First Name: | Ernest John | Last Name: | COURT | |
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Date of Death: | 18/12/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Wimbledon | |
Rank: | Sergeant | Unit: | Devonshire2 | |
Memorial Site: | Le Touret Memorial | |||
Current Information:Age-31 159, Hartfield Road, Wimbledon On 18th December, 1914, 23 Brigade, 8th Division were involved in an attack on Neuve-Chapelle synchronising with other attacks by IV Corps. The attack was carried out by 2nd Devonshire with 2nd West Yorkshire in support. A British barrage opened up at 4.15 pm and a quarter of an hour later, three companies of 2nd Devonshire advanced against the Moated Grange. The left company got hung up on the wire and suffered heavily, the centre one captured 150 yards of German trench but the right company never advanced at all. In the evening they were relieved by 2nd West Yorkshire. |
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