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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

pierre.vandervelden@pi.be

BERLES POSITION Military Cemetery (Pas de Calais France)

2/Lt Gerald Rawnsley 22/01/1917 aged 20
for his great nephew Philip Large
Pte Henry Smith 03/02/1917
Henry was born in Walsall to James and Clara Smith of 34, Weston Street, Walsall, his being a saddle furniture maker.
He enlisted in the Army at Walsall on Wednesday 29/03/1916 and was killed while his bn were relieving the 1/5th and 7th Bns, Duke of Wellington’s Rgt in the line at Berles au Bois.
During the relief the Germans used trench mortars on the British lines killing Henry and wounding another man.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

51 casualties

ALDOUS G A
United Kingdom Corporal 9676Bedfordshire Regiment16/12/1916 A. 3.
BAGLEY HARRY
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 9608South Staffordshire Regiment05/02/1917 Age: 25 A. 6.
BATES AMOS
United Kingdom Private 27684Bedfordshire Regiment16/12/1916 Age: 33 A. 4.
BOLLAND JOSEPH
United Kingdom Private 5507Lincolnshire Regiment09/08/1916 D. 6.
BONNYMAN J
United Kingdom Pioneer 129667Royal Engineers14/07/1916 D. 8.
BOWEN WILLIAM HENRY alias BRADNEY W
United Kingdom Private 9664South Staffordshire Regiment18/02/1917 Age: 24 A. 7.
BOYD GAVIN
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers13/07/1916 D. 13.
BUGG NORMAN ELCE alias ACRES W E
United Kingdom Corporal 143078Royal Engineers14/07/1916 Age: 23 D. 14.
BURTON E C
United Kingdom Private 28050Bedfordshire Regiment21/12/1916 B. 1.
BYCROFT JOHN
United Kingdom Private 4441Lincolnshire Regiment14/08/1916 Age: 19 C. 11.
CLARKE ROWLAND
United Kingdom Private 3986Lincolnshire Regiment24/10/1916 B. 6.
CREASEY ERNEST
United Kingdom Private 4710Lincolnshire Regiment29/02/1916 D. 11.
DAME CHARLES FREDERICK
United Kingdom Private 5534Lincolnshire Regiment17/08/1916 C. 12.
FILING WILLIAM HENRY
United Kingdom Private 2401Lincolnshire Regiment29/07/1916 Age: 23 D. 12.
HAMMOND ALBERT
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 5203South Staffordshire Regiment20/12/1916 A. 10.
HANCOCK H I
United Kingdom Private 23025The King's (Liverpool Regiment)29/12/1916 C. 1.
HAWES HARRY
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 3472Lincolnshire Regiment14/10/1916 Age: 20 B. 8.
HAYES SAMUEL
United Kingdom Private 49076The King's (Liverpool Regiment)13/12/1916 Age: 19 C. 2.
HICKSON FREDERICK OSWALD
United Kingdom Private 52252The King's (Liverpool Regiment)24/11/1916 Age: 23 B. 4.
HIGLEY EDMUND
United Kingdom Private 351413London Regiment09/02/1917 Age: 18 A. 8.
HOLLINSHEAD ALFRED
United Kingdom Gunner 905Royal Field Artillery02/09/1916 Age: 18 C. 7.
HOULSON TOM
United Kingdom Private 53075The King's (Liverpool Regiment)13/12/1916 Age: 18 B. 3.
HUDSON LEWIS
United Kingdom Private 5221Lincolnshire Regiment14/10/1916 B. 7.
HUNT CECIL ARTHUR
United Kingdom Pioneer 192541Royal Engineers13/11/1916 Age: 23 C. 4.
HUNTER THOMAS WILLIAM
United Kingdom Pioneer 192542Royal Engineers13/11/1916 Age: 36 C. 5.
KENNEDY ROBERT SMALLEY
United Kingdom Private 4170Lincolnshire Regiment18/10/1916 Age: 18 D. 5.
LAMBERT GEORGE
United Kingdom Private 5280Lincolnshire Regiment14/08/1916 C. 13.
MILSOM SIDNEY GEORGE
United Kingdom Pioneer 129314Royal Engineers14/07/1916 Age: 24 D. 9.
MORRIS FRANK
United Kingdom Private 4264Lincolnshire Regiment30/08/1916 Age: 24 C. 10.
MORRIS HAROLD
United Kingdom Corporal 3414South Staffordshire Regiment09/02/1917 A. 11.
MUNDELL JOHN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private 5443South Staffordshire Regiment04/10/1916 Age: 20 B. 10.
MUSGRAVE TOM
United Kingdom Private 5007Lincolnshire Regiment14/10/1916 Age: 31 B. 9.
NEWBOLD W C
United Kingdom Pioneer 130423Royal Engineers14/07/1916 D. 10.
NIGHTINGALE GEORGE
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 4015Lincolnshire Regiment29/10/1916 D. 2.
PEART SIDNEY
United Kingdom Private 3125Lincolnshire Regiment02/10/1916 B. 11.
RAWNSLEY GERALD
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)22/01/1917 Age: 20 A. 9.
ROGERS ERNEST AMBROSE
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 53141The King's (Liverpool Regiment)20/11/1916 Age: 21 C. 3.
SELBY WILLIAM
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 3115Lincolnshire Regiment14/10/1916 C. 8.
SHELTON GEORGE WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private 20532Lincolnshire Regiment18/10/1916 D. 4.
SMITH ALONZO
United Kingdom Private 2785Lincolnshire Regiment04/09/1916 Age: 23 B. 12.
SMITH G W
United Kingdom Private 23036Bedfordshire Regiment16/12/1916 A. 2.
SMITH HENRY
United Kingdom Private 20055South Staffordshire Regiment03/02/1917 Age: 36 A. 5.
SMITH WILLIAM JAMES
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 52027The King's (Liverpool Regiment)09/11/1916 Age: 26 C. 6.
SPINDLEY GEORGE
United Kingdom Private 4093Lincolnshire Regiment10/08/1916 Age: 27 C. 15.
STEELE JOHN ROBERT
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 2081Lincolnshire Regiment04/08/1916 Age: 23 D. 7.
WAINWRIGHT HERBERT
United Kingdom Private 21798The King's (Liverpool Regiment)24/11/1916 Age: 20 B. 5.
WEAR WILLIAM JOSIAH
United Kingdom Private 23994The King's (Liverpool Regiment)13/12/1916 Age: 22 B. 2.
WHITELAM CHARLES WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private 5028Lincolnshire Regiment18/10/1916 Age: 20 D. 3.
WHYMARK E A
United Kingdom Private 26616Bedfordshire Regiment21/12/1916 Age: 25 A. 1.
WILLIAMS JAMES
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 1909South Staffordshire Regiment16/08/1916 Age: 28 C. 14.
WILSON JOHN THOMAS
United Kingdom Private 3174Lincolnshire Regiment29/10/1916 Age: 20 D. 1.

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