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8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
8th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, was raised at Newcastle in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army. After initial training close to home, they moved to Belton Park, Grantham. On the 4th of April 1915 the new 11th Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They served with 34th Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division proceeding to Gallipoli in July 1915 sailing from Liverpool to Murdos, landing near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th of August 1915. On the 20th December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli to Imbros and then to Egypt in January 1916 where they took over defence of a section of the Suez canal. They were recalled to France in June, embarking from Alexandria on 3rd of July, arriving as reinforcements to the battle of The Somme. In 1917 they saw action in the Battle of Messines and Third Battle of Ypres. In 1918 they saw action in the Second Battles of Arras and the Battles of the Hindenburg Line, reaching high ground east of Havay when the Armistice was signed. The 8th Battalion was demobbed in 1919.
16th Oct 1915 The Derby Scheme
1st Dec 1915 Derby Scheme Armlets
11th Sep 1915 Last day of Derby Scheme Recruitment
10th Jan 1916 Group System Reopens
9th February 1916 Call Ups
18th of March 1916 Working Parties
1st July 1916 In camp
3rd of July 1916 On the Move
4th of July 1916 On the Move
9th of July Arrived in Marseille
10th July 1916 From boat to Train
13th of July Arriving in Northern France
16th of July On the March
18th of July On the March
20th of July 1916 In Brigade Reserve Billets
29th July 1916 In Trenches
29th July 1916 Relief
30th of July 1916 Holding the Line
1st of August 1916 In the Trenches
4th of August 1916 Wiring Party
5th of August 1916 Situation Quiet
11th of August 1916 In the Trenches
19th August 1916 Raiding Party Orders
21st of August 1916 On the Move
29th of August 1916 A newcomer
30th August 1916 New Billets
2nd of September On the March
8th of September Into Billets
9th of September Training
10th of September Appointments
14th of September In Billets
17th of September On the Move
19th of September In Reserve
22nd of September On the Move
25th Sept 1916 Reliefs 
25th Sep 1916 The Battle of Thiepval Ridge
1st of October 1916 On the Move
4th Oct 1916 In billets
17th Oct 1916 Training
26th Oct 1916 Medals Prsented
1st Nov 1916 Improving billets
14th Nov 1916 On the March
21st Nov 1916 On the March
22nd Nov 1916 To the trenches
23rd Nov 1916 In the Trenches
30th Nov 1916 Relieved
1st December 1916 In reserve in dug-outs
6th Dec 1916 In dug-outs at Thiepval
8th Dec 1916 On the March
16th Dec 1916 Motor Bus Transport to the trenches
20th Dec 1916 In Frontline trenches at Beaucourt
20th Dec 1916 in dug-outs
25th Dec 1916 Christmas Day Transport
27th Dec 1916 Christmas Festivities
30th Dec 1916 In Billets
1st Jan 1917 In the Field
4th Jan 1917 In Trenches
5th Jan 1917 Reinforced and Relieved
10th Jan 1917 Casualties in the support line
11th Jan 1917 In Billets
11th Jan 1917 In billets at Arqueves
22nd Jan 1917 On the Move
23rd Jan 1917 In billets at Domqueur
8th of February 1918 Active Counter-Battery Work
26th Feb 1917 Moving On
4th March 1917 To Y Ravine
9th March 1917 Working Parties
11th March 1917 New Training
13th March 1917 Into the trenches
14th March 1917 Action Begins
15th March 1917 Positions Maintained
16th March 1917 In Billets at Forceville
24th March 1917 In billets at Terramesnil
27th March 1917 Accident at Terramesnil
29th March 1917 In billets
3rd of January 1918 Location of Divisional Units
13th of January 1918 More Snow - More Training
21st of January 1918 Reliefs
23rd January 1918 Harassing Fire
24th of January 1918 Artillery Very Quiet
25th of January 1918 MG Fire All Night
28th of January 1918 Enemy Aircraft Brought Down
29th of January 1918 Enemy Sniping
3rd of February 1918 Dugout Attacked
10th of February 1918 A Large Explosion
12th of February 1918 Canadian Raid Goes Ahead
