11th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

[Waddell]

Looking for info on where 11th Argylls were on 20th April 1918 in particular.

Does anybody have access to their war diary for this month?

Thanks,

Scott

[Guest]

Hi Scott

Early in the morning of April 20, a most successful operation was carried out by the 11th A&SH. Cambrai road. To capture and consolidate the old gun pits.

Well worth buying a copy of " The Fifteenth ( Scottish ) Division 1914-1919 " by Lieut-Col J.Stewart, D.S.O. and Johjn Buchan. It gives a good detailed account of this action. I don't have the Bn diary, but there are members who may, or who may copy it for you, for a small fee.

Cheers Mike

[Waddell]

Thanks Mike,

I'll have a look for that book. Any idea of the number of casualties for that day?

Scott

[Guest]

Hi Scott. This is method I use for finding numbers of casualties on a given day. This fantastic machine.

http://www.hut-six.co.uk/cgi-bin/search14-21.php

Type in the details as shown, click on search and the number of casualties comes up. If you want to be as accurate as possible, check them all. as some may have died of wounds on that day, but from a different action.

Cheers Mike

[Alan Tucker]

Don't forget the diary of Lieutenant Robert Lindsay Mackay which is on the internet

[Waddell]

Thanks Mike,

That search engine is useful.

Alan,

Thanks for pointing me towards Lieutenant Mackay's diary. It covers the raid well, though I have to say there seems to be a difference between Mackay's light casualties for the day and the CWGC listing of sixteen 11th Battalion men on the search engine.

Regards,

Scott