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  • Family Name
    • Troke
      • The Troke Family of Bourne Heath
      • Sargeant Fred Troke
      • Henry Ernest P. Troke
      • William George Troke Medley – ANZAC
      • Frederick Charles Troke
      • Willie Alfred Troke
      • Richard Troke Will 1732
      • Edward Troke 1713 Inventory
      • Edward Troak of Bonavista
      • Fanny Bartlett and her children
      • Another branch
    • Corbyn/Corbin
      • Katherine’s Inheritance
      • Thomas Corbyn’s Charity
      • Hew Corbyn ob 1561
        • Transcription of Hew Corbyn’s Will
        • Translation of Hew Corbyn’s Will
        • Transcript of Hew Corbyn’s Inventory
        • Translation of Hew Corbyn’s Inventory
      • Valence v Corbyn
    • Down/Joyce
      • William Down Removed
      • Melior Joyce
    • Luther
      • Fanny and her Sisters
    • Vincent
      • Frederick Harry Vincent
        • Early Life
        • Fred’s War
      • Reginald George Vincent
    • Smith/Finley
      • Finleys in the Devil’s Acre
      • Julia Finley – Hawker
      • Henry Finley – Hawker
    • Williams
      • John Williams – General Dealer
      • John Williams – Working Cutler
      • John Williams – Able Seaman
    • Welch/Rock
      • Rock Band of Brothers
      • Michael John Rock
      • Christopher Rock
      • Rock v Rock & Tucker
      • Patrick Joseph Rock
      • Joseph Rock
      • Charlotte Welch
      • Percy Carson
    • Downton
      • My Downton Ancestors
    • Strays
      • Thomas and James Hicks
      • Jane James – Miller’s Daughter
      • John Warren – Blacksmith
      • Reginald Stancliffe Newbold
      • Charles Carson – Red Cap
      • George Gardiner
      • The Rooper Family
  • Miscellaneous
    • Bournemouth
      • Economic Hardships and Inclosure
      • Spring Cottage
      • Boscombe School Gardens
      • Wesleyan Methodist Chapel at West Howe
    • Poole
      • Brush Making in Poole
      • Early Newtown Methodism
    • West Parley
      • The Hospitaller Connection
      • Division of Wastes of West Parley and Moores
      • A French Asylum Seeker
      • A Riddle
    • Rest of Dorset
      • Path to Arish Mell
    • H.M.S. Acasta (1912)
      • H.M.S. Acasta (1912)
      • H.M.S. Acasta in 1915
      • H.M.S. Acasta – her dead
      • Jutland – Official Despatches
      • Jutland – Personal Experiences
      • Illustrated London News
      • Acasta – British Newspaper Cuttings
      • Jutland – Australian Newspaper Cuttings
      • In the art of Wyllie
      • Kipling on Acasta
    • WWI Industrial Groups
    • Westminster
      • St Jude’s, Westminster
      • Scott Chapel, Horseferry Road
    • Chapelizod
      • The Flax Mills in 1857
      • The King’s House
      • From Mill to Still
      • The Distillery, January 1875
      • Barnard’s Visit
    • St Patrick’s Home, Waterford
    • 20th Heavy Battery Diaries
      • 20 H.B. Diary Oct to Dec 1916
      • 20 H.B. Diary Jan to Mar 1917
      • 20 H.B. Diary Apr – Jun 1917
      • 20 H.B. Diary Jul to Sep 1917
      • 20 H.B. Diary Oct to Dec 1917
      • 20 H.B. Diary Jan to Mar 1918
      • 20 H.B. Diary Apr to Jun 1918
      • 20 H.B. Diary July 1918
      • 20 H.B. Diary August 1918
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20 H.B. Diary August 1918

Heavy Gun just after firing

20 HB Diary transcript part viiDownload

Michael John Rock left Salonika for leave to U.K. on 11 August 1918. He never returned. There are later diaries for 20 H.B. at The National Archives but I have not examined them. Transcriptions of earlier 20 H.B. diaries.

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