17th of February 1918 Shelling
20th Feb 1918 Enemy Sentry Hit
24th of February 1918 A Daylight Patrol
26th of February 1918 Enemy Heavies Active
27th of February 1918 Orders
2nd of March 1918 Heavy Gas Shelling
4th of March 1918 A Gas Shell Shoot
8th of March 1918 Hostile Artillery in Action
10th of March 1918 5th Dorsets on Patrol
12th of March 1918 Enemy Fire "Above Normal"
16th of March 1918 Artillery Activity Decreased
17th of March 1918 Seventeen Balloons Spotted
20th of March 1918 Batteries Harassed
24th of March 1918 Germans on Short Rations
28th of March 1918 A Dump Burns
31st of March 1918 Allied Gas Operations
1st of April 1918 Four Balloons Down
7th of April 1918 A Relief Ordered
9th of April 1918 Snipers vs. Snipers
13th of April 1918 A Gas Bombardment
13th of April 1918 Report
14th of April 1918 Dumps Destroyed
15th of April 1918 New German Divisions
21st of April 1918 Heavy Bombardment
25th of April 1918 In Case of Attack
28th of April 1918 Demolition Plans
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Those known to have served with8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War 1914-1918. - Andrews Norman. Pte. (d.22nd December 1916)
- Atkinson Henry. Pte. (d.2nd Oct 1916)
- Backley Herbert. L/Cpl. (d.26th Sep 1916)
- Bolam MM. John. Pte.
- Burton William Alfred. Pte. (d.6th Sept 1915)
- Cockhead Thomas. Cpl. (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Dodgson John Humphrey. L/Cpl.
- Fisher Joseph Arthur. L/Cpl. (d.16th Aug 1917)
- Gameson George Henry. 2nd Lt. (d.14th March 1917 )
- Halliday C.. Pte. (d.13th Jun 1917)
- Hurst Louis. L/Cpl. (d.13th August 1916 )
- Hutchinson John. Pte. (d.2nd Sep 1917)
- Lonsdale John Robert. Pte. (d.14th Oct 1916)
- Macrae MC. Kenneth Duncan Cameron. Capt.
- Mayhew John Herbert. L/Cpl. (d.26th September 1916)
- McCormack Michael Austin. Cpl. (d.4th Oct 1916)
- McKenzie John. Pte (d.5th Jan 1917)
- Moffitt Herbert Johnson. L/Sgt (d.16th August 1917)
- Moody Harry. Pte. (d.8th Oct 1917)
- O'Brien Michael. Pte.
- Patterson Alfred. Pte. (d.4th Oct 1917)
- Peden Alexander. Pte. (d.1st September 1915)
- Preston William Henry. Cpl (d.7th August 1915)
- Ramshaw John William. Pte. (d.28th Sep 1918)
- Robertson Douglas Forbes. 2/Lt. (d.26th Sep 1916)
- Rose George. L/Cpl. (d.19th Aug 1915)
- Rowan Edward. L/Cpl. (d.26th Sep 1916)
- Rushworth George. Pte. (d.16th August 1917)
- Scott Joseph. Pte. (d.10th Aug 1915)
- Snowden Robert. Pte. (d.1st July 1916)
- Ullock Joseph Edward. Pte. (d.19th Aug 1915)
- Walker James Fredrick. Cpl. (d.14th Jun 1917)
- Walker MiD. James Fred. Cpl. (d.14th June 1917)
- Whatley William James. Pte. (d.26th Sept 1916)
- Williamson Edward Alfred. L/Cpl. (d.17th Sep 1917)
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Cpl. James Fred Walker MiD. 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.14th June 1917) James Walker was the inspiration for me to join the Armed Forces and I have part of his name. I have only ever heard stories of him as he died before I was born. In fact he was killed in action 14th of June 1917 in the Ypres Salient or Messines. I have been unable to find a grave for him but I do know his name is on the Menin Gate Memorial.
He was also Mentioned in Dispatches but I have not been able to find out why or when or where.
His wife remarried after his death and her name became Alice Humphries. I did know her although she was never able to tell me much about him.
He remains etched in my memory a great, kind and brave man. May he Rest in Peace with his friends and fellow soldiers who also gave their lives for our tomorrow.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
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Pte. Michael O'Brien 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Michael O'Brien was wounded at the Dardanelles.
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Pte. William Alfred Burton 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.6th Sept 1915) William Burton was born in Scarborough in 1886, the son of Thomas Burton and Mary Ann (nee Wallis). Thomas Burton was a shipyard driller.
