Hello

[ir63]

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.

[Tim Bell]

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