Lordy63 Posted 17 December , 2018 Share Posted 17 December , 2018 My Grandfather James Robinson (Lancashire Fusiliers, Manchester Division) was commended for bravery at Aveluy Wood, France on 31 May/1 Jun 1918. I am trying to find out more about what took place at Aveluy wood around this time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 17 December , 2018 Share Posted 17 December , 2018 The battalion war diary will be available on Ancestry.com and at The National Archives website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 17 December , 2018 Share Posted 17 December , 2018 Hi Lordy63, Welcome to the forum. The Brigade HQ war diary will probably add more context to the Battalion diary. If you don't know which Brigade the Battalion was part of, the Long Long Trail (link here) should tell you. The National Archives and Ancestry search pages are here, and here. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordy63 Posted 17 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2018 Thanks for your response. My grandfather was in the Lancashire Fusiliers 17th battalion. thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordy63 Posted 17 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2018 His service number 48959 and he was awarded the military medal in 1918. I would love to know the reason for his award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxD Posted 17 December , 2018 Share Posted 17 December , 2018 The war diary, which you can download for £3.50 is at:http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7353963 (it is also on Ancestry). The action receives just a few sentences, no names are given, no specific acts picked out (all par for the course really). On 4 Jun the diary records "Recommendations for awards forwarded to Bde" (again par for the course, platoons would have been invited to highlight the bravery of those individuals thought worthy of an award, there may well have been more recommendations than were subsequently awarded). The 104 Brigade diary has more detail of the orders for the operation (mixed in with the June diary). The Div HQ A&Q diary records baldly the number of awards for the month of June including 46 MM and 4 Bars. There is now no central digest of MMs awarded. Max Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordy63 Posted 17 December , 2018 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2018 Thank you Max, very much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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