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WAR DIARY FOR AUGUST 1916 1 Aug 1916 - Becourt Wood Batt at BECOURT WOOD. 11 officers arrived. 3 Aug 1916 - Bottom Wood Trenches To trenches at BOTTOM WOOD north of FRICOURT 5 Aug 1916 1 Offr. 10 O.R. wounded in working party. 6 Aug 1916 - Bazentin-le-Petit Batt at BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT (1 O.R. wounded). 7 Aug 1916 8 O.R. killed. 1 offr & 24 O.R. wounded. 8-9 Aug 1916 1 O.R. killed. 1 offr. & 13 O.R. wounded. 1st intermediate line attacked at 9.20 pm. I offr & 8 O.R. killed. 25 O.R. missing. 2 offrs & 49 O.R. wounded. 10 Aug 1916 1 offr & 1 O.R.killed, 12 wounded. Battn to support trenches between BAZENTIN-LE-PETIT WOOD & MAMETZ WOOD. 11 Aug 1916 1 offr 7 O.R. wounded. 15 Aug 1916 - Becourt Wood Battn to BECOURT WOOD. 1 O.R. killed & 2 wounded. 16 Aug 1916 - Behencourt Battn marched to BEHENCOURT. 17 Aug 1916 Draft of 5 offrs & 288 men arrived. 18 Aug 1916 - Airaines Entrained at FRECHENCOURT for LONGPRE & marched to AIRAINES. 20 Aug 1916 Marched from AIRAINES to LONGPRE & Entrained. 21 Aug 1916 - Estaires Arrived at BAILLEUL & marched to ESTAIRES. 22 Aug 1916 - Bruay Entrained at LA GORGUE & detrained at CALONNE RICOUART & then marched to BRUAY. Rejoined 37th Div. 24 Aug 1916 - Mazingarbe Marched to MAZINGARBE. Tpt NOEUX LES MINES. 25 Aug 1916 - Loos Salient To trenches in LOOS SALIENT (Parts 14 bis). Bde on loan to 40th Div. 26 Aug 1916 2 O.R. killed 6 O.R. wounded. 27 Aug 1916 1 O.R. wounded. 29 Aug 1916 - Mazingarbe Battn to MAZINGARBE. 30-31 Aug 1916 At MAZINGARBE.

From: 1916 To: 1916

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6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, woods, deaths, trains, Mazingarbe, Fricourt, Fricourt [Somme] Bottom Wood, Becourt, Bazentin-le-Petit, Mametz, Behencourt, Frechencourt, Longpre-les-Corps-Saints, Airaines, Bailleul, Estaires, la Gorgue, Bruay-la-Buissiere, Calonne-Ricouart, Noeux-les-Mines, Mazingarbe, Loos