Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Arras Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After Jan 1916	~	Kineton
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Battle of Bullecourt (Arras)	January 1916 at Deptford	St James Hatcham Old Church, New Cross
		Pentrefelin, Gwynedd
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Achiet-le-Grand	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Geoffrey is listed as being killed in action on 14 May 1917. The war diary for that day is transcribed below.

Achiet-le-Grand 14.5.17: Spent in improving positions. 2pm heavy bombardment commenced culminating at 3.30am on the 15th in a heavy attack which was beaten off. Later on during the day [15 May 1917] the enemy was again seen massing for the attack. Sent one company to the 2nd/3rd and one platoon to 2nd/4th. These captured one Officer and 4 O.R. END