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Lives lost on this day: 124
29th September 1918 - Battle of the St Quentin Canal. Allied troops successfully break through the Hindenburg Line. Fighting continues until 2 October.
Rolling casualty count: 10872
War Front:
2nd Batt: Zero hour was at 5.50am and A and B Coys were in the 2nd wave of the attack. A weak and ineffectual barrage caused our men to be caught by intensive machine gun fire from the cross-roads. After a splendid effort to work around, Coys had to withdraw to the original front Line., having suffered heavy casualties. The Brigade was ordered to reorganise and hold the position. Casualties were 8 officers killed, 3 wounded and 220 OR killed or wounded. Officers killed were: Lts Ranson, Glynn, Sidbury, Lambert, Wright, Benbow and Woodward. Officers wounded were Lts Barnard, Starkey and Walford.
3rd Batt: Batt resting and refitting at Hinges.
4th Batt: At dawn the Batt attacked under light artillery barrage and succeeded in capturing the ridge at Au Rossignol Cabaret. During the day attempts were made to capture Kortenberg Ridge but it was strongly held, but 50 prisoners were taken
Capts GPO Donovan, C Hackett and Lt HN Newey were wounded. 2Lts J Cowherd was killed and D L Downs and JC Marriott were wounded.
14th Batt: A, B and C Coys worked on the road from Cantaing to Graicourt. Batt moved to the trenches east of Cantaing at 5pm. A Coy worked on the trench through La Folie Wood to Bridge head over the Canal de L`Esacaut. One platoon of B Coy worked on a diversion track at Bridge Head and the remainder of the men rested. 2 OR were killed and 13 were wounded.
Information researched by The Worcestershire World War 100 team
Casualties
- Pte. William Leonard Wippell 242293 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Albert Willetts 20492 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Ernest Frederick Whittaker 23842 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Neville William Wells 57738 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John Whitcombe 44304 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Thomas Henry M. Welch 76015 - Royal Tank Corps
- Pte. Henry Webster 57151 - 14th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Harold William Weaver 27289 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Albert Edward Watkins 57773 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John Arthur Vant 22958 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Wall 9335 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Alfred Underdown 43127 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. George Fryer Tonks 23246 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Dick Thompson 41091 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Stanley Victor Thornback 57642 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Ernest Thomas 204253 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Taylor 201419 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George Taylor 42047 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Lt. John Allen Sudbury 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Rodney Merrifleld Tallack 57701 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Charles Henry Street 44276 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Frederick Arthur Streeter 57770 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Victor Thomas Spurway 57580 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Walter Thomas Stallard 48839 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Sgt. John James Smith 9522 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Joseph Sorrell 50661 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George John William Smith 44330 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John Smith 42456 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Albert Ernest Smith 46138 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Frank Smith 240058 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. James Henry Slater 35905 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Ernest Simmonds 10525 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. Frederick Arthur Rowe 44244 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. James Stephen Savagar 30513 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. Joseph Bernard Richards 201578 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Thomas Renshaw 40138 - 10th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Jesse Razey 57547 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George Pring 49625 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Lt. Leslie Edward Ranson 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Francis Edward Price 44341 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George Powell 44295 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Robert Frank Potter 52987 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Arthur Edward Pick 57557 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Alfred Phipps 201898 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Frederick William Henry Pelmear 57681 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Clifford Pearson 45956 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. Christopher Ernest Neale 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Thomas Parry 38206 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Thomas Joseph Nangle 57795 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John William Morris 40051 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Lewis Mountford 242421 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Harry Molesworth 29733 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Alfred George Lewis 57666 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Frederick Alec Lee 65214 - The King's (Liverpool) Regiment
- L/Cpl. Edgar Langford 204091 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. George Lambert 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Robert Lane 57541 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Reginald Roberts Kington 57695 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Leonard John Kite 29578 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. James Luff Jolly 57651 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Francis Edward Jolliffe 57654 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George Jeavons 19286 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Edwin Charles Jacobs 43129 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Albert Porter Hulin 15506 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Sgt. David William Dixon Hirst 9637 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Montague William Hogben 57589 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Albert Hinton 13533 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Ernest Harrop 57625 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Edward Hardy 53083 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. James Greenway 12702 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Edward Hall 38158 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. Martin Glynn 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Albert Edward Funge 44273 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Sgt. Horace Edward Freeman 207393 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Edwin George Ford 51455 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Henry Edwards 41045 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Ernest Evans 42099 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Stanley Vincent Dutton 53067 - 1st Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Colin Dolphin 50575 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. James Thomas Cripps 51805 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. John Cowherd 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John Cordell 57812 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. James Herbert Conway 238044 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Sgt. George Edward Clements 23041 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Herbert Harvey Clarke 46775 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Harry Loris Chiswell 57614 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. Arthur Frederick Clarke 207399 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Gilbert John Chant 57553 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Henry Carter 57708 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Alfred Bywater 57728 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Robert Carr 43709 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William John Brooks 42062 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Oliver Burden 45996 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Arthur Brooks 41030 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. George Frederick Broadhurst 53184 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John Bourne 49270 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Arthur Boulter 37762 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Gordon Bosankoe 52267 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Philipp Andrew Boden 14975 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. Henry Blake 44289 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Charles Cyril Blaydon 57605 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- C.S.M. George Blower 8352 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. Sidney Benbow 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Cpl. Harold Thomas Beckwith 59623 - 14th Bn Worcs Reg
- L/Cpl. Robert Vincent Beare 48144 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Ernest Sidney Bartlett 44247 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Arthur Guy Barrow 242017 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Sgt. Edwin Barnes 13114 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Henry Bannister 29604 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Samuel Ashley 39515 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. George William James Arnett 34141 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. William Sidney Clarence Anthey 235117 - 10th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Francis Stuart Angell 52252 - 4th Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Reginald Frederick Thomas Ammon 57576 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. John William Allen 13403 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- Pte. Sidney Webb 45471 - Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
- Pte. Joseph Taylor 38907 - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- Pte. Harry Stanton 43930 - Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire) Regiment
- Rifleman Earl Buckley A/203872 - King's Royal Rifle Corps
- Pte. Jesse Bayliss 164406 - Machine Gun Corps
- Pte. Walter Bannister 22120 - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- Pte. Sydney Frank Arrowsmith 265155 - Notts and Derby (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment
- Pte. Ernest Albert Yeates 38219 - 2nd Bn Worcs Reg
- 2/Lt. George Ernest Woodward 2nd Bn Worcs Reg