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Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium
First Name: Benjamin Last Name: LITHGOW
Date of Death: 04/12/1914 Lived/Born In: Richmond-on-Thames
Rank: Lance Corporal Unit: Dorset1
Memorial Site: Richmond-on-Thames Memorial

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Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium

 

On 1st December, 1914, the 1st Dorset battalion of 15 Brigade, 5th Division, marched to Wulverghem where they moved into trenches north of the Wulverghem-Messines road where they remained until relieved on 3rd December and returned to billets in Dranoutre. Benjamin Lithgow died from wounds on 4th December and was probably wounded during this time in the trenches.

 

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