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War Diary

1917-10-11
Regiment 1st Royal Berkshire
Location France, Billets AUCHEL
Entry Weather fine but cold. Training continued under company arrangements. The Divisional Commander held a conference with Commanding Officers of all units, 2nds in Command, Intelligence Officers etc in AUCHEL CINEMA in the afternoon during which he explained the experiences gained by the formations fighting near YPRES and said the Dvn, after a period of training, would go NORTH and take part in the operations there. In the evening the Commanding Officer lectured to Officers and Senior NCO's on the same subject.