October 1st – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 2nd – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 3rd – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 4th – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 5th – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 6th – Mont St Eloi.<\/strong> October 7th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 8th – Trenches.<\/strong> October 9th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 10th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 11th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 12th \u2013 Brigade Reserve.<\/strong> October 13th \u2013 Brigade Reserve.<\/strong> October 14th \u2013 Brigade Reserve.<\/strong> October 15th \u2013 Brigade Reserve.<\/strong> October 16th \u2013 Brigade Reserve.<\/strong> October 17th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 18th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 19th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 20th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 21st \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 22nd \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 23rd \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 24th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong> October 25th \u2013 Acq.<\/strong> October 26th \u2013 Acq.<\/strong> October 27th – Bouret.<\/strong> October 28th \u2013 Bouret.<\/strong> October 29th \u2013 Vacquerie.<\/strong> October 30th \u2013 Vacquerie.<\/strong> October 31st \u2013 Vacquerie.<\/strong> October 1st – Mont St Eloi.Bttn in divisional Reserve.Sick \u2013 OR 3. October 2nd – Mont St Eloi.2\/Lieut WH Kimberley and 2\/Lieut K Brayden reported for duty from Reserve Bttn.Crater Consolidation Course \u2013 2ORs reported for this today.Sick \u2013 OR 7. October 3rd – Mont St Eloi.Lieut Tyler relinquishes his appointment of Town Major of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":28,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-567","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567","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=567"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22081,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/567\/revisions\/22081"}],"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=567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Bttn in divisional Reserve.
Sick \u2013 OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2\/Lieut WH Kimberley and 2\/Lieut K Brayden reported for duty from Reserve Bttn.
Crater Consolidation Course \u2013 2ORs reported for this today.
Sick \u2013 OR 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lieut Tyler relinquishes his appointment of Town Major of Ecquivres and re-joins B Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in Divisional Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn relieved 2\/20th Bttn London Regiment in front line trenches L2 sector. Capt McClure temporarily appointed Town Major of Ecquivres.
Sick \u2013 OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in front line.
CSM Roffey and Sgt Keen descended \u201cQ\u201d mine shaft at top of Common to rescue a gassed miner. After some 15 minutes during which they were in great danger of being overcome of gas themselves and could feel the effects of the gas stealing upon them, they succeeded in getting the men out with the aid of 2\/Lieut McCartney RE and thereby saved his life. Both men were considerably affected by gas poisoning.
2\/Lieut SM Toms and 2 ORs reports for Crater Consolidation Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in trenches.
Killed in action – No 4281 L\/Cpl AH Wiltshire. Wounded \u2013 OR 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lewis Gun Course \u2013 2\/Lieut Brayden and 3 ORs reported for this course.
Divisional Anti Gas Curse \u2013 2\/Lieut Gray and 2 ORs reported for this course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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During the morning a minenwerfer buried a man in the P Line. 2\/Lieut Hicks, Sgt EG Gray, Cpl AG Baxter and Rfn FC Smith endeavoured to dig him out despite the fact that other minerwerfer shells were falling close to the spot. They all were killed by a subsequent shell, while gallantly risking their lives to save the buried man.
At 8pm, a large raiding party consisting of 3 officers and 98 ORs carried out a raid upon the enemy front line over a frontage of 100 yards north of P 78 Sap 1.
The wire was cut by 2\u201d TMs and at 8pm the artillery opened a rectangular barrage on the enemy support line.
The raiding party had meanwhile crawled out from P78 Sap 1 in 3 parties under 2\/Lieut Curling, Lieut Brown and 2\/Lieut Kimberley respectively and lined up on a white tape, which had previously been laid by 2\/Lieut Cousin and Lieut Whyte.
As soon as the raiders moved forward, they were met with a very fierce machine gun and rapid rifle fire, which inflicted many casualties before they even reached the enemy\u2019s line. The enemy was found to be well prepared and the front line was thickly manned with men, 6 to a bay with others on the parados.
The night was very light as there was a bright moon and our men were visible for a considerable distance as they advanced.
2\/Lieut Kimberley was shot in the leg before he had gone more than a short distance from our trench and Lieut Brown was wounded by a bomb before he had reached the enemy wire. In spite of the very fierce resistance, our men pushed on, encouraged by 2\/Lieut Kimberley and other wounded who urged the others forward and the whole of the left party under 2\/Lieut Curing succeeded in penetrating the enemy\u2019s trenches as did a party of the centre party. The enemy fought steadily until our men came to close quarters when he broke and ran for dug outs. A considerable number of Germans were bayonetted in the trench and others fled to dug outs and were then bombed by Mills and phosphorous bombs which our men hurled down.
At 815pm, the recall signal was given and the men returned to our lines. Throughout the raid, and despite the fierce fire to which they were subjected, the men all remained remarkably cool and steady.
The Corps Commander issued the following letter in regard to this raid:
\u201cI have read the report of this raid with great interest and I consider that the party showed determination and gallantry and a fine fighting spirit which reflects credit on the Battalion.
I shall be glad if you will so acquaint the Commanding Officer for the information of the Battalion.\u201d
Signed
Charles Fergusson, Lieut General, Commanding XII Corps.
Casualties:
Wounded \u2013 Lieut Brown, 2\/Lieut Kimberley, 2\/Lieut Curling.
Missing \u2013 5 OR, Wounded \u2013 OR 41.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Draft of 70 ORs arrived from the Base.
Wounded \u2013 OR 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Killed in action: 2\/Lieut Sanderson and 3 OR. Wounded: OR 5.
Bttn relieved by 2\/20th London Regiment and went into Brigade Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The following officers reported for duty from the base:
2\/Lieut AG Glendenig. 2\/Lieut GE Macnamara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Major Parry left the Bttn to attend Commanding Officers\u2019 Course at Aldershot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in Brigade Reserve.
Crater Consolidation Course \u2013 2\/Lieut Whyte and 2 ORs attended.
2\/Lieut Ashbridge and 2\/Lieut BE Turney reported for duty from the Base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in Brigade Reserve. Divisional Anti-gas course. 2 ORs attended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in Brigade Reserve.
Admitted to hospital: Sick – OR 4.
Divisional Sniping Course \u2013 3 ORs detailed to attend.
Lewis Gun Course \u2013 3 ORs detailed to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn relieved 2\/20th Bttn London Regiment in Front Line Trenches.
2 ORs reported from the Base.
9 ORs transferred to MG Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lieut Col Murphy proceeded on 7 days leave to England.
Captain Frisby commands the Bttn in the absence of Lieut Col Murphy.
Crater Consolidation Course \u2013 2 ORs attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Musketry Course \u2013 2 \/Lieut Cement and 1 OR detailed to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Wounded: OR 1, sick: 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in trenches. Sick: OR 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in trenches.
Killed in action: OR 2, wounded: OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in trenches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn relieved by the Princess Patricia\u2019s Canadian light Infantry.
2\/Lieut Willis and 8 NCOs left to assist incoming bttn.
Bttn proceeded to Acq to billets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn rested and bathed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn proceeded by motor buses to Bouret to billets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in billets at Bouret.
2\/Lieut Willis and 8 NCOs rejoined bttn at Bouret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn marched to Outrebois and billeted for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn marched to billets at Vacquerie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in billets at Vacquerie. Interior economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn in billets at Vacquerie practised attack in waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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