Bradbury Greatorex & Co. Ltd Roll of Honour 1914-1919 Letters from soldier (4) Photographs & commemoration card Commemoration card || Stanley Reddall, Pte: 20099, born 1885, and killed in action May 1917, served in the Notts & Derby Regiment. He joined into the Worcestershire Yeomanry, transferred to the Sherwood Foresters in Dec. 1916. He suffered from shell shock and influenza, and then returned to his unit. He was wounded in the stomach in May 1917 and died three days later. He was buried in France at Noeux-les-Mines. His letter to Bessie dated 11 Dec. 1916 has address stamped through from reverse side of sheet (this is why page 2 begins some way down the sheet): 1st Reserve Reg of Cavalry Beaumont Barracks, Aldershot

19017---PTE. W.H. FINCH G.GDS The front inside cover has a small pocket inside which was a theatre ticket for 11th November---could this be from the first Veterans’ Day? Transcript of the diary: Battle on Hill 70 ; Damned hot ; Festubert just warm ; Grambell dead given up all hope of hearing from him ; Dernier ans Last year ; Augustine Dutoit Marie Charles 66 Norman St N Cotmanhay 1 Chester Derby _______________________________________________________ 14 September 1914 – enlisted in the Grenadier Guards ; 15 – Guards depot Caterham Surrey ; 22 November – Chelsea ; 23 November – Met M & H ; 28 February 1915 – Met L.J. ; 6 March – Croydon ; Drawing of the bay at Le Harve where William entered France ; 16 April – Béthane Below is a photo postcard of the destruction there ; Smoldering Bethane, ignited by Bosche guns to vent their spite for their costly defeat at Festubert'. ; 18 April – Givenchy ; 11 May – Lacoutre ; 16 May – Festubert ; 18 May – Wounded in Arm ; 19 May – Beuvry ; 20 May – Letters unsure of handwriting ; 21st May – Rouen ; 1st June – Cardiff ; 15th June – Penarth ; July – Marlow ; 15th August - Le Harve ; 17th August – St Omer Photo below shows men marching to St Omer ; 17th August – Blendecques ; 17th August – Wizernes ; 17th August – Arques ; September - Ecques, Lambres, Aines ; 25th September – Loos ; 25th September – Hill 70 ; 26th September – Poor Yell Killed This is the first of many deaths William reports in his diary ; 29th September – Grenay ; 3rd October – Trenches again ; 4 October – Hulluch ; 6 October – Vermelles ; 7 October – Hulluch ; 8 October – Vermelles ; 10 October – Sailly ; 12 October – Hulluch ; 13 October - Sailly-Labourse ; 14 October – La Bourse ; 15 October – Hulluch alley ; 16 October – La Bourse ; 17 October – La Bourse ; 18 October – La Bourse ; 19 October – Vermelles ; 20 October – Vermelles ; 21 October - Annequin ; 22 October – Annequin near Cambrin ; The below map illustrates areas where William’s regiment fought in the autumn of 1915 as described in his diary ; 23 October – North of Vermelles ; 24 October – Near Hohenzollen Redoute unsure of this transcription from the diary, cannot find on any maps ; 25 October – Near Hohenzollen Redoute ; 26 October – Allouagne ; 27 October – Allouagne ; 28 October – Allouagne ; 29 October – Allouagne ; 30 October – Lozinghem ; 31 October – Allouagne ; 1 November – Allouagne ; 2 November – Allouagne ; 3 November – Burbure ; 4 November – Burbure ; 5 November – Allouagne ; 6 November – Allouagne ; 7 November – Allouagne ; 8 November – Allouagne ; 9 November – Merville ; 10 November – Merville ; 11 November – Merville ; 12 November – Merville ; 13 November – Laventie ; 14 November – Laventie ; 15 November – Laventie ; 16 November – Laventie ; 17 November – Out of trenches ; 18 November – La Gorgue ; 19 November – La Gorgue ; 20-25 November – between Laventie and Epinette ; 26 November – Merville || This is the diary of W.H. Finch from WWI including a full scan of the diary with additional photographs and information || || Front || Diary || A full & complete transcript with images of this war diary. Wherever possible, information was added, such as reports, internet articles, maps, photos help illustrate his diary || William Finch's WWI Diary || English || William FInch

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