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Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
First Name: George Last Name: KITTS
Date of Death: 23/04/1915 Lived/Born In: Poplar
Rank: Private Unit: East Kent (Buffs)1
Memorial Site: Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium

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Born-Canning Town

 

On 18th April, 1915, the 1st East Kent (Buffs) battalion of 16 Brigade, 6th Division, moved into the trenches at Rue de Bois near Fleurbaix in France where they remained until relieved on 24th April when they moved back to billets in Armentières before returning to the same trenches on 18th April. On 23rd April, the day on which George Kitts was killed, the enemy shelled the battalions centre trenches and destroyed a dug-out.

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