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Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France

The enemy often seemed to know when an inter-battalion relief was taking place in the front line opposite them and then did as much as they could to disrupt it. This meant targeting the approach communication trenches with their artillery and keeping up a high level of machine-gun and rifle fire. Reliefs therefore were times of extra danger and many a soldier was killed or wounded during them as was the case with David Hooper who was killed on 30th April, 1915 when the 2nd East Lancashire battalion of 24 Brigade, 8th Division, relieved the 5th Black Watch in trenches at Rue-du-Bois just to the south of Fleurbaix.