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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

LA BELLE ALLIANCE Cemetery (Boezinge) (West Vlaanderen Belgium)

Pte Arthur Webster 24/07/1917 aged 24
Arthur was the son of William and Matilda Webster of 21, Wallows Lane, Pleck, his father being a carpenter by trade.
After leaving school he took employment as a striker with Mr. Arthur Russell of Queen Street, Pleck.
Enlisting in the Army at Walsall in 03/1916 as Private 24141, South Staffordshire Rgt, Arthur transferred to the Sherwood Foresters and was to serve for one year at the front.
He was killed just prior to a raid on the German trenches north east of Ypres.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall
Pte Daniel Patrick Coleman 25/07/1917
Daniel was the son of Patrick and Ellen Coleman of 2 House, 7 Court, Dudley Street, Walsall.
He was educated at Bath Street School where he won several medals for swimming.
When enlisting in the Army at Wednesbury on Monday 10/08/1914 he was employed at Gwynn Brothers Limited of Darlaston Road, Walsall.
At the time of his death his bn were in trenches a mile north of Ypres in one of the worst sectors of the whole front.
At 2am on the day of his death the Germans gassed the lines and then shelled the area intermittently for the remainder of the day.
Casualties of 6 men killed and 7 wounded were taken to the shellfire.
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

50 casualties

ALLISON FREDRICK HENRY
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Age: 37 Date of Death: 02/03/1916 Service No: R/5931 A.7.

BAILEY ALBERT
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps "B" Coy. 10th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 29/02/1916 Service No: R/2296 B.6.

BANTON T
United Kingdom Serjeant Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Age: 37 Date of Death: 21/07/1917 Service No: 90007 C.5.

BARNES WILLIAM PERCY
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 24/07/1917 Service No: 31615 C.4.

BAXTER HERBERT ALFRED
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 37213 C.1.

BEVINGTON FRANK
United Kingdom Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 17287 C.2.

BOARDMAN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private Border Regiment 6th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 15/07/1917 Service No: 202406 C.9.

BOSWELL DAVID
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps "B" Coy. 10th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 29/02/1916 Service No: R/3191 B.5.

BROOKS A
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 23/07/1917 Service No: 53592 C.4.

BUTTERWORTH JOHN WALTER
United Kingdom Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 22/02/1916 Service No: R/6873 B.4.

BUXTON T H
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 23/07/1917 Service No: 23223 C.4.

CHURM WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 37057 C.1.

COLEMAN DANIEL PATRICK
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 9695 C.2.

COX W
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Bn. Date of Death: 13/02/1916 Service No: R/1105 A.2.

DITTY W
United Kingdom Corporal Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 7th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 24/07/1917 Service No: 275119 C.3.

DOBING A
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Date of Death: 02/03/1916 Service No: R/1539 A.6.

EDWARDS SAMUEL
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 37052 C.1.

FEREDAY JAMES
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 9760 C.2.

FOWKES W
United Kingdom Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 16th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 25375 C.3.

FUNNELL E
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 21/07/1917 Service No: 13472 C.4.

GARBETT JOSEPH
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 37049 C.1.

GLENNIE JOHN
United Kingdom Pioneer Royal Engineers 284th Army Troops Coy. Age: 38 Date of Death: 05/08/1917 Service No: 88845 D.4.

GRIMSHAW T
United Kingdom Private Border Regiment 6th Bn. Date of Death: 15/07/1917 Service No: 16717 C.8.

HADFIELD JAMES L.
United Kingdom Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/02/1916 Service No: R/1146 A.3.

HALFORD J W
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Date of Death: 21/02/1916 Service No: R/8618 B.1.

HANDLEY FRANK
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 37203 C.2.

HAYWARD HENRY HARRY
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 30568 C.1.

HAYWOOD HENRY GEORGE
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 29780 C.1.

LARMAN BERTIE
United Kingdom Private Border Regiment 6th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 15/07/1917 Service No: 21010 C.10.

LITTLE HAROLD
United Kingdom Private Border Regiment 6th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 15/07/1917 Service No: 19598 C.7.

MARGETTS B
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 21/07/1917 Service No: 71058 C.5.

MARSH H
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 23/07/1917 Service No: 21504 C.4.

MATLEY T
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Date of Death: 20/02/1916 Service No: R/2210 B.2.

MAYOR BENJAMIN
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 28/02/1916 Service No: R/1714 A.5.

McAUSLAND ROBERT HAMILTON RUSSELL
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 28/07/1917 Service No: 71028 C.1.

MILLOTT CHARLES GEORGE
United Kingdom Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) "C" Coy. 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 23/07/1917 Service No: 70814 C.5.

NIXON JOHN
United Kingdom Serjeant King's Royal Rifle Corps 11th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 14/02/1916 Service No: R/1433 A.1.

OAKFORD FREDERICK JOHN
United Kingdom Driver Royal Field Artillery "C" Bty. 58th Bde Date of Death: 05/08/1917 Service No: 211650 D.1.

PALMER PERCY ERIC
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps 29th Sqdn. Secondary Australian Imperial Force Secondary and Age: 20 Date of Death: 17/07/1917 C.6.

PAM JOHN
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 9357 C.2.

PETFORD J H
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 23/07/1917 Service No: 24514 C.5.

RIGG RONALD REGINALD PERCIVAL
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 6th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 12/02/1916 Service No: 3/7384 A.4.

SHARP JAMES HENRY
United Kingdom Lance Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 25/07/1917 Service No: 12259 C.2.

SMAWLEY GORDON ERNEST
United Kingdom Corporal South Staffordshire Regiment 7th Bn. Date of Death: 27/07/1917 Service No: 26578 C.1.

STEPHENS S
United Kingdom Private Border Regiment 6th Bn. Date of Death: 15/07/1917 Service No: 13015 C.11.

STREET HARRY
United Kingdom Corporal Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) "C" Coy. 9th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/07/1917 Service No: 90002 C.4.

THOMSON J
United Kingdom Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1st/7th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 03/08/1917 Service No: 278966 D.2.

UNDERWOOD W
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 10th Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 19/02/1916 Service No: R/707 B.3.

VERES L
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Date of Death: 28/07/1917 Service No: 71065 C.1.

WEBSTER ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.) 9th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/07/1917 Service No: 70949 C.3.

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