October 1917
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Orders etc
17W Order 50
17W Order 51
17W Order 52 P01
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Ref 17W Order 52
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119th Order 120
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119th Order 121
Order 121 Map A
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119th 36/264/G.L.
119th 36/265/G.L. P01
119th 36/265/G.L. P02
119th 36/265/G.L.AppA
119th 36/265/G.L.AppB

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17th (Ser.) Battalion The Welsh Regiment.
Order No 51
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1    On the 10th October 1917 the Battalion will move to
     BEAUMETZ by rail.
     Time and place of entrainment to be notified later.

2.          BILLETING PARTIES
     Lieut. Mould and Sergt Oliver "A" Company will report
     to the Staff Captain in 119th Infantry Brigade at the      120th Brigade Entrainment Railhead on October 8th, time and      place to be notified later. They will take rations with      the up to and including 10th October.

3.          
     Billeting sub areas will be as follows:-

             UNIT.           LOCATION.         BILLETING PARTY.
                                               TO REPORT TO.

           17th Welsh      SIMENCOURT     Town Major WARLUS.[?GGD]

4.          TRANSPORT
            The following Transport will proceed by rail

               4  Field Kitchens.
               2  Water Carts.
               1  Officers Mess Cart
               1  Maltese Cart.
               6  G.S. Limbers.
               7  Pack Horses
     ANIMALS
               10   Riders.
               17   L.D. Horses.
                8   H.D. Horses.

          PERSONNEL
                1   Officer (Lieut. Hammond)
                45. Other Ranks.

      (b)   The remainder of the Transport comprising
               
                 4  G.S. Limbers.
     ANIMALS.
                 1  Rider.
                 9  L.D. Horses.
                 1  H.D. HOrse

          PERSONNEL
                 13 Other Ranks.

          Above is      i/c of the Transport Sergeant.
     Above under heading 4(b) will proceed by march route
     as part of a Brigade Convoy under the Command of Major
     C.C. Dowding .M.C. 18th Welsh Regiment.

5.          BLANKETS.
              Lorries for conveyance of Blankets Rolled in
     bundles of 10 will meet trains on arrival at BEAUMETZ

6.            Acknowledge.

J.N.Gilby           Captain.      
 & Adjutant.      
17^th Bn.The Welsh Regiment.      

  Copies  1  to Q.M.
          2          "     T.O.
    "3 to 6  O.C. Coys
    "     7       R.S.M.
    "     8  File
          9        Transport Officer.

[TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:   
As always, every effort is made to mimic the original, both for format and spelling etc,. The limitations of HTML often precludes this. The original type face is not available and the typewriter was clearly the worse for wear. Typed characters are uneven along the line and the impression variable. Bold text does not appear on the original document. but has been used in the transcription to help reading. Confirmation of these points from anyone with access to the original manuscripts would be welcome.
GGDavies December 2000 - transcriber]