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WAR DIARY FOR MAY 1916 1 May 1916 - Bienvillers-au-Bois Battn moved from SUS-ST-LEGER to BIENVILLERS 2 May 1916 NIL 3 May 1916 - Monchy-au-Bois Took over trenches 72-92 from 13/K.R.R.C. Bt.Maj.F.H.Edwards arrived & assumed command. 4 May 1916 Intense hostile bombardment followed by raid at 3 am (66 casualties & 8 missing) 5 May 1916 NIL 6 May 1916 NIL 7 May 1916 NIL 8 May 1916 - Bienvillers-au-Bois Relieved by 10th L.N.Lancs R. 9 May 1916 Working parties. 10 May 1916 Working parties. 11-13 May 1916 Working parties (Draft of 69 men arrived on 12th). 14 May 1916 - Bailleulmont Battn moved to BAILLEULMONT (on relief of Bde) 15-23 May 1916 Working parties & training. 24 May 1916 Seven (7) officers arrived from 9/Bedf R. 54 men arrived from 5/Entrenching Battn. 25 May 1916 Moved to trenches 78-92. 26-29 May 1916 Quiet. 30 May 1916 Artillery & trench mortars active on both sides. (1 killed 1 wounded)

1-31 May 1916

From: 1916 To: 1916

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6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, 5th Entrenching Battalion, 9th (Reserve) Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, 13th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps, deaths, 10th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Sus-Saint-Leger, Bailleulmont, Bienvillers-au-Bois