Guest Simon Basketter Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Working my way through a as yet unpublished set of diaries and came across this - "In the Left Group we had a combined bombardment on the Givenchy front, T. In’s, 4.5”, 18 pounder and 6” All went off well and the T. In’s fired 430 bombs, which was good work." Any ideas what T.In's could be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Are you sure it's not TMs or similar, meaning 'trench mortars' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon Basketter Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 No he uses T.Ms in other places. I hoped it was T. Ln's (Train Lines) but it's not that either... Just makes no sense and it's used three times in this entry. I think this could be a personal abbreviation and I may never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 They must be some sort of mortars if they fired '430 bombs' ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelS Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Trench (grenade) launcher possibly? NigelS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Tom Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 I wonder if the diarist simply wrote capital T small ms. Given the nature of the 'groups' there might be an indication of the range of weapons available. Old Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Ten inches? Two inches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Ten inches? Two inches? What do you think? I was thinking along those lines too. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Ten inches? Two inches? Ten inches fired 430 bombs ? A pound to a pinch of hokum that it's T.M.s, despite the fact it appears more clearly elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Simon, I don't suppose you could add a screen shot of that piece of the document, could you? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Two inch (Toffee Apple) would make sense - they fired a bomb and as medium TMs were under RA rather than Infantry control (unlike the 3 inch Stokes which was controlled at Battalion level ) Giving us a little more context couldn't have hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Two inch (Toffee Apple) would make sense - they fired a bomb and as medium TMs were under RA rather than Infantry control (unlike the 3 inch Stokes which was controlled at Battalion level ) Giving us a little more context couldn't have hurt Mmm . . . . why give an alphabetic abbreviation for a number when all others are given conventionally (numerically)? No, doesn't sound anything like right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 2 July , 2014 Share Posted 2 July , 2014 Mmm . . . . why give an alphabetic abbreviation for a number when all others are given conventionally (numerically)? No, doesn't sound anything like right. Its a diary man - he doesn't have to be consistent but everything else fits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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