First Name: | Walter Granville | Last Name: | GRACE | |
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Date of Death: | 15/03/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Hackney | |
Rank: | Private | Unit: | London2 | |
Memorial Site: | Smithfield Market Memorial | |||
Current Information:5, Southgate Grove, Hackney Ferme Buterne Military Cemetery, Houplines, France
During the evening of 12th March, 1915, A Company of the 2nd London battalion, then part of 17 Brigade, 6th Division, moved up to the front line at Chapelle d’Armentières to support the 1st North Staffordshire battalion that had lost heavily during the action of L’Epinette. This had been launched to divert enemy troops away from Neuve Chapelle, a few miles to the south, where the British and Indians were attacking. They were still here on 15th March when Walter Grace was killed.
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