7th battalion rifle brigade and 41st machine gun corps help

[weshallremember]

good afternoon

looking for gap trench location which was  near flers 15th sept 1916

which was the 7th rifle brigade objective

also cant seem to find war diaries for 41st machine gun corps 14th light division for sept 1916

thanks

trevor

[Bordercollie]

This is a link to the war diary of the 41st Brigade Machine Gun Company at the National Archives. Download free provided you are registered.

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7352737

[Bordercollie]

This slight wonky map from The History of the Rifle Brigade in the Great War shows gap trench just to the south east of Flers.

[weshallremember]

many thanks

trevor

[brianmorris547]

Trevor

This map, which I have cropped,  is in the September 1916 WD of 14 Div HQ GS WO 95/1867 and it is marked Cap Trench (Square T 1 b). 

Op Order 102 in the WD of 41 Infantry Brigade does not mention it.

There is another map in the WD of the Commander RE on which it is shown as the German Third Line.

The December 1915 WD of 14 Div HQ GS WO 95/1864 has this mis filed map dated July 1916, again showing the trench as the German Third Line.

Brian

Edited 1 December , 2022 by brianmorris547
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