Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X550/6/8/1605
  • Title
    War Diary for May 1916 1 May 1916 - el Kubri Work on defences of Bridgehead Balkim. Parades daily. 2 May 1916 Route march in desert 3 May 1916 Defence work 4 May 1916 Defence work 5 May 1916 Defence work 6 May 1916 Defence work 7 May 1916 Church Parade 0700 8 May 1916 Defence work 9 May 1916 Defence work 10 May 1916 Defence work 11 May 1916 Defence work 12 May 1916 Defence work 13 May 1916 Defence work 14 May 1916 Church Parade 15 May 1916 Defence work 16 May 1916 Defence work 17 May 1916 Position of Camp moved. Men outside Bridgehead S. Sector. Stors etc. inside breastworks 18 May 1916 Posts at CREWE, RAILHEAD, BALUCHISTAN & GURKHA taken up. HQRS & Remainder of Batt at KUBRI. 19 May 1916 Rem of Batt found all camp duties. Railhead inspected by Div Commandg BALUCHISTAN by Brig Gen MUDGE 21 May 1916 Work on defences. Brig Gen MUDGE inspected RAILHEAD Church parade 0700 at all Posts. 22 May 1916 Gen Sir Archibald Murray visited KUBRI, RAILHEAD & CREWE. Decided to delete Posts CREWE & another post DARB EL HAJ garrisoned by 1/10 LONDON REGT. 23 May 1916 CREWE Post received orders to be in readiness to evacuate post. Work to cease, stores etc to be sent to RAIL HEAD. 24 May 1916 Work as for day before at all posts 25 May 1916 Work as for day before at all posts. Lt Col E W BRIGHTEN returned from hospital & resumed command. 26 May 1916 Work as for day before at all posts 27 May 1916 Work as for day before at all posts 28 May 1916 Church Parade at KUBRI. Garrison of CREWR arrived. Garrison of RAILHEAD relieved by 1/10 LONDON R. 29 May 1916 Defence Work on Bridgehead continued. Posts at BALUCHISTAN commanded by Capt EV ANDREINI, GURKHA Post commanded by Capt CR James. 30 May 1916 Defence work on Bridgehead continued 31 May 1916 Defence work on Bridgehead continued
  • Date free text
    1-31 May 1916
  • Production date
    From: 1916 To: 1916
  • Level of description
    item
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