WAR DIARY of 20 Siege Battery for May 1918

Place       Date    Hour                                                Summary of Events and Information

 

MAY

1^st 1918                                   Officers on strength of Battery

Capt (A/Major) L.G.R.F.H. BELL (Reg) (to Hospital, sick 29.4.18)

Lt. (A/Capt) JC THOMPSON (SR)

Lt. H.L. PAUL (TF)

Lt. E.B. LOACH (SR)

Lt. R.G. PERCIVAL (SR)

²/Lt. F.W. DAVIS (SR)

²/Lt.C.H. BATEMAN (SR)

²/Lt. W.H. CHAPMAN (SR)

²/Lt. A.E. COCKFIELD (SR)

²/Lt. E.O. DAVIES (SR) (Attd 125 SB till 18.5.18)

1^st                    3 guns at OBLINGHEM.  2 guns near ANNEZIN. 1 gun in workshops.

6^th                    2 guns for ANNEZIN moved to position near BETHUNE BEUVRY Road, E.18.b.3.0. (Sheet 36 B N.E.).  Also 1 gun for OBLINGHEM.  Guns not allowed to fire from this position owing to proximity of Inf Bde & Div H.Q.

8^th                    2 guns for position in OBLINGHEM moved into new position in BETHUNE E.11.c.5.3 (Sheet 36 B N.E.) 3^rd gun for workshops.

9^th                    3 guns for position on BETHUNE-BEUVRY Road to new position on BETHUNE-NOEUX-LES-MINES Road E.17.d.3.2 (Sheet 36 B N.E.)

10^th -31^st          Both sections almost entirely engaged in destructive counter battery shoots with aeroplane observation, 3450 rounds being fired on these targets & 7 OKs & 37 Ys obtained during **ing

No Battle Casualties during month of May.