The Dorsets spent the night improving their trenches. In the morning the reserve trenches\u00a0were heavily shelled. This was B Company which\u00a0was just behind\u00a0Battalion HQ. The rest of the day was quiet.<\/p>\n
According to the war diary 1 man was killed and 3 are wounded. No deaths are listed on the CWGC website for the 27th November 1914 and I can’t find anything on Ancestry for that date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
27th November 1914 The Dorsets spent the night improving their trenches. In the morning the reserve trenches\u00a0were heavily shelled. This was B Company which\u00a0was just behind\u00a0Battalion HQ. The rest of the day was quiet. According to the war diary 1 man was killed and 3 are wounded. 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