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Age-23

St Helena Road, Rotherhithe

Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France

18th Division, including 7th Royal West Surrey (Queens) of 55 Brigade, arrived in France at end of July, 1915 and after a period of training moved to the Somme area, recently take over from the French Army.On 27th October, 1915, 7th Royal West Surrey (Queens) moved into the front line in sub-sector D3 in front of Becourt . This was a sector where there was a great deal of mining and counter mining taking place and at 5am on 5th November the enemy blew a mine that destroyed one of the listening posts established by 7th Royal West Surrey (Queens), killing 3 of the occupants.