{"id":526,"date":"2017-12-15T07:17:12","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T07:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=526"},"modified":"2026-02-28T22:03:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T22:03:27","slug":"war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-august-1917","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-august-1917\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary, 2\/18th London Regiment &#8211; August 1917"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st to 5th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G14 Central).<\/strong><br>Bttn engaged in camp improvements and training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G14 Central).<\/strong><br>Training continued.<br>C Coy relieved in post \u201cS\u201d and \u201cT\u201d (G24 a.44) and (G23 b.2.3.) by a Coy of 2\/17th Bttn London Regiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>7th to 25th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G 14 Central).<\/strong><br>Bttn continues to be engaged in training.<br>On 12th, special class of snipers started.<br>Musketry training at Range started.<br>Average standard of musketry throughout the bttn is low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>26th August \u2013 K.21.c.<\/strong><br>Bttn relieved 2\/14 London Regiment in Gamli-Shellal defences (Right sub Sector). Bttn HQ at K.21.c. (Gaza-Shellal map).<br>Relief started at 0500 hrs and finished at noon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>27th to 31st August \u2013 K.21.c.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Line consists of 11 strong points, each held by 1 platoon.<br>Each has 1 platoon in support.<br>Bttn has one company in reserve.<br>Weather throughout August has been rainless, and hot. Windy every afternoon.<br>Strength of Bttn in the country: Officers \u2013 35, ORs \u2013 800.<br>With Unit: Officers \u2013 29, ORs \u2013 713.<\/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 5th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G14 Central).Bttn engaged in camp improvements and training. 6th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G14 Central).Training continued.C Coy relieved in post \u201cS\u201d and \u201cT\u201d (G24 a.44) and (G23 b.2.3.) by a Coy of 2\/17th Bttn London Regiment. 7th to 25th August &#8211; Near Sheikh Nuran (G 14 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":48,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-526","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526","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=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22099,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/526\/revisions\/22099"}],"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=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}