{"id":592,"date":"2017-12-15T08:29:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T08:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=592"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:26:09","slug":"war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-april-1916","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/first-world-war\/war-diaries\/war-diary-1-18th-london-regiment-april-1916\/","title":{"rendered":"War Diary, 1\/18th London Regiment &#8211; April 1916."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 1st \u2013 Lorette Sector.<\/strong><br>In Reserve Trenches at Lorette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 2nd to 6th \u2013 Villers au Bois.<\/strong><br>At Villers au Bois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 7th to 10th \u2013 Verdel.<\/strong><br>At Verdel in Divisional Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 11th \u2013 Verdrel.<\/strong><br>D Coy proceeded to Isolation Camp owing to a case of German measles breaking out in their hut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 12th\/13th \u2013 Verdrel.<\/strong><br>At Verdel in Divisional Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 14th \u2013 Gouy.<\/strong><br>Proceeded to Gouy \u2013 in Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 15th\/16th \u2013 Gouy.<\/strong><br>In Gouy \u2013 in Support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 17th \u2013 Gouy.<\/strong><br>C Coy proceeded to Isolation Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 18th \u2013 Gouy.<\/strong><br>Supplied working and fatigue parties. HQ Signals and 19 OR A Coy proceed to Isolation Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 19th \u2013 Gouy.<\/strong><br>In Support at Gouy \u2013 the Brigadier General inspected new draft. Staff Sgt arrives to supervise physical training for one day only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 20th \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Took over \u201cA\u201d sub-Section on the night of 20th\/21st from 21st Battalion with 2 Coys together with one Coy 20th Battalion and LM Gunners. Relief very slow owing to slippery mud. Relief complete by 230am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 21st \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Very quiet. Arrangements made for patrolling. Gas alert on. Brigadier came up at 5pm. No Trench Stores arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 22nd \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Quiet \u2013 a very wet day. Front line trench, occupied by Right Coy, full of water in several places \u2013 pumping resorted to. No patrolling possible. Arrangement for artillery strafe cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 23rd \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Very quiet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 24th \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Dry weather. Trenches improve. Left Coy strafed enemy with Rifle grenades. Enemy replied with heavy mortars on whole front. Support line and Communication trenches damaged. \u2013 10 casualties. Right Coy seek artillery retaliation which was given on enemy\u2019s front line. Patrol out from midnight until 2am. Enemy apparently relieved at 1230am night of 24th\/25th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 25th \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>At 330am, mine was exploded on right of Coy on our right. Enemy at once began consolidation of Crater. At 335am, a second mine was sprung about 180 yards to the left of the first one. At 7pm, a mine exploded on right of Battalion on our left \u2013 18th supported by opening enfilade fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 26th\/27th \u2013 \u201cA\u201d sub-Section.<\/strong><br>Quiet. Relief by 7th Battalion at 120am (when relief was completed).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 27th \u2013 Maisnil Bouche.<\/strong><br>Arrived in billets in Maisnil Bouche at 430am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 28th \u2013 Maisnil Bouche.<\/strong><br>In Support at Maisnil Bouche. The Major General inspected the Battalion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>April 29th\/30th \u2013 Maisnil Bouche.<\/strong><br>In Maisnil Bouche.<\/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>April 1st \u2013 Lorette Sector.In Reserve Trenches at Lorette. April 2nd to 6th \u2013 Villers au Bois.At Villers au Bois. April 7th to 10th \u2013 Verdel.At Verdel in Divisional Reserve. April 11th \u2013 Verdrel.D Coy proceeded to Isolation Camp owing to a case of German measles breaking out in their hut. April 12th\/13th \u2013 Verdrel.At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":18,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592","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=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22041,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/592\/revisions\/22041"}],"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=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}