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First Name: | Edward | Last Name: | TOOLE |
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Date of Death: | 25/06/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Hoxton | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Bedfordshire1 | |
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Current Information:Born-St Luke's Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium
From March to July 1915, 5th Division held the line at Hill 60 in the southern part of the Ypres salient. This was the scene of much bitter fighting involving mining and shelling on an almost continuous basis as well as some large scale frontal attacks as both sides sought to gain control of the important vantage point with a clear view over Ypres The 1st Bedfordshire battalion of 15 Brigade, were one of the units involved in this struggle and one of their casualties was Edward Toole who died from wounds on 25th June. |
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