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55, Thomas Street, Lmehouse

Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St Eloi, France

On 13th July, 1916,  while the Battle of the Somme was raging a few miles to their south,  60th Division moved into a sector of the front line near Arras which ran that from Roclincourt on the right to beyond Neuville St. Vaast on the left and was overlooked practically from end to end by the Vimy Ridge. There were four British lines, the forward one termed the Observation line and consisting of strongly fortified individual posts. Communication trenches ran from Anzin, Maroeuil and St Eloi for over two miles and followed a tiresome winding route.

From 17th-25th July, 1916, the 2nd 17th London battalion of 180 Brigade, were in the front line east of Neuville St Vaast. On 19th July, after a couple of relatively quiet days,  the enemy launched a heavy rifle grenade attack in the evening which hit B Company’s sector causing the death of four men. Edward Cremer was one of those killed on this day.