DELVILLE WOODLONGUEVAL - SOMME - FRANCE |
WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY Pas-de-Calais, France |
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B. WHALES |
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Grave I.G.17. Killed in action on the 18th October 1916. On the 18th October, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench. |
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