By 1881 the family had moved to Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
William married Emily Gertrude Morris in 1910 at Gateshead and in 1911 they were living at 94, Vine Street, Gateshead. They had one child; a son; George William Burton.
On the 1911 Census William Alfred's occupation is shown as a stoneman/coal miner.
William enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers, 8th Battalion at Newcastle upon Tyne and disembarked in the Balkan Theatre, on the 7th of October 1915.
William Alfred Burton died of wounds at Alexandria, Egypt on 6th of September 1915.
He is buried in the Chatby Cemetery, Alexandria.
Emily Burton never remarried after William's death and continued to live in Gateshead with her brother, Thomas Morris, and her son George William Burton.
William Alfred is remembered by his grand-daughter Audrey Burton and her siblings.
Rest in peace grand-dad, you gave your life for us. Thank you.
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Pte. Alexander Peden 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st September 1915) Alexander Peden was born in Askam in 1891 the son of David and Elizabeth Leavers Peden of 18 Furnace Place, Askam. Alexander's father was a labourer in the iron ore mines, originally from Ireland, his mother was from West Bromwich. In 1901 Alexander was living with his parents and siblings James, David, Edward and Susan. A son William died in 1900 aged 11 months. His sister Sarah was a servant living in Scotforth near Lancaster. Before the war Alexander was a mine worker in one of the local mines. In 1911 Alexander was boarding with Agnes Duke in Leigh, Lancashire, where he was working as a coal miner below ground. His father in 1907 aged 54 years and his mother in 1934 aged 73 years. They are both interred in St Peter's Churchyard.
Alexander signed in up in Ashington, Northumberland in 1915 joining the 8th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Alexander was deployed over-seas on 10th of July 1915. The 8th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, was raised at Newcastle in August 1914 as part of Kitchener's First New Army.
After initial training close to home, they moved to Belton Park, Grantham. On the 4th of April 1915 the Division assembled at Witley and Frensham for final training. They served with 34th Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division proceeding to Gallipoli in July 1915 sailing from Liverpool to Murdos on board SS Aquitania, landing near Lala Baba at Suvla Bay on the 6th of August 1915.
On the 20th December 1915 the Division was withdrawn from Gallipoli to Imbros and then to Egypt in January 1916 where they took over defence of a section of the Suez canal. Alexander died of his wounds in the military hospital in Alexandria, after not quite a month in Turkey. It is likely that he was wounded at the Battle for Scimitar Hill (21st August 1915) in which in one day of fighting the British suffered 5,300 casualties out of the 14,300 soldiers who participated.
The Barrow News of 18 September 1915 tells us:
Died Of Wounds. On Friday last Mrs. Peden, Furness-place, received official news that her son, Private A. Peden, Northumberland Fusiliers, had died of his wounds on September 1st. We reported in the news previously that Private Peden had been severely wounded by a shell while serving in the Dardanelles. He was a fine young fellow, steady and obedient, and won for himself many friends who regret the sad news, and condole with his widowed mother. As a token of respect Mr. Ward, headmaster of the Junior Council School, had the Union Jack run half-mast on the flag pole in the school yard.
Remembered with Honour at Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery.
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Cpl. James Fredrick Walker 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.14th Jun 1917) My great uncle James Walker served with the 8th Northumberland Fusiliers. From researching my family tree on Ancestry.co.uk, he
enlisted at Hednesford, Staffordshire and was killed in action.
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L/Cpl. George Rose 8th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.19th Aug 1915) George Rose was born in Bradford on 5th of Nov 1893. His parents Edwin and Annie (nee Burton) both died when he was a small boy and George was brought up by his mother's sister Mary and her husband William Sidaway in Ashington, Northumberland. George and Mary were my great grandparents and if my grandmother's recollections are anything to go by, it was a household full of love. 1911 census shows that he was a coal miner.
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Pte. Norman Andrews 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.22nd December 1916)  Norman Andrews was born on 22nd November 1887 to William and Martha Carlisle Andrew at 17A Ashfield, Horton, Bradford. The ninth of eleven children, nine of which survived childhood. His birth certificate also states that his father was a postman.
