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4th
Battalion War Diary
HILL
60 TRENCHES
7th
Mar TRENCHES
The
trenches are in an awful state; after pretty
heavy snow and a partial thaw, a great deal of
them had fallen right in. We had one or two men
wounded today but on the whole things were fairly
quiet. Snow fell to a depth of four inches that
night.
8th
Mar
These
two days turned out badly for us, we had two
sergeants killed and a good many wounded, and
very heavy shelling. The latter did a lot of
damage to our trenches, which necessitated a
lot of heavy work, especially owing to our very
low strength.
The
10th started quietly but grew noisier as time
went on, we had a few men wounded though only,
although we were strafed heavily by artillery
during the day. The Bn was relieved by the 5th
Bn and proceeded to Square
Wood.
11th,
12th, 13th, 14th
We
had two more sergeants wounded, the first day
and one man killed; when they shelled heavily
in retaliation to ours. These other three days
passed very quietly, and we were relieved on
the night of 14/15th by 5th Borders; we marched
back to just outside of Ypres where
they had a train for us down to Poperinghe.
The
4th Bn manned the Hill 60 trenches
between 1 - 11 Jan, 14 - 18 Jan, 31 Jan -3 Feb, 7
Mar - 14 Mar 1916 |
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Hill
60, Square & Armagh Wood - Glossary
GHQ -
General Headquarters.
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Hill
60, Square & Armagh Wood -
Locations
Hill
60 -
Spoil heap from railway cutting, 4km south east
of Ypres
Poperinghe -
Town 9km west of Ypres 
Square
Wood -
Ypres
(Ieper) - Medieval
Flemish town around which a salient formed in
1914. Known as Ieper in the Flemish language.
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Hill
60, Square & Armagh Wood - Military Units
3rd
Division -Comprised
of the 8th, 9th and 76th Bdes.
The 8th
Bde. Comprised of the 2nd Bn - Royal
Scots, 13th Bn - King’s Liverpool Regt -
8th Bn - East Yorkshire Regt, 7th Bn - King’s
Shropshire Light Infantry.
The 9th
Bde. Comprised of the 1st Bn - Northumberland
Fusiliers, 4th Bn - Royal Fusiliers, 12th
Bn - West Yorkshire Regt. 1st Bn - Royal
Scots Fusiliers.
The 76th
Bde. Comprised of the 8th Bn - King’s
Own, 10th Bn - Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1st
Bn - Gordon Highlanders.
17th
Division - Comprised
of the 50th, 51st and 52nd Bdes
The 50th
Bde. Comprised of the 10th Bn -
West Yorkshire Regt, 7th Bn - East Yorkshire
Regt, 7th Bn - Yorkshire Regt, 6th Bn - Dorsetshire
Regt.
The 51st
Bde. Comprised of the 7th Bn - Lincolnshire
Regt, 7th Bn - Border Regt, 8th Bn - South
Staffordshire Regt, 10th Bn - Sherwood Foresters.
The 52nd
Bde. Comprised of the 9th Bn - Northumberland
Fusiliers, 10th Bn - Lancashire Fusiliers,
9th Bn - Duke of Wellington’s Regt,
12th Bn - Manchester Regt
24th
Division - Comprised
of the 17th, 72nd and 73rd Infantry Bdes
The 17th
Bde. Comprised of the 8th Bn - Buffs,
1st Bn - Royal Fusiliers, 12th Bn - Royal
Fusiliers, 3rd Bn - Rifle Brigade.
The 72nd
Bde. Comprised of the 8th Bn - Queen’s,
9th Bn - East Surrey Regt, 8th Bn - Queen’s
Own and 1st Bn - North Staffordshire Regt.
The 73rd
Bde. Comprised of the 9th Bn - Royal
Sussex Regt, 7th Bn - Northamptonshire Regt,
13th Bn - Middlesex Regt, 2nd Bn - Leinster Regt.
50th
(Northumbrian) Territorial Division -
Comprised of the 149th, 150th and 151st Infantry
Brigades.
The 149th
(Northumbrian) Bde -
Comprised of 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th
Bns - Northumberland Fusiliers.
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Brigade.
The 150th
(York & Durham) Bde -
Comprised of 1/4th Bn - East Yorkshire
Regt -
1/4th & 1/5th Bn - Green Howards and
1/5th Bn - Durham Light Infantry
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Brigade.
The 151st
(Durham Light Infantry) Bde -
Comprised of 1/5th Bn - Border Regt, 1/6th,
1/8th and 1/9th Bns - DLI
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Brigade.
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