2/5th Battalion, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

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17th November 1917 Daily Activity  9th Btn. (North Irish Horse) the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Relieved by 2/5th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at 2200.
Battalion marched to Bertincourt less one Platoon of C Company who were left behind to form an outpost for 2/5 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on Yorkshire Bank.
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26th Nov 1917 Reliefs

27th Nov 1917 Attack Made

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Clabby H. Pte. (d.20th November 1917)
Roberts Arthur. (d.27th November 1917)
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Pte. H Clabby 2/5th Bn King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.20th November 1917)

Just got the same surname [Clabby] there is not many, "related no idea". Just not on the list!
thought he should be. I think he may have fallen at the Battle of Cambrai, doing his best. Now resting at Hermies Hill, Pas de Calais:741, plot ref: 11. d. 21. Hope he as family to remember him.
Ian Clabby

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Arthur Roberts 2/5th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (d.27th November 1917)

2/5th KOYLI arrived at Bertincourt on 27th of November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai. Eighty-five men of the battalion were killed here today. One was Private Arthur Roberts, aged 18. Reaching that birthday earlier this year, he was called up. He immediately married his girlfriend Eliza Hedges. Today was his first, and last, day in action.
Philip Stevens

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