2nd Manchester Regiment War Diary Look Up Pls

[wiggy]

Hi,
New, to this forum...keep up the good work!

does anybody have the above war diary and could they please have a look for me from 1-10 July 1916 for a chap named Morley or maybe just let me know where they were exactly and what they were doing....

many thanks in advance

Ian

[tonyrod]

hi ian, and welcome to the forum, to start you off  go to the main site and read up on the 2bn then give as much info you can on your man morley. 39 listed in man reg.    link  http://www.themanchesters.org/2nd%20batt.htm
enjoy tonyrod

[harribobs]

hi ian

there's no mention of your man i'm afraid

on the night of the 30/6 the battalion moved up to black horse shelters and crucifix corner, in the morning they moved up to Authuille wood and attacked Leipzig salient, they held this until the 3rd, when they were withdrawn to billets at Senlis

on the 5th they moved to Forceville (" a poverty stricken and dirty village)

on the 7th they moved to Bouzincourt in readiness for an attack at Ovillers la Boissellle

on the 8th they were moved up into the village of Orvillers part of which had been taken in an earlier attack, they relieved the 36th brigade ("who seemed to be in a great hurry to get out")

on the 9th, the battalion attacked the germans who were holding the rest of the village, they took their first objective at 4pm but were held up by entrenched machine guns hidden in bomb craters, they were relieved late on the 9th

on the 10th despite the CO reporting his men were exhausted, they attacked again, "under hostile sniping and machine gun  fire, the whole area was an unimaginable maze of craters, dead and debris" they attacked all day with limited success, being held 100 yards from their objective, a further attack later in the day had more success and they reached their objective

on the 11th the brigadier announced no further attacks would be taken due to the exhaustion of the troops and the 2nd was withdrawn to Bouzincourt

chris

[tonyrod]

ian, this is the only morly k.i.a at that time from the 2bn in the events  reported by chris.

MORLEY, WILLIAM RHODEN
Initials: W R
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 18
Date of Death: between 08/07/1916 and 09/07/1916
Service No: 2648
Additional information: Son of William Theophilus and Jessie Morley, of 160, Forest Rd., Walthamstow, Essex. Enlisted, Sept., 1913.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

[wiggy]

Hello tonyrod,
yes thats the man i am interested in...He is commemorated on one of my Memorial sites....take a look here The Walthamstow War Memorial Project
Just trying to add additional information on each of the men listed...

Chris,
Thats exactly what i was after...

Many thanks to both of you

[tonyrod]

wiggy, just had a look ,all the very best with your Memorial sites.  tonyrod

[harribobs]

williams entry in 'soldiers died'

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chris

[wiggy]

thanks Chris,

i have SDGW

cheers

[Wendi]

Sometimes we post it anyway wiggy,

For the wider audience

Wendi