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WAR DIARY FOR AUGUST 1915 21 Aug 1915 - Blackdown Ordered to Mobilize. 22 Aug 1915 "Train loads for New Army Division ["] recd. Secret 23 Aug 1915 - Chobham Common "Despatch of New Armies" Recd. Secret. 19 Rank & File transferred from 9th Suffolk Regt. Officers' Mess Cart recd. Establishment of Vehicles complete. Battalion carrying out Trench Warfare on CHOBHKM [sic] COMMON. 24 Aug 1915 - Blackdown Battalion returned to Barracks. 25 Aug 1915 ----------------- 26 Aug 1915 ----------------- 27 Aug 1915 1 Heavy draft horse recd to complete Establishment. Orders for Entrainment recd. 28 Aug 1915 Order of Embarkation recd. Secret. Transport & details (O.C. Major G. LOGAN HOME) entrained at 11 PM.

21-28 Aug 1915

From: 1915 To: 1915

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6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, trains, 9th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, Chobham, Blackdown