Help With an Officers Diary please .

[Guest Trenchwire]

I have no idea if any one can point me in the right direction and i would really appreciate any help that can be offered.

About two years ago i purchased an officers diary, unfortunately it is unnamed, the opening pages starts with 'arrived at le Harve on the 10/11/1915."

It mentions how he returned to 202 coy 2nd field company on the 3/3/1916.

There is a mention about two soldiers that were killed whilst fishing with gun cotton, there names were Cpl Diggle and Cpl winter and were both killed on the 20/3/1916.

And another entry states that on the 7/6/1916 lt Clift was wounded in the left cheek by a wooden splinter from a shell burst that exploded over there dugout.

Unfortunately the last entry in the diary was posted on the 30/8/1916. so i can only presume he was injured or of course killed.

Now how do i find out who this officer was?

If you can help or cant read the pictures i have posted, please email and i will gladly send clearer pictures to you.

many thanks Alan.

[Guest Trenchwire]

The page where the two soldiers were killed

[Guest mruk]

Hello,

I couldn't find anything on CWGC relating to the dates for Winter, but here are the following details for Diggle.

Diggle, W. Cpl. No. 81328 [R.E. 202nd F.C.] D. 20-3-1916. Cemetery-Memorial: Chipilly Communal Cemetery Extension. A. 13.

I can't help with the id of the officer, I'm afraid, though here is a list of those reported kiiled or wounded in the September edition of The Times [first week], assuming he was still with the Royal Engineers. It's a long shot, and there are probably easier ways, but you could always cross-check the first list with CWGC. It's s start.

B.V. Colchester

H.W.S. Husbands

L.K. Scott

J. Murly-Gotto

V.C.D. Boyd Carpenter

R. Burleigh [RFC]

R.H. Gregg

Wounded

A.M. Clarke

T. Higgins

A.R. Howlands

G.P. Scott

W.I. Travers

A.P. Hobson

Cheers,

Dave

[Guest Trenchwire]

Hello,

I couldn't find anything on CWGC relating to the dates for Winter, but here are the following details for Diggle.

Diggle, W. Cpl. No. 81328 [R.E. 202nd F.C.] D. 20-3-1916. Cemetery-Memorial: Chipilly Communal Cemetery Extension. A. 13.

I can't help with the id of the officer, I'm afraid, though here is a list of those reported kiiled or wounded in the September edition of The Times [first week], assuming he was still with the Royal Engineers. It's a long shot, and there are probably easier ways, but you could always cross-check the first list with CWGC. It's s start.

B.V. Colchester

H.W.S. Husbands

L.K. Scott

J. Murly-Gotto

V.C.D. Boyd Carpenter

R. Burleigh [RFC]

Thank you Dave, ill do that and ill let you know how i get on

take care Alan

R.H. Gregg

Wounded

A.M. Clarke

T. Higgins

A.R. Howlands

G.P. Scott

W.I. Travers

A.P. Hobson

Cheers,

Dave