June 14th \u2013 Sutton Veny.<\/strong> June 15th \u2013 Sutton Veny.<\/strong> June 16th \u2013 Sutton Veny.<\/strong> June 17th \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 18th \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 19th \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 20th \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 21st \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 22nd \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 23rd \u2013 Sutton Vemy.<\/strong> June 24th \u2013 Havre.<\/strong> June 25th \u2013 Havre.<\/strong> June 26th \u2013 Averdoing.<\/strong> June 27th \u2013 Averdoing.<\/strong> June 28th \u2013 Acq.<\/strong> June 29th \u2013 Acq.<\/strong> June 30th \u2013 Acq.<\/strong> June 14th \u2013 Sutton Veny.4pm \u2013 OCs of Battalions called to Brigade Headquarters to receive personal instructions from GOC and mobilisation orders received.Verbal orders received by OC\u2019s units from GOC. June 15th \u2013 Sutton Veny.Secret orders on mobilisation issued to units.First day\u2019s mobilisation programme completed as follows:All ranks paraded, inspected for discrepancies and deficiencies in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-583","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583","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=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22077,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/583\/revisions\/22077"}],"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=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
4pm \u2013 OCs of Battalions called to Brigade Headquarters to receive personal instructions from GOC and mobilisation orders received.
Verbal orders received by OC\u2019s units from GOC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Secret orders on mobilisation issued to units.
First day\u2019s mobilisation programme completed as follows:
All ranks paraded, inspected for discrepancies and deficiencies in kit- deficiencies indented for.
All men medically inspected \u2013 no disease detected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Second day\u2019s mobilisation programme completed:
Part worn and condemned clothing returned.
Battalion accounts closed.
Surplus equipment returned.
Pay and mess books closed as against pay but kept open for rations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Third day\u2019s mobilisation programme completed.
All personal property of officers and men returned.
Their platoon Brigade Rapid Loading Competition completed \u2013 won by 2\/17th.
2 Lt A Cousins reported for duty from 3rd line and posted to B Coy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Fourth day of mobilisation.
Programme carried out \u2013 huts inspected and deficiencies noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Fifth day of mobilisation programme carried out.
2 Lt Whyte reported for duty from 3rd line and posted to A Coy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Sixth day of mobilisation.
Foot inspection according to programme \u2013 inspection of rifles by Armourer Sergeant.
655am-120pm: Brigade Route March via Longbridge Deverill-East Knoyle-pt 689.
Distance 15 miles \u2013 casualties 10. Bttn strength on parade 714 all ranks.
2 Lts Oliver and Pinkerton reported for duty from 3rd line and posted to A and C Coys respectively.
2 Lts Dale officer i\/c details ordered to proceed to join 1st Bttn. His place taken by Captain Harrison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Seventh day of mobilisation.
All huts scrubbed with creosole \u2013 all rubbish burnt or buried.
Gas helmets, I discs, Paybooks, small kits etc inspected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Final day of mobilisation before embarkation.
General Parade of all ranks in overseas order \u2013 all deficiencies noted and landed to Quartermaster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn marched to entrain for Warminster for Southampton for Havre. Bttn less transport, 4 officers and 138 men sailed from docks on SS St Tudno at 630pm. Remainder on SS Australind with Brigade Headquarters. Embarkation strength \u2013 officers 34, OR 938. Horses and mules \u2013 64. Machine guns (Lewis) – 4 \u2026.Bicycles \u2013 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn disembarked Havre docks \u2013 casualties in personnel nil. Last details Dock Rest Camp 1230 pm. No 633 S\/C\/Sgt HS Bisley detailed to proceed to Rouen in accordance with HCJ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn less 6 officers and 250 other ranks under Capt Harding entrained 754am, marching from rest camp 4am. Travelled via Rouen, Amiens, Abbeville to detraining point at Le Petit Hoovin (5 miles south of St Pol) \u2013 and marched to billet at Averdoing. Main party arrived at Averdoing one hour later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Battalion (complete) remained in billets \u2013 routine inspections carried out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn marched \u2013 C and D Companies under Major Parry \u2013 4pm. Headquarters remained in \u2013 430pm \u2013 Tanques and Hubigny to Acq. C and D Companies further to Mt St Eloi. For instruction, Bttn placed under orders of 152nd Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn remained in billets in Acq and Mt St Eloi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn remained in billets as above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Officers and NCOs of A & B proceeded to be attached to 152nd Brigade for instruction in Trenches. C and D Coys under Captain McClure proceeded from billets in Mt St Eloi at 9pm to Brigade Reserve Trenches. Major Parry returned from Mt St Eloi to Acq to take charge of remainder of A & B Coys and Bttn Headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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