9th Rifle Brigade

[Hltaylor]

I am wondering if some one could tell me where the 9th battalion Rifle Brigade was on April 27th, 1917 and what they were uo to on that day.

Thanks.

[connaughtranger]

Hi

According to the history the Battalion was in the line between Cherisy and the Cojeul River from the night of 24/25th April until the 28th. The Brigade account claims that the heavy shelling here was worse than on the Somme the previous year. Casualties: 1 Officer and 40 OR's

Martin

[Hltaylor]

Thanks for telling me where they were and what was happening, now i know where one of my relitives was killed.

Paul

[ianw]

I suppose like many battalions , they had bad times with shelling. My Great Uncle was killed by shellfire (no known grave - Menin Gate) in Jan 1916 with the 9th RB at Ypres.

[JimSmithson]

Hi Paul

Just to add substance to the where here is a Brigade map of the area they will have been in.

[JimSmithson]

and here is a modern map of the area.

Jim

[Hltaylor]

Thats great ! thanks for the maps, it is easier to see where the unit was with the aid of a map.

[JimSmithson]

No problem. If you want any more information or photos of the area just let me know. Also if you put Cherisy into a search on here you will get an enormous amount of material, lots of it from Andy (Stiletto) who is a 14th Division expert. I just follow in his wake as far as that unit is concerned.

Jim