21st November &#8211; &#8220;Y&#8221; Sector.<\/strong><br>Bn into &#8220;Y&#8221; Sector L.2.C. Central.<br>Warned to be prepared to move to 3rd Army at short notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>22nd November.<\/strong><br>At &#8220;Y&#8221; Sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>23rd November \u2013 Fosseux.<\/strong><br>Proceeded by March Route to Fosseux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>24th November \u2013 Achiet le Petit.<\/strong><br>March route to Achiet le Petit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>25th November \u2013 Rocquigny.<\/strong><br>March route and Buses to Rocquigny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>26th November \u2013 Rocqugny.<\/strong><br>At Rocquigny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>27th November \u2013 Hindenburg Support.<\/strong><br>Proceeded by March route and Buses to Hindenburg Support.<br>Transport remained at Lebucherie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>28th November &#8211; Hindenburg Support.<\/strong><br>Moved into Bourlon Wood &#8211; Heavy Shelling &amp; Casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>29th\/30th November &#8211; Bourlon Wood.<\/strong><br>Bourlon Wood. Heavy Shelling and Casualties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st November &#8211; In Line.Left Section quiet.Casualties 1 OR, Accidentally Killed. 2nd November \u2013 In Line. 3rd November \u2013 In Line.Gas discharged on Oppy. 4th November \u2013 In Line.Raid carried out by Bttn of Right Brigade. Very satisfactory. At 1610, a German gave himself up \u2013 358th Regiment. 5th to 7th November.In Line. 8th November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":53,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-512","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22062,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/512\/revisions\/22062"}],"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=512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}