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Between 21st October and 30th October, 1915, 17th London (Poplar & Stepney Rifles) of 141 Brigade, 47th Division, were in the front line trenches at Fort Tosh, a system of trenches rather than an actual fort, just north of the village of Loos. The Battle of Loos had by this time come to end and the normal routines and dangers of trench warfare were once again in evidence. During these nine days that they were in the trenches they came under heavy and sustained enemy artillery fire which killed several men, including Lance Corporal Hamp.