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Age-23

151, Castelnau, Barnes

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

On 4th March, 1915, the 1st Honourable Artillery Company battalion of 7 Brigade, 3rd Division left their billets in Locre and moved into the front line at Kemmel where they remained until relieved on 16th March. Eric Lindeman died from wounds on 13th March, after having been sent to a base hospital on the coast and it is likely that he was wounded during this time spent in the trenches. The attrition rate among British soldiers on the Western Front was on average 300 each day and 60% of these were as a result of shellfire. When not involved in an actual battle it was either shell fire or a sniper’s bullet that caused most deaths and injuries.