First Name: | Henry | Last Name: | PARTRIDGE | |
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Date of Death: | 09/05/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Homerton | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry4 | |
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Current Information:Age-30 30, Church Road, Homerton Rifle House Cemetery, Belgium
The 1/4th Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry battalion arrived in France at the end of March, 1915 to join 145 Brigade of 48th Division. At the end of April, 1915 they moved into trenches in Ploegsteert Wood and it was here that Henry Partridge was killed on 9th May when the battalion came under increased artillery fire as a result of the opening of the Battle of Aubers Ridge, a few miles to the south. |
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