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16th January 1915<\/h3>\n

The Dorsets, as part of 15th Brigade’s reserves, left Dranouter at 1.40pm, marched to Bailleul and went into billets. The rest of the Brigade followed them. The Holy Boys (the Norfolks) and the Bedfords, left their trenches between 7 and 8pm, arriving in Bailleul at 11.30pm for some well-earned respite from\u00a0the front line.<\/p>\n

I’m joining them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  16th January 1915 The Dorsets, as part of 15th Brigade’s reserves, left Dranouter at 1.40pm, marched to Bailleul and went into billets. The rest of the Brigade followed them. The Holy Boys (the Norfolks) and the Bedfords, left their trenches between 7 and 8pm, arriving in Bailleul at 11.30pm for some well-earned respite from\u00a0the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Bailleul diversity http:\/\/wp.me\/p4Wjz3-nh #dorsets #ww1 #100yearsagotoday #LivesOfWW1","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[30,223,63,8,233,346,236],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Wjz3-nh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1529,"url":"https:\/\/frankcrawshaw.uk\/1-2-1915-tommies-cooper\/","url_meta":{"origin":1443,"position":0},"title":"Tommies, Cooper","author":"ellimondo","date":"1st February 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 1st February 1915 At 12.25 pm the 15th Brigade, including the Dorsets, was relieved by the 13th Brigade, marched to Bailleul and went into billets there. 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