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4th Trench Duty 2nd-6th May 1915

Kemmel 2.5.15: Returned to G & H Trenches for four days. Casualties: 8 OR killed 15 OR wounded (1 subsequently died).

War Diary [WO/95/2694].

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All 15 men wounded during this trench duty have been positively identified.

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