von Smallhausen Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Hello Friends, Page 745 of the German Regimental History of Infanterie Regiment 29 tells about a combined action of four British strong patrols against the village Calonne ( South of Tournai, Belgium) on 5 November 1918. The Regimentsgeschichte claims about 30 British KIA's during these actions . Now, I have been looking in some ( not all) regimental histories of the battalions involved but I was not able to find out which battalion sents those patrols. The divisional history of the 16th Div. doesn't give any information about November 1918. So I was wondering if anyone in this forum has regimental histories about 34/London Rgt., 18/Gloucestershire Rgt, 22 Northumberland Fusiliers, 14/Leicester Rgt..... . I would be grateful if anyone could help me with information about 5 november 1918. kind regards, Jef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Hi Jef. It might be worth using Geoff's Engine, and searching 05/11/1918-07/11/1918 with Tournai Communal Cemetery Allied Extension in the Cemetery/Memorial selected. Or other variations. There are certainly a couple of 34th Bn London Regt casualties there, dated 5/11/1918. Bit of a long shot though? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhausen Posted 16 October , 2013 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Thank you Skipman, I didn't know this search engine ( I bookmarked this site). I have the register of Tournai here in front of me.... but your advice is a good idea.... a quick search ....and there are 4 Londoners of the 34th Bn. killed in that day. Tournai was a concentration cemetery, fieldgraves of the whole area went to Tournai. By the way, I enjoyed very much the posts you made in the past. E-books etc.... thank you. I never had the opportunity to thank you for this, now I have. I'll check the cemeteries in area of Calonnes. Kind regards from Flanders, Jef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 16 October , 2013 Share Posted 16 October , 2013 Thank you for your kind comments Jef. More than happy to be able to help, and good luck with your search. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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