BIFFO Posted 21 July , 2020 Share Posted 21 July , 2020 13th batt were at both places in april 1917 can any GWF say where,another welsh man writting with a sheeps leg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajsmith Posted 22 July , 2020 Share Posted 22 July , 2020 Top one Esquelbeq I think. Bottom one Bollezeele less sure about that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 22 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 22 July , 2020 Thank you Tony,I have looked in rats alley nadda,e mail a battlefield guide I know,they looked at trench maps nadda,so I will go with your suggestions,,after all its my ball and if I cannot play im going home with my ball Spoiler Spoiler I have heard of both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 26 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2020 After spending hours and hours transcribing 13 bt wr,I complete 1916 ,well into 1917 up until end of October,then I find there is a missing page ,I check TNA download and ancestry both also missing page. So my question is any GWF know what the 13 were doing have looked in history of wr not much help August 1-15th up until October they were in Candle trench August 16 still( maybe back in Candle trench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 26 July , 2020 Share Posted 26 July , 2020 Hi Biffo, Might you be able to bridge the gap using info from the Bde HQ diary. On Ancestry October 1917 starts here -TNA download here. Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knotty Posted 26 July , 2020 Share Posted 26 July , 2020 Hi Biffo Don’t know if this will help but a modern map ( Courtesy of Google) showing your two locations suitably marked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 26 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2020 thank you Chris will give it a go,well IF I stay sane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIFFO Posted 26 July , 2020 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2020 thank you all,I THINK I have it sorted ,ok its the Brigade WD not battalion but the 13th do get a mention,much better information than I started with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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