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Rank : Lance Corporal

Army Number : 14062

Unit : 8th Bn

Biography :

Served in World War One. Killed in action 3.2.1916, aged 20. He is buried at Berles-au-Bois Churchyard Extension, Pas de Calais, France.

CWGC:

LANE, R A F
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 14062
Date of Death: 03/02/1916
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 8th Bn.
Grave ReferenceB. 1.CemeteryBERLES-AU-BOIS CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
Additional Information:

Son of Richard Farmer Lane, of 12, Chapman St., Loughborough.

Commemorated Loughborough War Memorial Tower: The War Diary records, 'The enemy heavily shelled the village for about a half hour, all troops and civilians were ordered to caverns and caves. A shell exploded near the gateway of courtyard killing and wounding several men, other men killed and wounded in other parts of the village. Nine of the 8th Leicestershire Regt were killed in all. One civilian inhabitant was killed and one wounded.

For more information visit: http://www.carillontower.org.uk/tigers

Date of Birth : c1895

Place of Birth : Loughborough, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 3.2.1916

Place of Death : France

Civil Occupation : Joiner

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders