Theatre

Action/Battle/Other

Battle of Delville Wood (Battle of the Somme)

Place of Death

Montauban

Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

December 1914 at Warwick

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

On the day he was killed John was in the lines at Montauban Alley in the Longueval sector where his battalion was involved in the digging of trenches. The war diary records that they were shelled constantly and that 11 men were wounded, 3 had shell shock and 1 was missing. It is assumed that John was the one marked as missing as his body was never recovered. The following day the battalion was to attack a part of Delville Wood.

Trench Map at Montauban	Ypres Menin Gate Memorial

Birth Date & Place

Baptism Date & Place

Parents

James & Hannah of Bubbenhall

Wife & Marriage

Children

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Occupation(s)

• 1911 - Road Labourer

Schools & Colleges

Address History

• 1891 - Black Bank, Exhall
• 1901 - Britannia Place, Ryton on Dunsmore
• 1911 - Bubbenhall

Other Information

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