X550/7/1/1803

WAR DIARY FOR MARCH 1918 1 Mar 1918 - front line Front Line - Enemy artillery lively 2 Mar 1918 Front Line - 2 O.Rs gassed 1. off (2Lt H.WILLIAMS) & 1: other rank wounded. 3 Mar 1918 Front line - quiet. 4 Mar 1918 - support trenches Front line - quiet. Battn relieved by 13th Bn R.Fusiliers & moved to Support. 4 Other ranks wounded. 5 Mar 1918 In Support - quiet. 6 Mar 1918 In Support. 29 Other Ranks reinforcements. 7 Mar 1918 In support - quiet 8 Mar 1918 Enemy put down heavy barrage throughout the day & attacked 111th Bde front at 5.30 pm. S.O.S. sent up on the divisional front. Enemy gained a footing in the left Sector but were ejected before dawn. 9 Mar 1918 Fairly quiet. 10 Mar 1918 Quiet. 11 Mar 1918 - Maida Camp Battn moved back into reserve at MAIDA CAMP. 1 Other Rank wounded. 12 Mar 1918 Battn resting. 13 Mar 1918 Work done on camp, bomb-proofing huts. Battn Football team beat Divnl H.Q. 4-1. 14 Mar 1918 ditto 15 Mar 1918 ditto 16 Mar 1918 - front line trenches Battn moved to Front Line & relieved 1st Battn Essex Regt. 17 Mar 1918 Quiet. Bn Hdqrs shelled with gas. 18 Mar 1918 3. Other Ranks wounded. 19 Mar 1918 1 Other Rank wounded. 18 other ranks reinforcements 20 Mar 1918 Front line. 2 Other Ranks killed 5 O.Ranks wounded. 8 O.Ranks gassed 21 Mar 1918 Front Line 2 Other Ranks killed. 4 other ranks wounded. 22 Mar 1918 - support trenches Moved to Support & relieved 1st Bn Essex Regt. 23 Mar 1918 Support. 3 O.Ranks Killed 2. OR wounded. Lt J.M.HENDRIE joined Bn for duty. 2 O.Ranks reinforcements. 24 Mar 1918 Support. 25 Mar 1918 - Malplaquet Camp Moved to Reserve at MALPLAQUET CAMP. 26 Mar 1918 Reserve - 51 O.Ranks Reinforcements. 27 Mar 1918 - Borre Moved to BORRE by lorry. Transport moved by road. 28 Mar 1918 - Mondicourt Battn & Transport entrained CAESTRE STN detrained MONDICOURT. 29 Mar 1918 - Toutencourt Arrived MONDICOURT & marched to billets in TOUTENCOURT. 30 Mar 1918 - Couin Marched to billets in COUIN. 31 Mar 1918 Battn moved to Front Line. Transport & details at COUIN.

1-31 Mar 1918

From: 1918 To: 1918

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Williams, H.,
Hendrie, J.M.

6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, land weaponry, 111th Infantry Brigade, 37th Division, football, 1st Battalion Essex Regiment, deaths, lorries, trains, Couin, Toutencourt, Mondicourt, Caestre, Borre, Malplaquet Camp [Ypres], Maida Camp [Ypres]