First Name: | Reuben Thomas | Last Name: | VINCENT | |
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Date of Death: | 07/07/1916 | Lived/Born In: | Wapping | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Fusiliers1 | |
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Current Information:Age-30 7, White Thorne Court, Prusom Road, Wapping Calais Southern Cemetery, France
During the first two weeks of July 1916, 1st Royal Fusiliers of 17 Brigade, 24th Division were holding the line at Kemmel in Belgium, a few miles to the south of Ypres. At this time all attention was focused on the epic struggle taking place some 50 miles to the south on the Somme but that is not to say that fighting elsewhere came to a standstill. The usual practices of trench warfare still prevailed; artillery bombardments, snipers and patrols were still a regular occurrence and men continued to be killed and wounded along the whole stretch of the line. Reuben Vincent died of wounds on 7th July after having been evacuated back to a base hospital in Calais. As yet there is no information as to where and when he was wounded. |
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