Bedfordshire Archives Service Catalogue
  • Reference
    X550/6/8/1611
  • Title
    War Diary for November 1916 1 Nov 1916 - el Shatt Digging 2 Nov 1916 Usual parades & routine 3 Nov 1916 Usual parades & routine 4 Nov 1916 Battalion drill 5 Nov 1916 Church parade 0730 6 Nov 1916 Usual parades & routine. 2 officers & 5 OR's ordered to escort prisoners of war. 7 Nov 1916 Batt Route March. Inspection on march by G.O.C. 54 Div. 8 Nov 1916 Batt employed on Defence works 9 Nov 1916 G.O.C. Eastern Forces inspection Batt huts. usual parades & routine. 10 Nov 1916 Usual parades & Routine 11 Nov 1916 Farewell address to Batt by General WATSON. Battalion Drill. 12 Nov 1916 Church Parade 0730 13 Nov 1916 Orders received to move to posts in D Subsection as follows. (a) Batt less 2 1/2 Coys GENEFFE RAILHEAD (b) 2 coys to OLDHAM (c) 1/2 coy to KABRIT. Coys detailed as follows (a) Batt HQ 1/2 C Coy & D Coy (b) A & B Coys (c) C Coy less 2 Platoons. Strength at posts approx as follows (a) 300 all ranks (b) 400 all ranks (c) 100 all ranks. 14 Nov 1916 - Geneffe Railhead, Oldham Post and Kabrit Battalion moved by lighter to GENEFFE & KABRIT. Marched from GENEFFE to RAILHEAD & OLDHAM. Posts taken over. 15 Nov 1916 General cleaning up, patching of tents. 16 Nov 1916 Defence orders for RAILHEAD issued. General claening up: defence orders practised by day & night. 17 Nov 1916 Post Routine. General cleaning of Camp 18 Nov 1916 0530 Y & Z parties Green Column left for KUBRI RAILHEAD via SHALLUFA. 0800 C.O.Rode to Oldham 0930 G.O.C. 162nd Brigade visited OLDHAM 1100 GOC 162nd Brigade visited GENEFFE R. 19 Nov 1916 Church Parade 0900. C.O. Rode to KUBRI for GOC 162nd Bde's Conference 1900 Column party returned from KUBRI RAILHEAD via KUBRI & SHALLUFA. Post routine, digging. 20 Nov 1916 Post routine. C.O.'s lecture to GENEFFE RAILHEAD officers 1200: C.O. rode to OLDHAM & gave his lecture to officers there 21 Nov 1916 Batt route march 12 miles, carried out by detachments at each post. C.O. rode to KABRIT. Routine work. 22 Nov 1916 C.O.returned. Medical examination of all ranks for fitness for active service. 23 Nov 1916 Post routine. Medical inspection 24 Nov 1916 Batt route march 12 miles for those not going on 21st Post Routine 25 Nov 1916 Post routine. Live bomb throwing to E. of GENEFFE RAILHEAD 26 Nov 1916 Church parades. CofE 0715: Holy Communion 0800. Nonconformist 0715: R.C. 0615 27 Nov 1916 Post routine: LEWIS GUN firing A & B Coy sections from OLDHAM. Range firing & F.S targets C Coy. 28 Nov 1918 LEWIS GUN firing C & D sections long route march for half batt at posts. D coy on Range, live bomb throwing 29 Nov 1916 LEWIS GUN Firing: coys firing field firing scheme on desert, live grenade throwing at OLDHAM. C.O. & Adj went on long patrol - 30 miles with Yeo - across front of posts held by Batt. 30 Nov 1916 LEWIS GUN Firing: coys firing as on 29th: bathing party went down to GENEFFE & returned same day.
  • Date free text
    1-30 Nov 1916
  • Production date
    From: 1916 To: 1916
  • Level of description
    item
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