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First Name: Thomas Henry Last Name: HOOLEY
Date of Death: 15/09/1914 Lived/Born In: Barnsbury
Rank: Private Unit: South Lancashire2
Memorial Site: La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France

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The Battle of the Aisne 13th September -28 September, 1914

After the Germans were defeated on the Marne they fell back to the River Aisne, closely pursued by both the British and the French. The new German line was a very formidable defensive position. To attack it meant having to cross the Aisne and then climb up a 500 foot high ridge on top of which was the Chemin des Dames, a road that gave the Germans an easy way to move troops along the top of the hills. On 13th September the Aisne was crossed by both British and French troops but after that progress became slower, until there was no progress at all. Both sides dug in and the fighting settled down into trench warfare. The fighting on the Aisne continued for two weeks at the end of which both sides realised that frontal attacks on entrenched positions were both costly and non-productive, not that this deterred them from continuing with this tactic throughout the war.

The 2nd South Lancashire battalion of 7 Brigade, 3rd Division crossed the River Aisne, east of Vailly on 14th September and took a position in reserve to the rest of the brigade near St Precord. They remained in these positions on the following day, 15th September, under intermittent shell fire which resulted in the death of Thomas Hooley.

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