Battalion war diary January 1917
1/6th Battalion South Staffordshire war diaries
1917
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January |
ST AMAND |
| 1st Monday | In Divisional Reserve. |
| 2nd Tuesday | In Divisional Reserve. |
| BIENVILLERS | |
| 3rd Wednesday | Battalion proceeded to the Trenches and relieved the 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment. |
| 4th Thursday | Quiet day. |
| 5th Friday | Quiet day. |
| 6th Saturday | Quiet day. |
| 7th Sunday | Battalion relieved in the Trenches by the 1/5th South Staffordshire Regiment and proceeded to Brigade Reserve at POMMIER. |
| POMMIER | |
| 8th Monday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 9th Tuesday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 10th Wednesday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 11th Thursday | Battalion relieved the 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment in Local Reserve in BIENVILLERS-AU-BOIS. |
| BIENVILLERS | |
| 12th Friday | In Local Reserve. |
| 13th Saturday | Battalion relieved the 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment in the Trenches. |
| 14th Sunday | Quiet day. |
| 15th Monday | Quiet day. |
| 16th Tuesday | Battalion relieved in the Trenches by the 1/5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment and proceeded into Divisional Reserve at ST. AMAND. |
| ST. AMAND | |
| 17th Wednesday | In Divisional Reserve. |
| 18th Thursday | In Divisional Reserve. |
| 19th Friday | In Divisional Reserve. |
| 20th Saturday | Battalion relieved the 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regt. in the Trenches at BIENVILLERS-AU-BOIS. |
| BIENVILLERS-AU-BOIS | |
| 21st Sunday | Quiet day. |
| 22nd Monday | Battalion relieved in the trenches by 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment and proceeded to Local Reserve at BIENVILLERS-AU-BOIS. |
| 23rd Tuesday | In Local Reserve. |
| 24th Wednesday | Battalion relieved by the 1/5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment and proceeded to Brigade Reserve at POMMIER. |
| POMMIER | |
| 25th Thursday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 26th Friday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 27th Saturday | In Brigade Reserve. |
| 28th Sunday | Battalion relived the 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regt. in Local Reserve at BIENVILLER-AU-BOIS. |
| BIENVILLER-AU-BOIS | |
| 29th Monday | In Local Reserve. |
| 30th Tuesday | Battalion relieved the 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regt. in the Trenches. |
| 31st Wednesday | Quiet day. |
| TOTAL CASUALTIES FOR MONTH OF January 1917:- Other Ranks. Killed – 1 Wounded – 8 Wounded (at duty) - 1 F.J. TRUMP Lieut.-Colonel, Commanding 1/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment. |
With thanks to Roy Evans
NA WO 95/2687