Reference
X550/7/1/1712
Title
War Diary for December 1917
Date free text
1-31 Dec 1917
Production date
From: 1917 To: 1917
Scope and Content
1 Dec 1917 - Tournai Camp
Battn. in reserve at TOURNAI CAMP. Working parties.
2 Dec 1917
Battn. in reserve; training. Dinners given to transport in celebration of winning the Divisional Competition.
3 Dec 1917
Working parties & great difficulty in finding sufficient number of men.
4 Dec 1917
Training at TOURNAI CAMP. 5 O.R's reinforcements arrive.
5 Dec 1917 - trenches
Battn. to Trenches. Very quiet relief, completed 9.0 pm owing to hard state of ground.
6 Dec 1917
Very quiet day. 2 Prisoners captured, one wounded by a 'D' Coy sentry, not having answered the challenge.
7 Dec 1917
Front line shelled a little, otherwise very quiet.
8 Dec 1917
Very quiet day. Ground became very bad owing to thaw.
9 Dec 1917
Great difficulty experienced by carrying parties owing to bad state of the ground.
10 Dec 1917
Very quiet indeed; an enemy party fired on by LEWIS GUNS, several seen to fall.
11 Dec 1917
Weather very bad, creating difficulties for working parties; Enemy very quiet.
12 Dec 1917
Very quiet day.
13 Dec 1917 - Spoilbank
Battn. moves to dug outs in SPOILBANK. Forward Battn. of support Brigade.
14 Dec 1917
Resting.
15 Dec 1917
Whole Battn. on working parties. Lts.D.J.GREIG, T.J.PEMBERTON and 2nd Lts.H.SKIPP, W.A.S.OGDEN, A.B.WARNECKE joined the Battn. for duty.
16 Dec 1917
Working parties. 1 O.R. killed. 1 O.R. died of wounds. 2 O.R's wounded.
17 Dec 1917
Working parties.
18 Dec 1917
Working parties.
19 Dec 1917
Working parties. 12 OR's reinforcements arrive. 1 O.R. woundd.
20 Dec 1917
Working parties. 83 OR's reinforcements arrive.
21 Dec 1917 - Curragh Camp, Loker
Battn. to CURRAGH CAMP near LOCRE into reserve. 3 O.Rs woundedon working parties.
22 Dec 1917
Major F.H.EDWARDS M.C. arrived and takes over command of Battn.
23 Dec 1917
Working parties.
24 Dec 1917
Battn. training.
25 Dec 1917
Resting. Christmas dinner for men, great success.
26 Dec 1917
Battn. training.
27 Dec 1917
Working parties, a case dysentery diagnosed. Officers reconnoitre near sector of line.
28 Dec 1917
17 OR's reinforcements arrive. Battn. on working parties.
29 Dec 1917 - trenches near Hollebeke
Battn. to trenches. Take over right sector of Divisional front from CANAL BANK to HOLLEBEKE (exclusive), relief difficult owing to clear night & snow on the ground.
30 Dec 1917
2 OR's killed, 3 OR's wounded, slight shelling.
31 Dec 1917
Quiet day.
Language
English
Level of description
item