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First Name: | Henry | Last Name: | SAVAGE |
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Date of Death: | 13/03/1916 | Lived/Born In: | Willesden | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal Fusiliers17 | |
Memorial Site: | Willesden, St Andrew | |||
Current Information:Born-Kilburn Bully-Grenay Communal Cemetery, France
The 17th Royal Fusiliers battalion arrived in France in June 1915 as part of 99 Brigade, 33rd Division and in December 1915, they transferred to 5 Brigade, 2nd Division. On 2nd March, 1916 they left their billets at Fosse 10, a mining village east of Bully-Grenay and moved into the front line in the Calonne sector where they remained until relieved on 19th March. Henry Savage was killed on 13th March when enemy grenades landed in the battalion’s trenches. |
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