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War Diary for November 1916 1 Nov 1916 - Berles-au-Bois Trenches BERLES Captain E.TAWSE, R.A.M.C. admitted to Hospital. Captain T.E.AMYOT, R.A.M.C., rejoined the Battalion. Casualties NIL. 2 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Casualties 4 Other Ranks wounded. 2nd Lieutenant H.H.HARMAN admitted to Hospital Sick. 3 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Casualties NIL. 4 Nov 1916 - Pommier Trenches BERLES. At 1 p.m. the 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment commenced to relieve the Battalion. Relief complete by 3 p.m. the Battalion then withdrew to billets in POMMIER. Casualties NIL. Sick wastage for week ending 4th 2 O.R. 5 Nov 1916 Billets POMMIER (In Reserve) Lt.Colonel H.S.POYNTZ proceeded on Leave. Major J.W.H.T.DOUGLAS took over command of Battalion. Casualties Nil. 6 Nov 1916 Billets POMMIER. 2nd Lieutenant A.YOUNG proceeded on leave. A draft of 25 Other Ranks joined from Base. 2nd Lieutenant C.R.HALL (late C.S.M. of 7th Bn.Bedfordshire Regiment) joined and posted to "D" Company. Casualties 3 O.R. wounded during short period that enemy shelled the Village. 7 Nov 1916 Billets POMMIER. Casualties NIL. 8 Nov 1916 Billets POMMIER. The enemy shelled the Village at intervals during the afternoon. 2nd Lieutenant R.TIMBERLAKE admitted to Hospital Sick. Major J.W.H.T.DOUGLAS proceeded to 3rd Army School. captain R.O.WYNNE took over command of Battalion. Casualties NIL. 9 Nov 1916 Billets POMMIER. Casualties Nil. 10 Nov 1916 - front line trenches Berles-au-Bois Billets POMMIER. the Battalion left at 12.30 p.m. to relieve the 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment in the trenches at BERLES taking over the same line as on 30/10/16. Relief complete at 3.30 p.m. Dispositions as follows. RIGHT - "B" Company. CENTRE - "A" Company. LEFT - "D" Company. RESERVE - "C" Company. A very quiet day and night. casualties NIL. 11 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. 6 O.R. joined from Base. Sick wastage for week ending 11/11/16 2 O.R. 2nd Lieutenant R.TIMBERLAKE rejoined from Hospital. 2nd Lieutenant L.A.L.FINK returned from Leave. 12 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Casualties NIL. 13 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. We bombarded enemy's Front Line system of trenches and successfully liberated GAS at 2.30 a.m. 2nd Lieutenant R.TIMBERLAKE admitted to Hospital Sick. 2nd Lieutenant R.E.OAKLEY took over command of "D" Coy. vice 2nd Lieut.J.P.PITTS to 3rd Army School. Casualties 1 O.R. Gassed. 14 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. and Lieutenant C.R.HALL proceeded on Leave. 1 O.R. Wounded. 2nd Lieutenant G.B.L.MATHEWS, 2nd Lieutenant A.STONE, 2nd Lieutenant C.SHEKURY joined the Battalion and posted to "A", "B" & "D" Coys respectively. 15 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Lieutenant R.HOPKINS appointed Temporary captain whilst commanding a Company. 16 Nov 1916 - Bienvillers-au-Bois Trenches BERLES. At 1.30 p.m. the 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment commenced to relieve the Battalion. Relief complete by 3.30 p.m. The Battalion then withdrew to Support Billets at BIENVILLERS. Casualties 2 P.R. [sic] wounded. 17 Nov 1916 Battalion in support at BIENVILLERS. Lieutenant J.W.HURRELL proceeded on leave. Major J.W.H.T.DOUGLAS rejoined from 3rd Army School and took over command of Battalion from captain R.O.WYNNE. Sick wastage for week ending 17.11.16 19 O.R. 18 Nov 1916 - support billets at Berles-au-Bois At 9 a.m. 2 Companies of the 5th Bn.K.O.Y.L.I. and 2 Companies of the 4th Bn.Yorks and Lancs Regiment commenced to relieve the Battalion in BIENVILLERS which was completed about 11 a.m. the Battalion then proceeded to BERLES Village in support arriving about 12.30 p.m. relieving the 2nd Bn. Yorkshire Regiment, 21st Brigade. 7 Other Ranks joined from Base. During the night of 17/18th there was a very heavy fall of snow. 19 Nov 1916 Support Billets BERLES. 2nd Lieutenant A.YOUNG rejoined from leave. 20 Nov 1916 Support Billets BERLES. Casualties NIL. 21 Nov 1916 Support Billets BERLES. News received that the following had been awarded decorations. 5846 Lce.Sgt.F.Selby Bar to Military Medal. 9509 Sgt.J.Allen Military Medal. 9138 Lce.Cpl.G.Eley Military Medal. 8589 Lce.Cpl.T.Pearce Military Medal. Casualties Nil. 22 Nov 1916 - front line trenches near Berles-au-Bois Support Billets BERLES. Lt.Colonel H.S.POYNTZ rejoined from leave and took over command of Battalion. The Battalion left at 1 p.m. to relieve the 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment in the Trenches at BERLES, B.1., Subsector. Relief complete by 2.30 p.m. Battalion held the line from W.29.c.3/7 on Right to W.23.b.2/3 on Left - Trenches 93 to 108, inclusive. Reference Map RANSART 1/10,000, with dispositions as follows: - "A" Company - RIGHT. "D" Company - CENTRE. "C" Company - LEFT. "B" Company - RESERVE. 6 O.R. Joined from Base. Casualties NIL. 23 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES A very sharp Frost. At 4.55 a.m. the enemy opened up a very heavy bombardment on the Trenches just to our Right chiefly with Trench Mortars this lasted about one hour. 24 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES 2nd Lieutenant F.HAGUE admitted to Hospital Sick. Casualties 2 O.R. Wounded. Sick Wastage for week ending 24th 5 O.R. 25 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Raining all day. A very quiet day and night. Lieutenant H.E.MUDFORD proceeded on leave. Major J.W.H.T.DOUGLAS proceeded to take temporary Command of 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment and Captain R.O.WYNNE to command 17th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regt. 2nd Lieutenant L.A.L.FINK took over command of "C" Company. Casualties NIL. 26 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. Casualties NIL. A very hard frost set in at night. 27 Nov 1916 Trenches BERLES. casualties 1 O.R. Wounded. 28 Nov 1916 - Humbercamps Trenches BERLES. At 1 p.m. the 20th Bn.Kings Liverpool Regiment commenced to relieve the Battalion. Relief completed by 2.30 p.m. The Battalion then withdrew to Billets in HUMBERCAMPS and became Divisional Reserve. Casualties Nil. 29 Nov 1916 Billets HUMBERCAMPS. 30 Nov 1916 Billets HUMBERCAMPS
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1-30 Nov 1916
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From: 1916 To: 1916
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