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#51
Newly Commemorated Men (CWGC) / Re: Pte 4684 / 276766 Edgar Ye...
Last post by Tim Bell - October 05, 2025, 10:41:59 AMBurial adopted 04/10/2025. https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/75472430/edgar-yeardye/
#52
Newly Commemorated Men (CWGC) / Re: Pte 303529 Edward / Edwin ...
Last post by Tim Bell - October 05, 2025, 10:40:14 AMBurial adopted 04/10/2025.
#53
Newly Commemorated Men (CWGC) / Re: Pte ‘13494’ James Arthur D...
Last post by Tim Bell - October 05, 2025, 10:38:30 AMBurial adopted 04/10/2025.
#54
Newly Commemorated Men (CWGC) / Re: Pte 4745 James Deveraux Ch...
Last post by Tim Bell - October 05, 2025, 10:37:09 AMBurial adopted 04/10/2025.
#55
Newly Commemorated Men (CWGC) / Re: Pte 262 George Andrews
Last post by Tim Bell - October 05, 2025, 10:36:15 AMBurial adopted 04/10/2025.
#56
Morning Matteo,
Welcome to the forum.
The 17th & 18th Bns (and 16th & 19th) arrived in France in November 1915 and entered the trenches near Maricourt in January 1916. In the previous summer 2nd Bn had been at Maricourt for a period.
There's no magazine I can refer you too but War Diaries can be uploaded for free at the The National Archive when you sign up as a member - again free. Here's a link to 17th Bn. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353657
Use the search function to find the other diaries. Just change '17' to '18' etc.
My Grandfather served with 17th Bn in the Maricourt / Vaux sector in this period. If you have any German records for the period / place, it would be wonderful to see. Similar comparisons have been made for other places in the front and the stories often seem to be very different.
Tim
Welcome to the forum.
The 17th & 18th Bns (and 16th & 19th) arrived in France in November 1915 and entered the trenches near Maricourt in January 1916. In the previous summer 2nd Bn had been at Maricourt for a period.
There's no magazine I can refer you too but War Diaries can be uploaded for free at the The National Archive when you sign up as a member - again free. Here's a link to 17th Bn. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353657
Use the search function to find the other diaries. Just change '17' to '18' etc.
My Grandfather served with 17th Bn in the Maricourt / Vaux sector in this period. If you have any German records for the period / place, it would be wonderful to see. Similar comparisons have been made for other places in the front and the stories often seem to be very different.
Tim
#57
Hello, I am a young student from Italy who is carrying out a research on the 63rd Prussian Infantry Regiment that fought against the 17th and 18th Manchesters on the Somme from October 1915 until the end of the year
I ask politely if there is a Regimental magazine interested in an article on the both sides night raids at Maricourt
Greetings
Matteo D.
I ask politely if there is a Regimental magazine interested in an article on the both sides night raids at Maricourt
Greetings
Matteo D.
#58
Non Commissioned Graves / Re: Peter Connor 9466 (615616 ...
Last post by PaulC - September 20, 2025, 10:19:20 PMJust had another look, the fact that he was class Z is likely to be an issue. Probably not worth the risk.
#59
Non Commissioned Graves / Re: Peter Connor 9466 (615616 ...
Last post by PaulC - September 14, 2025, 02:46:30 AMI'd say it's probably unlikely, but I have had a man commemorated who died from chronic myalgia, so it is possible. Depends how lucky you feel!
#60
1914 - 1918 / Re: 3rd Battalion Manchester ...
Last post by Keith Brannen - September 13, 2025, 03:30:32 AMThe 3rd Battalion, at this time and for some time after, was used as one of the training battalions (along with the 14th, 25th, 26th, and 27th) for mainly Derby Scheme men, and some conscripts. Those men with higher five digit numbers would not have been there long before the bombing.
I did a search of men in the 35100 to 35800 range (mobilization date of April 1st to April 27th) and posted the results in this thread: https://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?topic=10772.0
The men were sent to the various training battalions in batches. From this I was able to determine that my grandfather, James Brannen, 35507, more than likely was posted to the 3rd battalion around April 14th.
I did a search of men in the 35100 to 35800 range (mobilization date of April 1st to April 27th) and posted the results in this thread: https://themanchesters.org/forum/index.php?topic=10772.0
The men were sent to the various training battalions in batches. From this I was able to determine that my grandfather, James Brannen, 35507, more than likely was posted to the 3rd battalion around April 14th.