Category: Finsbury Rifles
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 October to 4 October
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 01.10.15 Trenches shelled about midday and also between 16.00 and 19.00; less than a dozen shells in all no damage done. From 16.30 onwards heavy bombardment of Hill 100 to Sandbag Ridge; observation made by ? and reported to Brigade. At dark two officer patrols…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 September to 30 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 22.09.15 Hostile aeroplane over trenches about 11 am. Between 4.30 and 5.30pm heavy bombardment of lines. Two men wounded, one machine gun out of action and damage done to parapet of trenches in parts. At night small parties of Turks again seen in neighbourhood of…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 15 September to 21 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 15.09.15 Uneventful day. Night fatigues as before, number of men available 150 only. No improvement in health of battalion. Australian trenches visited by Capt Windsor. At dusk Lt. Lord and party returned from N.Z Inf. Bde, no casualties during stay. Bathing continued. Date: 16.09.15 Uneventful…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 8 September to 14 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 08.09.15 About 1am. Advanced post retired and reported enemy advancing. Whole line roused and stood to arms but no attack made. At 3am advanced post sent out again and reported all quiet. In early morning white flag brought in. Remainder of day quiet and without…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 1 September to 7 September
Location: AGHYL DERE (Anzac) Date: 01.09.15 Very uneventful day. Second line positions inspected by C.O. Experimental bathing parade returned without incident. Digging continued at dusk but interrupted about midnight by heavy firing all along the front line. Date: 02.09.15 Quiet day. Numerous bathing parades return without casualties. Digging continued at…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 29 August to 31 August
Location: AGHYL DERE Date: 29.8.15 Several men wounded by machine gun in early morning. Day otherwise uneventual and spent in fatigues and improving bivouac. Digging parties provided during night to link up right and left sections of fire-trenches occupied by 1/5th Bedfordshire to whom the battalion is being held in…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 22 August to 28 August
Location: SUVLA Date: 22 August 15 Orders received that battalion would be relieved during day by part of 29th Division. In the meanwhile to be still prepared to take part in any general advance. A quiet day. Battalion not called upon to move. Just before midnight relieved by 5th Royal…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 17 August to 21 August
Location: SUVLA (Lone Tree Gully) Date: 17 August 15 Quiet day in trenches. Reinforcing draft under Capt Collins arrived. Effort made to get companies reorganised and men of the battalion withdrawn as far as possible from other battalion trenches. Date: 18 August 15 Quiet day in trenches. Shelling and sniping…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 15 & 16 August
Location: SUVLA Date: 15 August 1915 Party returned to camp 4.30am. Position held by Lieutenant Fox and 80 men. Battalion moved out of camp 12.30pm and deployed on a position 1 ½ miles E by NE of camp. Thence advanced under distant rifle fire on the position previously entrenched. From…
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Finsbury Rifles in Gallipoli: 10 August to 14 August
Location: SUVLA BAY Date: 10 August 1915 Hour: 1pm Started for Suvla Bay arriving 3pm, disembarked 5pm, proceeded at 9pm with 163rd Brigade two miles due north. Then placed in reserve. Date: 11 August 1915 Moved one mile east and remained in reserve. Slight shelling by…
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