Commemorating our six casualties at Passchendale
COMMEMORATING 100 YEARS
31st July 2017 marks the Centenary of the
beginning of what became known as the Third Battle of Passchendaele
Here we commemorate the six Mumbles Great War Casualties of that battle, which lasted from 31st July until 10 November 1917
Stretcher bearers struggle in mud up to their knees to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe and the look of agonised desperation on the men's faces has made this image a favourite choice to indicate the appalling conditions on the Western Front.
The six Mumbles Casualties are listed here -
Lemuel Philip ACE
ACE Lemuel Philip
Private 49835, 19th Lab Company, Labour Corps
Died of Wounds 30th October 1917 Aged 33
Buried SOLFERINO FARM CEMETERY, Brierlen
D’arcy Valentine BENDALL
BENDALL D’arcy Valentine
Lance Corporal 57239, 13th Welsh Regiment
Killed In Action 30th July 1917 Aged 24
Buried BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, Boesinghe. Grave III. G. 18
William Arthur Shenstone DAVIES
DAVIES William Arthur Shenstone
Lance Corporal, 244953, 2/5 Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Killed in Action 26th October 1917 Aged 24
TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Passchendaele
MOURNING RING: His mother had a mourning ring made, inscribed on the outside with ‘WASD’, and ‘Mam to Willie 1894 -1915’ on the inside.
Donald Llewellyn FOSTER
FOSTER Donald Llewellyn
Private 2547, 1st Welsh Guards
Killed In Action, by Shell Fire 11th October 1917 Aged 23
TYNE COT, MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, Passchendaele
John HULLIN with his mother and as a youth with his family
HULLIN John
Lance Sergeant 13658,
10th Welsh Regiment 1st Rhondda Battalion
Killed In Action 2nd August 1917 Aged 34
BURIED NEW IRISH FARM, Military CEMETERY
George Stanley THOMAS
THOMAS George Stanley
Private 302332, A Company, 2/8 Manchester Regiment
Killed In Action 10th October 1917 Aged 39,
Buried TYNE COT CEMETERY, Passchendaele
Finding out more:
A site of remembrance and a comprehensive guide to over 4,000 Cemeteries and Memorials throughout the world.
REMEMBERING THE FALLEN
Including:
BARD COTTAGE CEMETERY, Boesinghe, Belgium
http://www.ww1cemeteries.com/bard-cottage-cemetery.html