First Name: | Thomas Charles | Last Name: | BARRETT | |
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Date of Death: | 08/03/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Bermondsey | |
Rank: | Rifleman | Unit: | Rifle Brigade3 | |
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Current Information:Age-28 Born-Rotherhithe Chapelle-d'Armentieres Old Military Cemetery, France
On 5th March, 1915, the 3rd Rifle Brigade of 17 Brigade, 6th Division moved into the front line near Armentières on the French-Belgian border where they remained until relieved on 9th March. Thomas Barrett was killed on 8th March but the battalion diary provides no further information regarding his death. The attrition rate among British soldiers on the Western Front was on average 300 each day and when not involved in an actual battle it was either shell fire or a sniper’s bullet that caused most deaths and injuries. |
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