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War Diaries
« on: Sunday 18 March 18 12:11 GMT (UK) »
I've managed to transcribe most of this description of the action but was unsure about the '600x' after 'brought down by hostile fire'.

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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 18 March 18 12:37 GMT (UK) »
The x is the symbol for yards.

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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 18 March 18 14:07 GMT (UK) »
Thanks so much. Another question if I may, Halfway through the month it lists where they were which was Beuvry as a heading and a few days further down just A1, again as a heading. Any ideas?

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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 18 March 18 14:42 GMT (UK) »
Prefer to look at it in context - what diary is it.

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It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 18 March 18 16:53 GMT (UK) »
I looked at the UK WW1 War Diaries 1914-1920 for the Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment, 33rd Division (19 Jan 1916- 1918 Jan) on Ancestry. Samuel Frank Burgess was killed on the 19th Feb 1916. The A1 was in the place column.

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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 18 March 18 17:15 GMT (UK) »
What Battalion?
OK was the 1st.
A1 looks like a map reference but I'll check it out.
Brigade diary refers to subsection A1.
Top LH corner of this map:
http://maps.nls.uk/view/101465011
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 18 March 18 19:09 GMT (UK) »
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Giving it thought and discussing off line with jim1.

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I am Zoe Northeast, granddaughter of Maximilian Double.
 
It is with great difficulty I share with you that in the early hours of 07 August 2021, Maximilian passed away unexpectedly but peacefully.

With deep sadness,
Zoe



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Sokser/Klingler Austria/Croatia

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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 18 March 18 22:44 GMT (UK) »
I don't know about MaxD but these diaries are annoying me.
1 map reference from 100/Bde. refers to a bombing party attacking a German m/g position in A.28.a.5.7.
Other map refs. put them in A.21.
So in the right sector.
33/Div. have the Bethune map not that it's much use.
I think the coding used was only known to the Div. C.O.
Even some of the Batt. C.O's are questioning it.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: War Diaries
« Reply #8 on: Monday 19 March 18 09:48 GMT (UK) »
This seems to have caused some discussion and comment. I was only curious because I had no idea whether it was a map reference or a road name. I looked at the map you gave me but could see no sign of Beuvry. I'm writing a chapter about this soldier in a book about his family and as his service records were unavailable, all I had was a date of death, his interment at Cambrin Military Cemetery and an obituary in the local newspaper. It made such stark reading -2 dead,10 wounded.
I'm only assuming that one of the dead would be him. he was in a team of machine gunners according to the newspaper report. Anyway once again many thanks. Annie
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