1st August – Ridgewood.<\/strong> 2nd to 4th August – Ridgewood.<\/strong> 5th\/6th August – Ridgewood.<\/strong> 7th August – Ridgewood.<\/strong> 8th August.<\/strong> 9th August – M.6.d.5.8<\/strong> 10th\/11th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 12th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 13th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 14th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 15th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 16th August – Esquerdes.<\/strong> 17th August – Halifax.<\/strong> 18th August – In Line.<\/strong> 19th August – In line.<\/strong> 20th August – In line.<\/strong> 21st August – In line.<\/strong> 22nd August – In Support.<\/strong> 23rd August – In support.<\/strong> 24th August – In support.<\/strong> 25th August – Swan Chateau.<\/strong> 26th August – Swan Chateau.<\/strong> 27th to 31st August – Swan Chateau.<\/strong> 1st August – Ridgewood.In Reserve to 41st Division – quiet – Weather very bad.Under \u00bd hour notice. 2nd to 4th August – Ridgewood.In Reserve. 5th\/6th August – Ridgewood.In Corps Reserve.Under two hours notice. 7th August – Ridgewood.Received warning order to move back. 8th August.Moved back to Camp at M.6.d.5.8 (Sheet 28 N.W. 1\/20000). 9th August […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":47,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-518","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518","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=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22059,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/518\/revisions\/22059"}],"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=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In Reserve to 41st Division – quiet – Weather very bad.
Under \u00bd hour notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Corps Reserve.
Under two hours notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Received warning order to move back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Moved back to Camp at M.6.d.5.8 (Sheet 28 N.W. 1\/20000).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Marched from M.6.d.5.8 to Arkele thence by train to ST. OMER and marched to Esquerdes. Inspected on the road by the 2nd Army Commander Genl. Sir. H. C. O. Plumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Training for the offensive in open warfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Church parade. Presentation of Bar to Military Medal to Sgt. Burton by Brigadier Genl. R. Macdouall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Battalion inspected by 2nd Army Commander General Sir H.C.O. Plumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Training.
Warning order to move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Moved to Halifax Camp by tactical train and in the evening marched to Ypres.
Battalion Headquarters at Lille Gate.
Lt. Col. D.B. Parry D.S.O admitted to Hospital sick. Major W.H. Murphy took over command of Battalion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Relieved 2nd Northants and 2nd Sherwood Foresters in line at Westhoek Ridge.
Battalion Headquarters Jaffa Trench.
2nd Lieut. E.D.R. Pinkerton Wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Shelling very heavy.
Casualties: Wounded – 2nd Lieuts C.H.I. Stewart, S.A. Thoday and C.F. Havord. 2 Other Ranks killed and 9 wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Heavy shelling continues.
3 Other ranks killed, 2 missing and 13 wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Heavy shelling.
3 Other ranks killed and 30 wounded. Relieved by 20th Battn. London Regiment, Capt. M.B. O’Brien Wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Support at Hellewarde Ridge, Attacks launched by 14th and 15th Divisions. Zero hour at 4.45 and 7a.m. Patrols pushed forward by 47th Division. Heavy counter attacks during the afternoon. Warned to “Stand to”.
Lieut. R.E.A. Mallet Wounded. 7 Other Ranks killed, 15 wounded and 1 Missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2 Other ranks killed and 10 wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Relieved by 21st Battn. London Regiment and moved back to Swan Chateau. In Divisional Support.
9 Other Ranks wounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2 Other ranks wounded on Working party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Under \u00bd hours notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Daily working party of 2 Officers and 80 Other Ranks and work on repairing roads and paths round Chateau.
Construction of Rifle Range started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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