(Royal Warwickshire Regiment)
In September 1917, they were sent to Flanders where they were in action during the Third Battle of
Ypres and they saw aw action in the Battle of Vimy, The Attack on La Coulette, The Third Battle
of the Scarpe, The Battle of Polygon Wood, The Battle of Broodseinde, The Battle of Poelcapell,
The Second Battle of Passchendaele. The 5th Division were sent to Italy and took up positions in
the line along the River Plate in late January 1918. They were recalled to France to assist with the
German Advance in late March 1918 and were in action during the Battles of Lys, the Battle of
Albert, the Battle of Bapaume, the Battle of Drocourt-Queant, the Battle of the Ephehy, the Battle
of the Canal du Nord, the pursuit to the Selle and the Battle of the Selle.
He was killed in action on 14th April 1918, in Hainaut, Belgium, and is commemorated on Panel 2
and 3, Ploegsteert Memorial. The Ploegsteert Memorial stands in Berks Cemetery Extension, which
is located 12.5kms south of Ieper town centre. It commemorates more than 11,000 servicemen of
the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in this sector during the First World War
and have no known grave. Most of those commemorated by the memorial did not die in major
offensives, such as those which took place around Ypres to the North, or Loos to the South. Most
were killed in the course of the day-to-day trench warfare which characterised this part of the line,
or in small scale set engagements, usually carried out in support of the major attacks taking place
elsewhere.
The Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects shows that the sum of £!0-16s-3d was paid to his father,
George, in August 1918, and this was followed by a War Gratuity of £8-10s-0d in December 1919.
The Medal Award Rolls, recording the award of the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, also
note his previous service in the Royal Army Services Corp (service 181357).