First Name: | Charles Herbert | Last Name: | NUNN | |
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Date of Death: | 23/12/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Hoxton | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Berkshire2 | |
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Current Information:22, Upper John Street, Hoxton Fauquissart Military Cemetery, Laventie, France
At the start of the war the 2nd Royal Berkshire battalion were in India but they soon returned to England where they joined 25 Brigade of 8th Division. The division landed in France on 6th November, 1914 and on 14th November 2nd Berkshire moved into the trenches for the first time when they took over the front line at Fauquissart near Laventie for three days. They remained in this sector for the rest of the year either in the front line or in reserve. One period in these trenches began on 23rd December. The enemy often seemed to know when an inter-battalion relief was taking place in the front line opposite them and then did as much as they could to disrupt it. This meant targeting the approach communication trenches with their artillery and keeping up a high level of machine-gun and rifle fire. Reliefs therefore were times of extra danger and many a soldier was killed or wounded during them. This may have been the fate of Charles Nunn on this day. |
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