{"id":573,"date":"2017-12-15T08:11:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=573"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:50:59","slug":"war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-september-1916","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-2-18th-london-regiment-september-1916\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary,  2\/18th London Regiment &#8211; September 1916"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 1st \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 1, sick &#8211; 4ORs, Lieut CS Williams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 2nd \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 2, sick &#8211; 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 3rd \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 7 sick \u2013 5. Killed in action \u2013 1.<br>Crater Consolidation Course \u2013 2 ORs detailed to attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 4th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded -5, sick \u2013 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 5th \u2013 Trenches.<\/strong><br>Battalion relieved by 2\/20th London Regiment at 11pm and proceeded to Mont St Eloi. Killed \u2013 No 2518 Sgt JF Clewett. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 7, sick -1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 6th \u2013 Mont St Eloi.<\/strong><br>Bttn in rest billets.<br>Smoke Bomb Course \u2013 2\/Lieut Cuolahan and 20 ORs detailed to attend.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded &#8211; OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 7th \u2013 Mont St Eloi.<\/strong><br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 Capt WL Deacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 8th \u2013 Mont St Eloi.<\/strong><br>The following officers reported for 48 hours instruction to the artillery \u2013 2\/Lieut Godsill, 2\/Lieut Toms, 2\/Lieut Clement, 2\/Lieut Harriington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 9th \u2013 Mont St Eloi.<\/strong><br>Bttn in rest billets. Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013OR 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 10th \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in rest billets. Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 3.<br>Bttn relieved 2\/19th London Regiment in Brigade Reserve at Portique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 11th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn relieved 2\/20th London Regiment in Front Line, L2 Sector.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 2, sick \u2013 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 12th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches. Admitted to Hospital: Capt Peckham sick. ORs: wounded- 2, sick -1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 13th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches.<br>Divisional Sniping Course \u2013 Acq \u2013 3 ORs proceeded to attend.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick &#8211; OR 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 14th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches.<br>Snipers claimed 2 hits.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 1, sick &#8211; OR 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 15th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches.<br>Drft of 8 ORs reported from the base.<br>Snipers claimed 4 hits.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 3, sick &#8211; OR 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 16th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches.<br>Divisional Sniping Course, Acq \u2013 2\/Lieut Willis ad 2 ORs detailed to attend.<br>Snipers claimed 2 hits.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 1, sick &#8211; OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 17th \u2013 Quarry.<\/strong><br>Bttn in trenches.<br>Snipers claimed 6 hits.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 4, sick &#8211; OR 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 18th \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 1, sick \u2013 OR 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 19th \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 20th \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 1, sick \u2013 OR 2, killed \u2013 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 21st \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>3 ORs reported for duty at 4pm<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 22nd \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>3 ORs proceeded on Lewis Gun Course.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 23rd \u2013 Portique.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Brigade Reserve.<br>Admitted to Hospital: 2\/Lieut Pinkerton wounded, sick \u2013 OR 2.<br>Bttn relieved 2\/20 London Regiment in Front Line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 24th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 3.<br>20 ORs proceeded to Crater Consolidation Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 25th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 6.<br>Snipers claimed 1 hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 26th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 2.<br>Snipers claimed 4 hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 27th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 2.<br>Snipers claimed 3 hits including one German officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 28th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: wounded \u2013 OR 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 29th \u2013 Front Line.<\/strong><br>Bttn in Front Line trenches.<br>Admitted to Hospital: sick \u2013 OR 4.<br>Snipers claimed 3 hits.<br>Bttn relieved by 2\/20th London Regiment and proceeded to Rest Billets at Mont St Eloi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 30th \u2013 Mont St Eloi<\/strong>.<br>Bttn in rest billets.<\/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>September 1st \u2013 Trenches.Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 1, sick &#8211; 4ORs, Lieut CS Williams. September 2nd \u2013 Trenches.Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 2, sick &#8211; 6. September 3rd \u2013 Trenches.Bttn in trenches. Admitted to hospital: wounded \u2013 7 sick \u2013 5. Killed in action \u2013 1.Crater Consolidation Course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-573","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573","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=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22080,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/573\/revisions\/22080"}],"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=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}