He first appears on the 1891 census aged 3 and living at 324 Barkerend Road, Bradford, in the parish of St Peters and East Bradford Parliamentary Constituency. His youngest brother, Arthur Edward was yet to be born. Two older siblings, William Ernest and Florence had already passed away. William Ernest died on 3 September 1883 aged 4 from scarlet fever and convulsions which he had endured for three days. Florence died on 22 April 1882 aged 1 from an inflammation of the chest which she had endured for 9 days. Their father was the informant and present at the death of both his children. No record has yet been found for Norman on the 1901 census, but he features on the 1911 census. At this time he is 23 and living at 28 Fitzroy Road, Bradford together with his mother, aged 60 and 5 unmarried siblings. He is recorded as being single, a patternman working in stuffs. He was involved in the manufacture of worsted.
During World War I, Norman played his part for King and Country. He served in both the 8th and 1st Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers, his rank being that of Private. On 21st of September 1915, he disembarked in the Balkans and for his participation in this conflict was entitled to the decoration of the 1914-15 Star.
Norman did not survive the war and was killed in action on the Somme on 22n d of December 1916. The Northumberland Fusiliers Diary for December 1916 records little action for that month, the actual battle of the Somme having ended on 18th of November. In December the battalion comprised working parties repairing trenches and delivering rations to the front lines. The entry for the day on which Norman was killed reads as follows,
"22nd of December 1916 Owing to the heavy going and the darkness of the night it was found impossible to carry all rations to front line companies without some parties doing 3 journeys to the ration dump. The enemy shelled the right (X boys) front in the afternoon one shell breaking down the roof of one of the big dug-outs burying 10 men. After working 1.9 hours all but 3 men were got out, one of whom was killed. R.E. assistance did not arrive until 8 hours after the dug-out was blown in. As it was impossible to get at the remaining 3 men, who it was known must be dead, the systematic re-building of the dug-out was begun. It is thought that the breakdown was due to there being some shell holes on the top of the dug-out which had not been filled in."
Norman is buried in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery.
The entry in the cemetery records reads, Son of William and Martha Andrews, of 27 Silverhill Drive, Thornbury, Bradford, Yorkshire. Remembered with honour. The inscription on his tombstone reads
"He sleeps with England's heroes in the watchful care of God."
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L/Cpl. Louis Hurst 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.13th August 1916 ) Married with one son Louis Hurst fought in Gallipoli and Egypt before being sent to France where he died from battle wounds. He is buried in Avesnes le Comte cemetery.
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Pte. John Bolam MM. 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers John Bolam is my great granddad.
He was a regular soldier before the Great War and was posted to Hilsbrough Barracks in Sheffield were he met my great grandma Jessie around 1910.
Not 100% sure on what happened during the war years as he changed battalions with in the Northumberland Fusiliers around 6 times, my guess is because of the heavy losses. He was also a military medal winner and it was published in September 1917 in the news paper. From 3rd party information family it was for taking out a gun position on his own because everyone was killed on the journey.
I'm currently researching information on him to build up is journey
Would be great to find the whole truth and his journey on the western front
I'm also a soldier and have served in the recent wars and I have a lot of respect for these guys my experiences are nothing compared to these guys.
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L/Cpl. John Humphrey Dodgson 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers My great grandad, John Dodgson, was born on 20th February 1885 at St Peter's, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. He joined the 8th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers on 18th of August 1914 as Private 4501, and by the end of his service on 24th January 1919 he had been promoted to Lance Corporal.
He saw action in Gallipoli with his regiment who took part in the invasion of Suvla Bay on 6th of August 1915. I assume he was injured at some point during the Gallipoli campaign as he was dicharged from the 8th Battalion and redeployed to the 21st Battalion (2nd Tyneside Scottish) at the Somme in France, some time between July 1916 and December 1917. Unfortunately, we don't know any more details of his service with the 21st Battalion who he served with until he was demobbed. He returned to his home on River Street, St Peter's, Byker, Newcastle, working as stone quarry labourer and died of chronic bronchitis on 24th December 1930 at the age of 45.
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Capt. Kenneth Duncan Cameron Macrae MC. att. 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers Royal Army Medical Corps Kenneth Macrae, a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps, joined up and was attached to the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers from April 1915.
