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WAR DIARY
of
1st Battalion The York & Lancaster Regt.

 
Vol. 2    page 50

 


 

APPENDIX No.12

OPERATION ORDER No.11
by
Brigadier General R.C.Boyle
Commanding 83rd Infantry Brigade

19th February 1915

 
1. The Brigade will be disposed as under tonight :-

Right Section   Commander - Lt.Col. A.G.Burt 1st York & Lancaster Regt.
Fire trenchesYork & Lancaster Regt. and 3 machine guns
Support   "(P.3.) in rear of P.1. 1/2 Coy K Own Regt.
Left SectionCommander - Lt.Col G.R.Ingram-Brooke
Fire trenchesS.1. and part of S.2. - 1 Coy York & Lancaster Regt.
Part of S.2. A.1. & B.1. - 2½ Cos E.Yorks & 2 machine guns
B.2. - Kings Own (number of men to be detailed by O.C. K.O. Regt.)
B.3.   D.1. - 2 Cos K.O.Y.L.I. and 3 M.G. (One of which to be on right of B.3.)
Support trenchesU & A.2. - 1 Coy K.O.Y.L.I.
D,2, - ½ Coy E.Yorks
BLAUWERPOORT FARMRemainder of Kings Own under O.C. Kings Own
TUILERIE1 Coy. K.O.Y.L.I. & 1 Coy E. Yorks under Maj. H.W.Powell E.Yorks Regt.

 
2. The K.O. Regt. in part of S.2. and A.1. and B.1. will send 2 guides per Coy to meet the Detatchment E.Yorkshire Regt. at U trench and TUILERIE respectively at 6 pm.

The Kings Own Regt. in B.3. and the K.O.Y.L.I. now in C.1 - D.1 will send 2 guides per Coy to meet the 2 relieving Cos K.O.Y.L.I. at TUILERIE at 8 pm.