12/28/2023 0 Comments Hundred days offensive![]() Prince of Wales’s West Yorkshire Regiment, West Riding Brigade, 49th (West Riding) Division. Death of Private 51339 Alfred Upton, 1st/7th Bn. Killed in action, Zandvoorde area, age 30. The Sherwood Foresters, 105th Brigade, 35th Division, who was a bricklayer from Radcliffe. Death of Private 36412 Thomas Packwood, 15th Bn. Total Casualties 9 killed, 54 wounded, 18 missing On the left a post was advanced …although strong opposition was met The patrol was held up by MG and rifle fire and bombs. Ashworth was wounded.ģ0/9/18 Patrols pushed forward during the day and met opposition at Railway. This was carried out successfully and a new line of posts was established. At night orders were received for the Battalion to advance the outpost across the R. However, they had been able to establish posts to guard the approaches.įrom East Lancashire Regiment War Diaries:Ģ9/9/18 Inactive during the day. Previously the Battalion had been attempting to sling three bridges over the River Warnave at night but was driven back. Killed in action, Ypres Salient area, age 21. East Lancashire Regiment, 119th Brigade, 40th Division. Death of Private 33575 George Shephard, (Sheppard on Radcliffe war memorial but Shephard on birth certificate) 13th Bn. Allies advance 18 miles and capture 10,000 German soldiers. Rapid Allied advances resulting in breach of Hindenburg line. Attack successful but some confusion caused by other troops occupying same trenches’. ![]() in P.13.2 and attacked enemy trenches in P14, P 15 and P16 at 5 am. September 2nd 1918 – Battalion assembled in depth by 4 a.m. Gas) 4 other ranks to Field Ambulance, 4 other ranks reinforcements. 16 other ranks to Fields Ambulance (N.Y.D.N. ‘September 1st 1918 – B, C and D Coys moved up to assembly positions at night. Information from Essex Regiment War Diaries Killed in the advance to victory in Picardy and Artois, age 19. Essex Regiment, 12th Brigade, 4th Division, fifth army. Death of Private 46908 Samuel Bernal Osbourne, 2nd Bn. Total casualties in the battalion were 13 officers and 423 other ranks.įrom mid- August to September 6th operations took place in the Lys valley, recapturing ground lost in April 1918. He died of gas wounds, age 18, following a heavy evening gas bombardment on August 15th which started at 12.15 a.m. Sherwood Foresters, 51st Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. Died of wounds, Rouen military hospital complex, age 29.Īugust 15th, gassed, died September 3rd 1918, military hospital, Le Treport, Dieppe: Private 103567 Samuel Parkes, 10th Bn. He was gassed on August 11th, taken to a casualty clearing station and transported four days later to Rouen. They were the cause at Amiens of the deaths of two Radcliffe on Trent servicemen:Īugust 11th, gassed, died September 9th 1918, Rouen: Private 204692 William Lodge,10th Bn., Sherwood Foresters, 51st Brigade, 17th (Northern) Division. It marked the end of trench warfare and a return to open warfare. The battle, also known as the Third Battle of Picardy, was fought east of Amiens and saw one of the greatest advance of Allied troops in the war. By the end of that day, the Allies had taken thousands of prisoners and captured over three hundred guns. It began with the Battle of Amiens on August 8th, known as the ‘Black day of the German Army’. The Hundred Days Offensive, a series of attacks launched by the Allies and bolstered by the American Expeditionary Force, forced the Germans to retreat behind the Hindenburg line and led to the Armistice in November. Wrights Directories Nottinghamshire 1915.St Mary’s church and Great War Centenary.
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