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1916-06-17
| Regiment | 8th Royal Berkshire |
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| Location | France, PHILOSOPHE |
| Entry | 3:0PM. We were relieved by 1st Northants Regiment in N. MAROC and having assembled all the available men of the Battalion on the transport field at LES BREBIS we proceeded to PHILOSOPHE where we went into billets and were at the disposal of the 16th (Irish) Division. 9:0PM. The Battalion having been reorganised into parties of 40 men, the parties proceeded at suitable intervals to "POSEN STATION" and from there they carried chlorine gas cylinders up to front line in HULLUCH Sector. |
