1/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshires War DiaryThe Personal Diary of Sergeant Edward Brookes Service No: 1168 of 46 Craners Road, Coventry. |
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| This Book is of little value
accept to owner please return to above address. (1914) |
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| August 2nd August 3rd August 4th August 5th August 9th August 16th August 17th August 21st August 22nd |
- Left Coventry for Rhyl Camp - Returned to Coventry - Mobilized - Left for Weymouth - Left for Swindon - Left Swindon - Arrived Leyton - Left Leyton on Truck - Dunstable |
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On Route
to the Station at the start of WW1 (Warwick Row Coventry) |
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| August 23rd August 24th August 25th August 26th August 28th September 15th-September 18th September 25th September 25th October 14th October 16th October 16th October 20th November 30th December 12th March 22nd |
- Hitchin - Ware - Epping - Brentwood - Arrived Stock - On Leave - Left Stock for Chelmsford - Arrived at Chelmsford - Kings Review - Left Chelmsford for Tiptree - Arrived Tiptree - Left Tiptree for Witham - Left Witham for Chelsea (Course of Instruction) - Returned to Witham - Left Witham for France |
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Sergt.Edward
Brookes Born 01/05/1879 Willenhall Staffordshire Died 11/05/1915 Aged 36 LA PLUS DOUVE FARM CEMETERY |
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| March 23rd March 24th |
- Arrived Le Havre - Left Le Havre - Rouen, St Omer, Calais, Boulogne, Cassil, |
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| March 25th March 28th March 29th March 30th March 31st April 1st April 2nd April 3rd April 4th April 5th April 6th April 6th - 11th April 12th |
- Winzelee (Slept in Barnes) - Left Winzelee Arrived Bailleul (Slept in Warehouse) - Company Parade - Trenching - Trenching - Left Bailleul for Armentieres - Rifle Inspections - Manned the Trenches no Casualties - Manned the Trenches no Casualties (2 Casualties for Battalion 1 each day) - Lecture on Trench Life - Left Armentieres for Bailleul - Company Parades & Inspections - Left Bailleul for Trenches Relieved Dublin’s who had just been shelled they had lost a whole section from shell fire |
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| April 13th | Rather Quiet until about 9 at night when it was like hell in the direction of Ypres must have been in a terrible battle hardly a shot fired from our trenches spent the night repairing trench think enemy doing the same 2 reserves wounded in bringing our rations. | |||||||||
| April 14th April 15th April 16th |
Cannonade at Ypres at about 9pm Shelled us Phillips wounded in hand by Rifle fire Shelled our Trenches the shells dropped close but did little damage no casualties, relieved by 8th Battalion rotten night hardly see. |
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Territorials at Camp |
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