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Home Battles & Offensives Neuve Chapelle. 13 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. April 1916.

Neuve Chapelle. 13 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. April 1916.

March 14, 2017Published By Ben Hillidge

Neuve Chapelle. 13 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. April 1916

Bethune.

During the night of 17 April 1916 the 13 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers relieved the 10 Bn Worcestershire Rgt. in the front line at Winchester sector to the north of Neuve Chapelle. They remained in the line for 3 days. The enemy’s artillery was very active and it was evident that Winchester Trench and posts had been well registered, the men spent much time repairing the damage and trying to improve the trench drainage. They also laid about 50 yards of wire. The enemy too seemed to be hard at work in the mine craters opposite. On 20 April the battalion was relieved by 14 Bn RWF and went back to billets at Pont du Hem. The War Diary has no record of casualties.

Private 33281 Clifford Sheldon, 13 Bn (C Coy) Royal Welsh Fusiliers. DoW 25 April 1916, Merville Communal Cemetery

GOOGLE MAPS centres on crossroads of D 168 and D 171 and approximate centre of the Winchester ines.

13 Bn RWF. Neuve Chapelle – Winchester lines. (National Archives)

 

References and Sources WAR DIARY 13 Bn RWF.

B&O 1916. Bethune. Neuve Chapelle. 13 Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. April 1916.

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