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Age-21

265, Kildare Terrace, Westbourne Grove

Second attack on Bellewarde

With the aim of diverting German troops away from Loos when the British attack went in there on 25th September 1915, there were three subsidiary attacks by the British, the largest being the Second attack on Bellewaarde in the Ypres salient.

At 4.20am this attack was launched on a 2000 yard front from Hooge to the Bellewaarde Ridge by 3rd Division and 14th Division and eventually achieved nothing. 6th Somerset Light Infantry of 43 Brigade, 14th Division were not directly involved in this attack but no doubt they experienced some of the German retaliatory artillery fire and it was probably this that took the life of 2nd Lieutenant Talbot.