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Drummer 1018 Arthur Edward BIDDLE - 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
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| Military History |
Theatre
France & Flanders
Medals
1914 Star & Clasp, British War and Victory Medals
Medal Citation (if app)
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Enlisted Date/Place
Warwick
Commonwealth War Graves Page
Fontaine-au-Pire Communal CemeterySWFHS War Memorial(s)
Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units
Arrived in France on 22 Aug 1914
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
The Battle of Le Cateau was fought on the Western Front during the First World War on 26 August 1914. The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Fifth Army had retreated after their defeats at the Battle of Charleroi (21–23 August) and the Battle of Mons (23 August). The British II Corps fought a delaying action at Le Cateau to slow the German pursuit. Most of the BEF was able to continue its retreat to Saint-Quentin.
At 4.30am on 26 Aug 1914 the battalion arrived in Aucourt having marched from Beauvois. Almost immediately they were engaged in fighting the enemy who had opened fire with Maxims and rifles from a ridge to the north of their line. An attempt was made to capture that position from the enemy but it failed and the surviving me fell back to the road.
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Oct Qtr 1887 at Loxley | 4 Dec 1887 at Loxley |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Samuel & Emma Biddle | Old Bridge Street, Bloxham |
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