First Name: | Lawrence Horatio Goff | Last Name: | EVELEIGH | |
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Date of Death: | 13/04/1917 | Lived/Born In: | Hendon | |
Rank: | Gunner | Unit: | Royal Field Artillery 162 Brigade C Battery | |
Memorial Site: | Hendon Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-23 41A, Milton Road, West Hendon Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France
Artillery men faced many dangers and during the course of the war nearly 50,000 of them were killed. Their gun batteries were targeted by the enemy’s guns which accounted for many of their casualties. Others were sent forward to act as ‘spotters’ which meant going forward to the front line and signalling back to the guns necessary changes in target and other vital information. Keeping the batteries supplied with ammunition was a dangerous task as the enemy guns would target the known supply routes, especially at night. Brigade Diaries rarely shine any light on casualties sustained, unless of course they were officers and even then information is sparse. 162 Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery was attached to 33rd Division and on 9th April, 1917, at the start of the Battle of Arras, the guns had moved forward to positions half way between Arras and Blangy. During the morning of 13th April, the day on which Lawrence Eveleigh was killed, the batteries and wagon line were heavily shelled and again during the night when the enemy fired gas shells. |
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