{"id":524,"date":"2017-12-15T07:15:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T07:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:03:52","slug":"war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-september-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-september-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary, 2\/18th London Regiment &#8211; September 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st to 7th September K.21.c (Gaza \u2013 Shellal Map).<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches, holding posts 10 to 17 inclusive and \u201cJ\u201d, \u201cH\u201d and \u201cG\u201d.<br>A, B and D Coys in line, C in reserve.<br>On 6th, draft of 102 ORs received from Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8th September \u2013 k15.d.8.7.<\/strong><br>Bttn relieved in line by 2\/20th London Regiment. Relief commenced at 0600 hrs and finished at 1000 hrs.<br>Bttn takes place of 2\/20th London Regiment in reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9th September \u2013 k15.d.8.7.<\/strong><br>Proceeded with training of all men with the Lewis Guns.<br>Bttn in Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10th to 23rd September \u2013 k.15.d.8.7.<\/strong><br>Bttn engaged in intensive training.<br>Bttn in Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>24th to 30th September \u2013 k.21.c. (Gaza-Shellal map).<\/strong><br>Bttn takes over trenches from 2\/20th Bttn London Regiment. Holding posts 10-17 inclusive and \u201cJ\u201d, \u201cH\u201d and \u201cG\u201d, being left sub-Sector of Gamli-Shellal defences.<br>C, D and B Coys in line. A Coy in reserve.<\/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 to 7th September K.21.c (Gaza \u2013 Shellal Map).Bttn in trenches, holding posts 10 to 17 inclusive and \u201cJ\u201d, \u201cH\u201d and \u201cG\u201d.A, B and D Coys in line, C in reserve.On 6th, draft of 102 ORs received from Base. 8th September \u2013 k15.d.8.7.Bttn relieved in line by 2\/20th London Regiment. Relief commenced at 0600 hrs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-524","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524","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=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22100,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions\/22100"}],"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=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}