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First Name: | Stephen | Last Name: | MERRITT |
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| Date of Death: | 21/12/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Westminster | |
| Rank: | Corporal | Unit: | Gloucestershire1 | |
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Current Information:Born-Westminster Enlisted-London Brown's Road Military Cemetery, Festubert, France
On 20th December, 1914, the 1st Gloucestershire battalion, of 3 Brigade, 1st Division, left Outtersteene and marched to billets at Merville on their way to reinforce the India Corps which had lost ground around Festubert. On the next day, 21st December, 3 Brigade, with 1st Gloucestershire leading, moved forward via Bethune and in the fighting that followed at Festubert 1st Gloucestershire attacked over 500 yards on no-man’s-land to regain some lost trenches but at the cost of 150 casualties. One of these was Stephen Merritt who was killed. |
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