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First Name: | William | Last Name: | DYER |
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| Date of Death: | 15/11/1914 | Lived/Born In: | Fulham | |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal | Unit: | Connaught Rangers1 | |
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Current Information:Born-Fulham La Gorgue Communal Cemetery, France
At the beginning of the war in August 1914, the 1st Connaught Rangers battalion were in India as part of the Ferozepore Brigade, Lahore Division of the Indian Army which almost immediately set sail for Europe, landing at Marseilles on 26th September. From here they moved north in time to add their weight to the fighting at La Bassée. On 1st November the battalion moved into support trenches at Rue du Bacquerot, near Laventie where they remained until relieved on 15th November, the day on which William Dyer died from wounds. |
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