Shiny Posted 16 May , 2018 Share Posted 16 May , 2018 Hi All, I'm trying to find out what the 2/5th Bn, Lincolnshire Regt were dong on the 11th April 1917 when a relative was captured. I have managed to find the war diary on Ancestry but when I look at the original images there are pencil notes saying 2/4th and it talks about handing over trenches to the 2/5th. I don't suppose anyone can help point me to the correct diary or do I need to contact ancestry about it? Thanks, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 16 May , 2018 Share Posted 16 May , 2018 The war diary comes up fine in Ancestry, the action on 11 April 1917 described in detail including a detailed account of the battle. Link to the page : https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60779/43112_3023_3-00005?pid=588529&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DJdV4475%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3DUKWarDiariesWWI%26gss%3Dangs-d%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26gskw%3D3023%26MSAV%3D1%26uidh%3D6x5%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D48%26h%3D588529%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D49&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JdV4475&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=43112_3023_3-00031 (Not good at shrinking URLs!) Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted 16 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 May , 2018 Hi Max, That's fantastic, thank you so much. I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I have tried a few days running and just keep getting the same incorrect one. Thanks again, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 16 May , 2018 Share Posted 16 May , 2018 You might like to use the linked map/image here to follow the action with the account at the appendix to April 1917. http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=13&lat=49.9625&lon=3.1381&layers=101465293&right=BingHyb Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted 16 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 16 May , 2018 Thanks a lot Max, that's great. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianmorris547 Posted 19 May , 2018 Share Posted 19 May , 2018 (edited) Michael There is also a one page report by Lt Col H B Roffey of 2/5 Lincolns dated 11/04/1917 in the WD of 177 Infantry Brigade (WO 95/3022 p 48/584 on Ancestry). Brian EDIT: The action is also mentioned in Simpson's History of the Lincolnshire Regiment, read from p 211 in the book. https://archive.org/stream/TheHistoryOfTheLincolnshireRegiment1914-1918/TheHistoryOfTheLincolnshireRegiment-C.r.Simpson#page/n227/mode/2up Brian Edited 20 May , 2018 by brianmorris547 typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted 24 May , 2018 Author Share Posted 24 May , 2018 Sorry for the late reply Brian, I don't seem to be getting email notifications for some reason. I'll have a look at both, thanks very much for the help. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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