A TIME LINE FOR PRIVATE WALTER PFEFFER DATE EVENT 28/06/1897 Birth 03 or 04/1915 Enlistment May-15 Officer's mess- Sheerness 16-20/06/1915 Four days first leave 20/06/1915 Embarkation at Southhampton 21/06/1915 Arrived at Rouen via Le Harve 26/06/1915 Joined 1st Battalion The Rifle Brigade- 5914 29/06/1915 Into reserve line at Pilkem Ridge 05/07/1915 Into front line. 06/07/1915 Captured International Trench 07/07/1915 Out of line- to Wattoir near Poperinghe for reinforcments 18/07/1915 Into line 03/08/1915 Major bonbardment (scherpenberg)- continous line duty 24/12/1915 Releived from line 25/12/1915 Post duty 26/12/1915 Rest, dinner & concert party at Mesnie 31/12/1915 Into line 22/02/1916 4th Division releived by 36th Division 10/04/1916 Releived the Warwicks 26/05/1916 Releived by the Warwicks 28/06/1916 Into line opposite Serre 01/07/1916 British bombardment- start of the 2nd battle of the Somme 02/07/1916 Brigade relieived- 800 men lost 04/07/1916 Into line- 1st-13th July- Battle of Albert 13/07/1916 Releived by Royal Fuseliers 14/07/1916 To Poperinghe 01/08/1916 Into line 07/08/1916 Reserve on canal bank- false gas alarm 08/08/1916 Into line releiving the Somersets- 9 o/c gassed 11 o/c releived 09/08/1916 Roll taken- 180 lost 12/08/1916 Out of reserve to Poperinghe 14/08/1916 Joined 11th brigade MGC- 70840 Sep-16 Zillebeke 14/10/1916 Salvaging shell cases 18/10/1916 Attacked Le Transloy- repulsed 23/10/1916 Attacked Le Transloy- repulsed 24/10/1916 11th brigade out of line 10th in 25/12/1916 Christmas at home 01/01/1917 Rejoined company reserve line 11/03/1917 Releived by 8th division 17/03/1917 Arrived at Bienvillers for training 04/04/1917 To Busse 05/04/1917 To Arras/St Pol road 06/04/1917 To Dainville 09/04/1917 3am ready to move into line 9th-15th/May- Arras offensive 12/04/1917 9th division attacked Monchy(chemical works) 18/04/1917 1st Rifle Brigade took the works Aug-17 Arras End Sept/17 Ypres 01/10/1917 Into line opposite Langemarke |
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