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WAR DIARY FOR MARCH 1916 1 Mar 1916 - St-Amand The Battalion took over new billets at POMMIER. 2-4 Mar 1916 - Pommier Battalion in Rest. Weather bad. 60 men working daily on front line. 5 Mar 1916 Battalion in Rest. Weather bad. 60 men working daily on front line. 2nd Lt.G.R.N.MORRISON posted to Bn. 6 Mar 1916 Battalion moved to HANNESCAMPS & relieved 11th R.Warwick Regt in trenches. Took over new line as per column of Remarks [Ref.Map 57D NE Sheets 1 & 2 (parts of) 1/10.000 E.17.A.3.6-E.11.A.8.10]. 7 Mar 1916 - Hannescamps Quiet day. A certain number of hostile trench mortar bombs & rifle Grenades were fired on the left of line held by Bn. 8 Mar 1916 Hostile Artillery inactive. Line extended on our right as per col. of remarks [E.17.A.20 - E.11.A.8.10] 9-10 Mar 1916 Hostile Artillery Quiet. Enemy Action with trench mortar bombs & rifle Grenades. Good work done by Bn. snipers on both these days. 11 Mar 1916 Hostile artillery shelled centre of line doing very little damage. Hostile trench mortar bombs active at evening stand to. 12 Mar 1916 Relieved in trenches by 11th R.Warwick Regt. Headquarters proceeded to BIENVILLIERS [sic]. A & C Coys remained in HANNESCAMPS. B & D Coys proceeded to FONQUEVILLERS [sic]. 12044 Pte.Brand, W. Bullet wound in head. 13458 L/C Dell, G.F. Bullet wound in head. 13 Mar 1916 - Bienvillers-au-Bois Battalion in Brigade Support. day quiet. Weather fine and warm. 16481 Pte.A.Sells, Bullet wound in head. 14 Mar 1916 300 men working on front line. Captain D.Blake rejoined. & "/Lt R.PRICKETT arrived as a reinforcement. Day quiet. 16 Mar 1916 Working parties as usual. Continued activity of hostile Artillery. Exhibition of Flammenwerfer at LA CAUCHIE. 17 Mar 1916 Day Quiet. Working parties as usual. Trenches visited by Army Commander 18 Mar 1916 Working parties As usual. Day quiet. Heavy Artillery bombardment on night of 18/19 right from 2 am to 3 a.m. 19 Mar 1916 Aerial Activity on both sides. Relieved by 2nd Bn R.Irish Regt. Battalion moved to rest Billets at HUMBERCAMPS Vacated by Royal Irish Fusiliers. 20-22 Mar 1916 - Humbercamps Battalion given 3 days complete rest on coming out of the trenches after a tour of seven months. Men employed cleaning up. 23 Mar 1916 500 men digging on Corps Line. 24 Mar 1916 Section & Platoon training started. Cold Day. Snow. 25 Mar 1916 Section & Platoon training started. Cold Day. Snow. 26 Mar 1916 250 men working on Corps Line. Church Parade Wet day. A draft of 30 men Arrived from 5th Entrenching Bn. 27 Mar 1916 250 men working on Corps Line. Remainder of Bn training. 2nd Lieut W.H.B.SHERVINGTON posted to Bn. 28 Mar 1916 Bn. in training. Corps Commander visited Bn H.Q. 29 Mar 1916 500 men working on Corps Line. Bn inspected in billets by C in C. Snowed in afternoon. 30 Mar 1916 Training continued. 31 Mar 1916 400 men on Corps. 2 bombs dropped on HUMBERCAMPS by Hostile aeroplane 12073 Pte.Carter H. slight shrapnel wound in head.

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Morrison, G.R.N.,
Brand, W,
Dell, G.F.,
Sells, A,
Blake, D.,
Prickett, R,
Haig, Douglas [1st Earl],
Allenby, Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount of Megiddo,
Monro, Charles C.,
Shervington, William Hugh Byam,
Carter, H

6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, weather, land weaponry, aerial action overseas, 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, maps, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, Royal Irish Fusiliers, church services, 5th Entrenching Battalion, Pommier, Hannescamps, Humbercamps, Bienvillers-au-Bois, Foncquevillers, La Cauchie