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Where was JOHNSTONES POST


mutley

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Does any pal know where JOHNSTONES POST was in the Ancre valley, Thiepval area. I have found a reference to it in a book but can't find it in any of my maps. Apparently the 1/6 West Yorks had to cross a valley in full view of German MG positions which led to it during their attack on the afternoon of 1 July 1916.

 

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Daz

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Attached is a photo of Paisley Avenue.  Johnstone Post would appear to be the other side of the trees heading toward the Thiepval monument.

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Here it is marked on a 1916 trenchmap and the same location on a modern IGN map...

 

Dave

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Dave

 

thank you, that's great and explains why I couldn't find it, I was looking in the wrong place! In the war diary it says that when they attack they are under command of 36 Ulster Div, also there are contradicting entries about where they are attacking, one says Thiepval village and another says Schwaben Redoubt. I'm hoping that someone has the official history of the Bn and it gives more detail. The Bn were in Aveluy Wood and then move up into Thiepval Wood before being sent into the attack during the afternoon.

 

thanks again

 

Daz

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