1st December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 2nd December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 3rd December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 4th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 5th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 6th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 7th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 8th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 9th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 10th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 11th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 12th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 13th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 14th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 15th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 16th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 17th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 18th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 19th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 20th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> Also Outpost exercises: Twenty selected Officer and NCOs were given an Outpost line to hold from St Aylotts (about 2 miles NE of Saffron Walden) to the road leading to Mortimers, with a view of watching roads coming east of railway line from Bartlow-Ashdon. The country thereabouts is extraordinarily difficult to watch, purposely s chosen and some useful lessons were learnt by the groups concerned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 21st December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 22nd December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 23rd December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 24th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 25th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 26th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 27th December \u2013 STANSTED.<\/strong> 28th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 29th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 30th December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 31st December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.<\/strong> 1st December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.Company Field Training at Audley End Park. 2nd December \u2013 SAFFRON WALDEN.Battalion Route March. Route along Ashdon road to Redgate, then south east to Sewers End crossroads at Bears Hill and home by Thaxted road. Distance 8 \u00bd miles.Entraining and detraining practice at Railway Station.The ADVS inspected all horses for casting.2nd […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":506,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-596","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596","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=596"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22030,"href":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/596\/revisions\/22030"}],"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=596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Company Field Training at Audley End Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Battalion Route March. Route along Ashdon road to Redgate, then south east to Sewers End crossroads at Bears Hill and home by Thaxted road. Distance 8 \u00bd miles.
Entraining and detraining practice at Railway Station.
The ADVS inspected all horses for casting.
2nd Lt Tolson appointed Bttn Instructor in Physical Drill and Bayonet fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Battalion and Company Steady Drill.
Captain Payton gazetted Major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Interior economy and Bayonet fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Duty Bttn until 12th December.
Church Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Company field training.
Examination in Semaphore for Officers and NCOs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Battalion Route March: curtailed owing to heavy rain.
Outpost scheme for selected Officers and NCOs also curtailed owing to the rain. Road outpost exercises were arranged to be carried out by companies about mid-way to the Route March. Troops had only got into position when heavy rain rendered it impossible to carry out the exercises and the homeward march was begun.
2nd Lt Read commenced Course of Instruction at Gidea Park.
2nd Lt Atteridge reported for duty and posted to B Coy.
L\/Corporal Roberts, D Coy, obtained a Commission and is struck off the strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Steady Drill and ceremonial.
Bttn classed as \u201cvery good\u201d in Entraining practice carried out on the 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Company training under company arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn and Company Steady Drill and ceremonial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Interior economy and medical inspection under Company Commanders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Church Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Route March.
2nd Lt Peckham classed as a \u201cgood instructor\u201d on completing Bombing Course at Godstone and qualified as Grenadier Officer.
2nd Lt Read classed as \u201c1st Class A\u201c on completing Brigade Bombing Course, together with 2 NCOs and 5 men, who qualified similarly.
2nd Lt Wakefield commenced a Course of Instruction at Oxted.
2nd Lt Kimberley commenced a Course of Instruction at Chelsea.
2nd Lt Collenette and Thompson commenced an MG course at Bisley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Company and Platoon Steady Drill.
Divisional MG Officers inspected MG Section.
Court of Inquiry into self-inflicted wound of Sgt Dawson G Coy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Route March and concentration. The Bttn was ordered to move by 4 parallel roads and to concentrate at Littlebury Green at 11am. All the Companies (with one exception) were up to time and the exercise was regarded by all ranks as having served a useful object exercise.
2nd Lt Conlan classed as good on completing course at Ongar.
Corporal Wormald classed as good on completing course at Bishops Stortford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Parade in skeleton marching order.
2nd Lt Catling, 2 NCOs and 15 men commenced Divisional Bombing Course at Stansted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Lecture and Demonstration on MG by Captain Pemberton and staff of Divisional MG school.
Bttn practised Guard duties, Brigade Guard mounting and Bombers\u2019 practices on Brigade pitches.
Bttn drill and Bayonet fighting.
Transport Section attended a Test on the Common.
2nd Lt AE Brown classed as \u201cvery good\u201d in the Semaphore test by Brigade SO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Interior economy and medical inspection under Company arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Church Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Route March and concentration. The Battalion (less 1 company being the Duty Company for the week) were ordered to march by 3 nearly parallel roads and to concentrate at Ashdon at 12 noon. One Company arrived on time. Two others were a few minutes late. One man fell out owing to a sprained ankle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn drill and ceremonial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The General Officer Commanding the 60th (London) Division, Major General ES Bulfin CVO, CB, inspected the Bttn and the Transport Section.
2nd Lt Comerford and 1 NCO commenced on Trench fighting course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Medical inspection of the Battalion.
2nd Lt Tolson, 3 NCOs and 13 men commenced Brigade Bombing Course.
Captain Frisby posted as OC, B Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn and Company drill and ceremonial.
14 Officers transferred to 3rd Bttn.
Captain Lane, 1 NCO and 8 men classed as \u201c1st Class A\u201d on completing Brigade Bombing Class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Church Parade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Church Parade.
Duty Bttn for ensuing week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Capt Lane, 2 NCOs and 15 men commenced Divisional Bombing Course at Stansted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Brigade Veterinary Officer examined all horses and mules re Service overseas.
Bttn drill and extensions from close formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn Route March and concentration.
Machine Gun Section Brigaded for Inspection by Divisional MG Officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Garrison Board of Inquiry into loss of Dun Gelding, found dead on 9th December.
Bttn drill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Bttn practice in Guard Duties, Brigade Guard mounting, drill and Bayonet fighting. Also in interior movements after dark.
District Court Martial (President, Lt Col Scott Allen, Commanding 2\/18th London Irish Rifles) adjourned until 1st January 1916 at Park Royal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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