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Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France
First Name: Geoffrey Ernest Last Name: WATERS
Date of Death: 09/05/1915 Lived/Born In: Wimbledon
Rank: Rifleman Unit: London5
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Age-19

Born-Wimbledon

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France

Rifleman Waters died of wounds on this day after having been evacuated to a hospital in Boulogne on the coast. As yet there is no information as to when and where he was wounded.

 

5th London (London Rifle Brigade) had arived in France in December 1914 and had been attached to 11 Brigade, 4th Division. In April and May 1915 they were engaged  in the desperate struggle in the north-east sector of the Ypres salient, which became known as Second Ypres.

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