Geburtsjahr: 1889

Geburtsort: Tottington, Lancashire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Arbeiter

Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Truppe: British Expeditionary Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 50517

Einberufung ort: Rochdale, Lancashire, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Einheiten:  —  King's (Liverpool Regiment), 12th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 16/08/1917

Sterbeort: Langemark, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 28

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

The Blue line was reached after the machine gun posts west of Langemarck were silenced. Once the station was captured little opposition was encountered. The Green Line was reached with more difficulty due to the bad ground condition. Eventually the Red Line could be taken and the line was consolidated. Early in the afternoon of the 16th a German counterattack attempted to break through a gap created between the right side of the 12th Battalion King’s and the Battalion on its right. The 12th Battalion King’s moved to the right and retired 200 yards (about 182 meters) in order to keep the front line continuous. The Battalion was relieved on the 18th of August.

12 Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment. (The National Archives, KEW (TNA), WO 95/2126/2). https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14303 Verwendete Quellen

McCarthy Chris, Passchendaele : The Day-by-Day, (London, Unicorn, 2018), p. 56-58. Verwendete Quellen

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/837092

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=c5065004-7105-44a9-9d2c-0016e3dac98d

Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/1948424