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1919 War Diary

NOTES: All remarks in squared brackets are my own additions, amendments or comments and are not part of the original document

I have adjusted all names to show in bold and capital letters, to make them easier to pick out. This is not how they appear in the original document.

WAR DIARY FOR JANUARY 1919

1 Jan 1919 - Erquennes Battn. Training.

2 Jan 1919 2/Lt. R. Humphreys [Reginald Charles HUMPHRIES] proceeded to U.K. on leave.

6 Jan 1919 Major J.H. Blackwell M.C. [John Humphrey BLACKWELL, MC & Bar], Capt. A.W.Elliott M.C. [Arthur Winterbottom ELLIOTT, MC] proceeded to U.K. Senior Officers Course.

7 Jan 1919 - Boussu Battn. moved to BOUSSU. Major L.G.Plumbly M.C. [Leslie Graham PLUMBLY, MC] assumes 2nd in Command.

9 Jan 1919 39 O.Rs. rejoined.

13 Jan 1919 2.Lt.T.WILLANS granted leave to U.K.

21 Jan 1919 Capt. R.E. Moyse [Robert Edwin MOYSE] and 2.Lt.N.R. Firstbrook [Newman Roy FIRSTBROOK] struck off strength and proceed to U.K. for repatriation.

27 Jan 1919 2.Lt. J.C. Daniell [John Claremont DANIELL] granted leave to U.K.

28 Jan 1919 Lt. H. Ablitt [Henry ABLITT] proceed to U.K. for demobilization.

WAR DIARY FOR FEBRUARY 1919

1 Feb 1919 - Boussu Capt. R.B.Peddie M.C. [Richard Bruce PEDDIE, MC] struck off strength to U.K. for demobilization.

3 Feb 1919 Capt. W.R. Nottidge [William Rolfe NOTTIDGE] struck of [sic] strength to U.K. for demobilization.

5 Feb 1918 Capt. J.T. Nuttall [John Thomas NUTTALL?] granted leave to U.K. Lt.S.M.Morris [Samuel M. MORRIS, MC, U.S. Army], Lt.W.B.STIMSON 2.Lt. L.Humphrey [Leonard HUMPHREYS, MC], 2.Lt.A.W.Oakman [Albert William OAKMAN, MC] awarded [sic] M.C. awarded 26.1.19.

8 Feb 1919 2.Lt. T.P.F. Ibbett [Thomas Percival Frank IBBETT] struck of [sic] strength to U.K. for demobilization.

9 Feb 1919 90 O.Rs. joined.

11 Feb 1919 2.Lt. H.S. Smith [Horace Stanley SMITH] granted leave to U.K.

15 Feb 1919 Lt. G. Desborough [Granville DESBOROUGH] struck of [sic] strength for demobilization.

20 Feb 1919 Lt. A.C. Barton [Albert C. BARTON] granted leave to U.K.

23 Feb 1919 Capt. A.C. Croskell [Arthur Cyril CROSKELL] struck of [sic] strength, for demobilization.

27 Feb 1919 Lt.G.THEED granted leave to U.K.

WAR DIARY FOR MARCH 1919

3 Mar 1919 - Boussu Capt. The Rev. J. Schofield granted leave to U.K.

5 Mar 1919 2/Lt. W.F. TURNEY granted leave to U.K.

7 Mar 1919 Capt. R.J. Barry [Robert John BARRY] granted leave to U.K.

11 Mar 1919 2/Lt. J.T. Dickinson [John Thomas DICKINSON] granted leave to U.K.

14 Mar 1919 Capt. H.M.E. GUDGEON granted leave to U.K.

24 Mar 1919 2/Lt. H.F. SNELLING struck off the strength to U.K. for demobilization.

27 Mar 1919 Capt. D.M. Saunders [Douglas Mill SAUNDERS] granted leave to the U.K.

28 Mar 1919 2/Lt. H.L. Waddingham [Harold Lionel WADDINGHAM] granted leave to the U.K.

31 Mar 1919 2/Lt. A.W. Oakman M.C. [Albert William OAKMAN, MC] granted leave to the U.K.

WAR DIARY FOR APRIL 1919

2 Apr 1919 - Boussu 2/Lt G.THEED 2/Lt W.HOLMES & 2/Lt K.E.Eyles [Kenneth Ernest EYLES] to 2/4th Bn Oxford & Buckinghamshire L.I. 60 O.Rs to 2/4th Oxford & Buckinghamshire Light Inf.

3 Apr 1919 Lieut J.M.Nairn M.C. [James McVicar NAIRN, MC], 2/Lt H.S.South Lt L.Humphreys M.C. [Leonard HUMPHREYS, MC] & 2/Lt.T.W.WILLANS to 11th Bn Suffolk Regt 138 O Rs to 11th Suffolks

5 Apr 1919 Capt J.T.Nuttall [John Thomas NUTTALL?] to U.K. for demobilization.

9 Apr 1919 2/Lt A W Oakman M.C. [Albert William OAKMAN, MC] to 2/4th Bn Oxford & Buckinghamshire L.I. 82 O Rs to 2/4th Bn Oxford & Buckinghamshire L.I.

10 Apr 1919 Lieut F.F.RENDEL rejoined from Tank Corps Inspectorate.

11 Apr 1919 Capt The Rev. J.Schofield to U.K. for demobilization. Capt S.Norrish M.C. [Samuel NORRISH, MC] to U.K. as a Regular Officer

12 Apr 1919 Capt H.M.E.GUDGEON, Capt A.T.Blackett [Arthur Tyrell BLACKETT] & Capt J.E.Vaughan [John Ernest VAUGHAN] transferred to 53rd Bn Bedford Regt. 5 O.Rs to 11th Suffolks

14 Apr 1919 Lieut D.G.Greig [Dennis George GREIG] s/o strength demobilized whilst on leave 14/2/19 3 O Rs to 11th Suffolks

20 Apr 1919 Lieut F.F.RENDEL to U K for demobilization.

25 Apr 1919 Lieut Col C.C.Harman D.S.O. [Charles Cecil HARMAN, DSO] to U K on leave.

29 Apr 1919 Lieut S.W.Beck [Stanley William BECK] rejoined from 63rd Divisional Ammunition Column.

4th Battalion links

Below are links to the other pages with information on the 4th battalion during the Great War:

1916 War Diary	1917 War Diary	1918 War Diary	1919 War Diary
	1917 War Diary Appendices	1918 War Diary Appendices

Biographies of those Officers who fell in the 4th battalion

Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel John Stanhope Collings-Wells, V.C., D.S.O., who won the Victoria Cross in March 1918

Photographs and Biographies (1)