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Age-17

25, Balfour Street,  Battersea

Le Touquet Railway Crossing Cemetery, Belgium

The Battle of Armentières  12th October-2nd November 1914

The official History pinpoints the battle of Armentières to a series of battles that took place between the river Douve and a line between Estaires and Foumers. It was part of the Race to the Sea and it determined the line of the Western Front in that sector. It was fought by III Corps which consisted of 4th and 6th Divisions as well as 19 Brigade.

From 22nd October through to 10th November, the 1st Rifle Brigade battalion of 11, Brigade, 4th Division were holding the line at Le Touquet while the rest of the Brigade was in trenches at nearby Ploegsteert Wood. Throughout this period the enemy attacked these positions with their infantry and artillery and it was here that Joseph Harrington was killed on 5th November.