Liz Hall Posted 20 May , 2014 Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Does anyone have a copy of the above diary to do a look-up, please? Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 20 May , 2014 Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Hi depends on the date, Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 20 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2014 July - August if possible. Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 20 May , 2014 Share Posted 20 May , 2014 sorry, no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 20 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Thanks for checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 20 May , 2014 Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Hi Should have said, mine only goes up to January !! Sorry. here is the WD (undownloadable) http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C7354999 I am not sure if it is in the next lot to be released (should have been Monday this week). May be worth checking periodically Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 20 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Many thanks for taking the trouble. Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 20 May , 2014 Share Posted 20 May , 2014 (edited) Liz Forum member "Bernithebolt" may be able to help you. Check his content. He is researching 1/5 LNL at Guillemont in August 1916 and I am at present assisting him with reports from the Bolton Newspapers. I should be on 1918 in about three weeks. I can do a look up in the papers for you if you are researching anyone from Bolton. Brian Edited 20 May , 2014 by brianmorris547 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 20 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 20 May , 2014 Thanks for that Brian. I was looking for the 'forlorn hope'. My grandfather A J MONAGHAN has no service papers so I started searching some of his comrades (not many of them either) and saw that he was replaced as CSM in early August 1918 (two pages give different dates) by THOMAS HASLAM, and wondered under what circumstances - he was not a POW or casualty that I am aware of. Don't go to any trouble with the papers but if you spot either of these names I would be most grateful for any info. Cheers Liz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Riley Posted 21 May , 2014 Share Posted 21 May , 2014 Mine also only goes up to January 1918. I presume that you are aware that the battalion transferred from the 55th Division to the 57th Division at that stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 21 May , 2014 Share Posted 21 May , 2014 No mention of him in the history. "For the months of April and May (1918), spent for the most part in Couin and Coigneux respectively, there is nothing of interest to record, and it was in fact not until well past the middle of August that any of the units of the 57th Division were called upon to take part in any major operations" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 21 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 21 May , 2014 Thanks Ian and Stephen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 21 May , 2014 Share Posted 21 May , 2014 Hi The diary is now downloadable ! Regards Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 22 May , 2014 Author Share Posted 22 May , 2014 Thanks, Graeme - now to test my IT skills! Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 3 October , 2014 Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Liz I was at the Lancashire Infantry Museum at Fulwood Barracks, Preston yesterday and copies of the War Diaries are kept there. Free admission and parking as well. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 3 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2014 Thanks for the info, Brian. I did email them before posting on the Forum, but got no reply and subsequently was able to download them after being pointed in the right direction by another member. Still trawlimg through them, not the easiest to read. Cheers, Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill24chev Posted 4 October , 2014 Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Thanks for that Brian. I was looking for the 'forlorn hope'. My grandfather A J MONAGHAN has no service papers so I started searching some of his comrades (not many of them either) and saw that he was replaced as CSM in early August 1918 (two pages give different dates) by THOMAS HASLAM, and wondered under what circumstances - he was not a POW or casualty that I am aware of. Don't go to any trouble with the papers but if you spot either of these names I would be most grateful for any info. Cheers Liz. When the 1/5th Loyals. moved to 57th Div they absorbed a large contingent from 4/5th. Perhaps Thomas Haslam was the 4/5th RSM and was more senior to your Grandfather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 4 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2014 Thomas Haslam enlisted in 1915 - to France 1917 with 4/5th so he wouldn't gave been senior to my grandfather BUT I have discovered there was another CSM J Monaghan DCM MM in the battalion, and it may be this man who was replaced by Tom Haslam. Cheers Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 7 October , 2014 Share Posted 7 October , 2014 Liz From 25/11/1914 to 25/11/1915 The Bolton Evening News ran a column called "Rally to the Flag", showing the names and addresses of recruits and the Units into which they had enlisted. The edition of Wednesday 18/08/1915 records that John Haslam of 21 Jauncey St, Bolton had enlisted into the "Pals" Battalion the previous day. This was the 4/5th Loyal North Lancashire which was unofficially known as the Pals. The following day RTF recorded that Thomas Haslam of 21 Jauncey St, Bolton had also enlisted into the Pals on the 18/08/1915. You may know this already but a Service Record survives for Thomas Haslam showing his enlistment on 18/08/1915 and that he had previously served as a Territorial in the Loyals. The record shows his promotion on 02/08/1918. Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 7 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2014 Hi Brian I had seen Thomas Haslam's service record on Ancestry and am currently trying to find out how he won his MC. Cheers. Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 8 October , 2014 Share Posted 8 October , 2014 Morning Does this help Regards, Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Hall Posted 8 October , 2014 Author Share Posted 8 October , 2014 Wonderful, Graeme! Many thanks. Liz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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