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8th Trench Duty 3rd to 8th June 1915

8th Trench duty June 1915

Kemmel 3.6.1915: Returned to trenches for 5 days. Casualties: Killed 3 other ranks, wounded 1 Officer and 8 OR.

Headquarters  at HOWITZER FARM. Took over L5 & L7 & M1, M2 & VIERSTRAAT.

5th Shropshire Light Infantry attached.

The men killed were:-

2140 Pte. Robert Ball a locomotive fireman from Fairfield near Buxton.

2140 ball 2

3205 Pte. George Fell a coal miner from Clowne.

3205 fell

2051 Pte. Walter Houghton a plate layer from Darley Dale.

2051 Houghton

They are buried next to each other in Kemmel Château Military Cemetery (Row D; 28-30).

Houghton_Ball_Fell

Details of the wounded men can be found here.