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WAR DIARY FOR SEPTEMBER 1917 1 Sep 1917 - front line south of Oppy Wood No casualties. 2 Sep 1917 - Saint-Aubin No casualties. Battn. relieved by HAWKE Battn. at 6 p.m. and entrained in the CUTTING for St. AUBIN arriving there about midnight. Lieut. Col. COLLINGS-WELLS D.S.O. returned from leave. 3 Sep 1917 Battn. Training. 4 Sep 1917 Battn. Training Sports, Cricket and Football in the evening. 5 Sep 1917 Capt. & Adj. J.H.BLACKWELL and 2nd Lt. E.ELLIS granted leave to England. 7 Sep 1917 Battn. practiced [sic] Trench to Trench attack. 2nd Lt.F.J.IVEY joined. 9 Sep 1917 2nd Lt. F.H.SHAW 2nd Lt. L.HAMBLING and 2nd Lt. F. HUNT joined. Capt. L.G.PLUMBLY to 1st Army Rest Camp. 10 Sep 1917 Battn. relieved 2 Coys (NELSON and HOOD Bns) in RED LINE. 2nd Lt. F. HUNT to C.C.S. injury. 11 Sep 1917 3 O.R. rejoined from 17th I.B.D. 12 Sep 1917 Liet.Col. COLLINGS-WELLS D.S.O. assumes temp. command of 190th Inf.Bde. Major G.P.NUNNELEY M.C. assumes command of the Battn. 14 Sep 1917 - front line south of Oppy Wood Relieved 1st Artists Rifles in FRONT LINE. 2nd Lieuts N.C.H.W.HAMMOND and W.DOCKRILL struck off strength on evacuation to England. 15 Sep 1917 2nd Lieuts C.KEITH-JOHNSTON M.C. and G.C.CATT joined. 16 Sep 1917 2nd Lieut. A.L.GORDON wounded. 1 O.R. Killed 5 O.R's wounded. 17 Sep 1917 2 O.R's. joined from XIII Corps M & R.Camp. 19 Sep 1917 Capt. L.C.T.GATE proceeded on leave to England. 20 Sep 1917 Lieut.Col.J.S.COLLINGS-WELLS D.S.O. returned from Brigade H.Q. 22 Sep 1917 Relieved by 7th R.FUSILIERS in FRONT LINE and took over from them in RED LINE. 24 Sep 1917 - Ourton Relieved by 21st LONDON Regt. 47th Div. entrained in Cutting for ECOIVRES proceeded thence by Motor Bus arriving about 6 p.m. 25 Sep 1917 Training started. 26 Sep 1917 2nd Lt. A.E.TEE and draft of 126 O.R. joined from XIII Corps M & R Camp. 27 Sep 1917 2nd Lieut. A.L.GORDON returned from hospital. Met the 190th M.G.C. at football won 2 - 1. 28 Sep 1917 2nd Lieuts G.THEED. J.W.TACCHI. G.W.CHILDS. C. BORNET. L.A.W.VINCENT G.M.RADWELL and W.I.BROUGHTON joined. Played 223rd M.G.C. at football won 4 - 3. 29 Sep 1917 2nd Lt.W.D.F.SMITH proceeded to 1st Army School. Played 7th R.F. at football, lost 1 - 2. 30 Sep 1917 BRIGADE Church Parade at la COMTE. Inspection by G.O.C.

1-30 Sep 1917

From: 1917 To: 1917

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Collings-Wells, John Stanhope,
Blackwell, J.H.,
Ellis, Ernest,
Ivey, F.J.,
Shaw, F.H.,
Hambling, L.,
Hunt, F.,
Plumbly, L.G.,
Nunneley, George Paterson,
Hammond, W.C.H.W.,
Dockrill, W.,
Keith-Johnson, C.,
Gordon, A.L.,
Gate, Leslie Charles Thomas,
Tee, Albert Edward,
Theed, G.,
Tacchi, J.W.,
Childs, George Wilmot,
Bornet, C.,
Vincent, Leslie Arthur Walter,
Broughton, W.I.,
Radwell, G.M.,
Smith, W.D.F.,
Catt, G.C.

Hawke Battalion, 4th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, trains, cricket, football, 1st Army, Nelson Battalion, Hood Battalion, 190th Infantry Brigade, 1st/28th Battalion (Artists Rifles) London Regiment, XIII Corps, 7th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, 1/21st Battalion (1st Surrey Rifles) London Regiment, 47th (1/2nd London) Division, omnibuses, 190th Company Machine Gun Corps, 223rd Company Machine Gun Corps, church services, Oppy Wood, Oppy, Saint-Aubin, Red Line [Arras], Ecoivres, La Comte, Ourton