First Name: | Leonard | Last Name: | WEBB | |
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Date of Death: | 11/09/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Lewisham | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Irish Guards1 | |
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Current Information:Born-Plumstead Soupir Churchyard, Aisne, France
After the opening battles of the war at Mons on 23rd August, 1914 and Le Cateau on 26th August, the British Army (BEF), in conjunction with the French Army, began a retreat that took them all the way back to the River Marne, 200 miles to the south. With the Germans in hot pursuit they were forced to fight a series of rear guard actions as they fell back in extremely hot weather. The Great Retreat, as it became known, came to an end on 5th September, 1914 when the allied forces attacked along the River Marne and drove the Germans back to the River Aisne. The 1st Irish Guards battalion of 4 Brigade, 2nd Division took part in the Battle of the Marne and the subsequent pursuit of the enemy back to the River Seine, but as yet there is no information concerning the death of Leonard Webb who died from wounds on 10th September. |
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