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WAR DIARY FOR DECEMBER 1917 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.

1-31 Dec 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

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Ogden, W.A.S.,
Greig, D.J.,
Pemberton, T.J.,
Skipp, H.,
Warnecke, A.B.,
Edwards, F.H.

weather, 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, Christmas, land weaponry, prisoners of war, deaths, dysentery, Tournai Camp [Ypres], Hollebeke, Canal Bank (Ypres), Loker, Curragh Camp [Ypres], Spoilbank [Ypres]