The 8th Battalion was formed at Newcastle in August 1914 and to moved to Grantham to be part of 34th Brigade, 11th (Northern) Division. From there to Witley, Surrey, in April 1915, and sailed for Mediterranean in July 1915. The Battalion landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 6th August 1915. After evacuation they went to Egypt in January 1916, then to France in July of that year to join the offensive on the Somme (1st July to 18th November 1916). The battalion remained in France until Armistice Day 11th November 1918.
His first action was at Gallipoli in 1915. Landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli as part of 11th (Northern) Division, which had made the initial landing on the night of 6th of August, in order to take Scimitar Hill. The 10th (Irish) Division, landed the following morning, and together they did not advance from the immediate environs of the beach until 8th August, by which time they were already exhausted from lack of water and being under constant shrapnel and sniper fire. Allied casualties in the Scimitar Hill action reached some 5,000, many of which were incurred after British artillery shrapnel resulted in surrounding bush catching fire. Turkish losses were put at 2,600. They were evacuated in January 1916.
Later in France
Kenneth Macrae was awarded Military Cross for actions between 9th and 18th April 1918 at Armentieres.
On April 9th, Germany launched second Spring offensive, the Battle of the Lys, in the British sector of Armentieres. The allied line is forced back to Wytschaete, Messines Ridge and Ploegsteert; Armentieres was evacuated with practically no loss. His citation reads:
"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He constantly attended to wounded under machine-gun and shell fire. He also maintained an aid post on the line of the enemy's artillery barrage. By his devotion to duty many lives were saved."
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L/Cpl. Joseph Arthur Fisher 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.16th Aug 1917) Joseph Fisher was one of my paternal grandfather's cousins.
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2nd Lt. George Henry Gameson 8th Batallion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.14th March 1917 ) George Gameson was 24 years old when he died
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Pte. William James Whatley 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.26th Sept 1916) While researching my husband's family I came across the death of his uncle, William James Whatley, the eldest of five children, my husband's Nan's big brother. All the family including his wife and their children were born in South East London, off the Old Kent Road. I have no family photographs of his siblings or family.
There are no surviving records except the records of the Army Registers of Soldiers effects, Medals Role Index Card and International War Grave, Department de la Somme, Picardie, France (Thiepval). He left his wife Annie of nineteen years marriage and five children. He was a lithographic stone preparer working in the print trade. He was thirty six at the time of his death.
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Pte. Henry Atkinson 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.2nd Oct 1916) Henry Atkinson is buried in Puchevillers British Cemetery, France.
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Pte. Joseph Scott 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.10th Aug 1915) Joseph Scott was born in 1895 and was my grand uncle. He was the third oldest of 5 children and lived with his father, 3 brothers and 1 sister, his mother having left the family home to live with another man.
He worked as a stonecutter at Backworth pit and joined the Northumberland Fusiliers at the outbreak of war with his brother George.
He was reported missing in action on 10th August 1915 at the Dardanelles but his father was not notified of his death until February 1916. His name is displayed on the Helles Memorial in Turkey
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Pte. Robert Snowden 18th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st July 1916) Robert was the youngest son of Ralph Snowden and Catherine Sullivan of Haxby near York. He was born in 1883 and married to Emma. He served with the 8th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Like so many others, he was killed on 1st July 1916, the first day of the Somme. He is one of those with no known grave, who is listed in the memorial at Thiepval.
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Pte. Joseph Edward Ullock 8th Btn. Y Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.19th Aug 1915) My Great uncle Joseph Edward Ullock served with Y Company 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and died in the Turkish campaign in 1915. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial in Turkey, his body was never found.
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Cpl. Michael Austin McCormack 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (d.4th Oct 1916) Michael Austin McCormack served with the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was sged 34 when he died of wounds on 4th October 1916.
Born in Jarrow in 1882 he was the son of Michael and Elizabeth McCormack of 34 High Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Michael Austin McCormack Town Postman at General Post Office living with his mother Elizabeth McCormack and family at 110 High Street, Jarrow.
His younger brother John Robert McCormack was one of the fallen.
Michael is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
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L/Cpl. Edward Rowan 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.26th Sep 1916) Edward Rowan, L/Cpl 22090, enlisted in Newcastle upon Tyne and served in the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the 26th September 1916 and is also remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. His medal card shows the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals also that he was missing presumed dead.
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