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Rank : Sergeant

Army Number : 2677

Unit : 1/4th Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Leicester. Served with the 1/4th Bn during World War One. Awarded the D.C.M. as a Private at the Hohenzollern Redoubt (L.G. 29.11.1915 "For conspicuous gallantry on the 1th October 1915, when, with aparty of five men, he cleared with bombs the right flank of the Hohenzollern redoubt, encountering about ten of the enemy. He then proceded across the open, under heavy machine-gun fire, to the east face, and with bombs held back every attack whilst a party of the Monmouthshire Regiment dug themselves in."). Killed in action in France on 30.6.1916. He is buried at Foncquevillers Military Cemetery, France.

Place of Birth : Leicester

Date of Death : 30.6.1916

Place of Death : France

Period of Service : 1914-16

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France