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Title: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: Pricey4848 on Thursday 29 December 22 22:47 GMT (UK)
My relative S/20694 Thomas Allan Heron of the 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders died on 6th November 1918 and is buried at Angreau Communal Cemetery, Belgium.

Could anybody help and suggest which battle he may have been killed in please?
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 29 December 22 23:35 GMT (UK)
Sorry - wrong person
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 29 December 22 23:42 GMT (UK)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/481618/thomas-allan-heron/
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 29 December 22 23:49 GMT (UK)
His MRI is mistranscribed as  Tomas A Heron but no Theatre of war is shown & he only received the British & Victory medals

His regiment is transcribed as London Regiment Gordns

MRI shows 14 Lond R Gordons
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: CaroleW on Thursday 29 December 22 23:56 GMT (UK)
Link shows others who were killed on the same daye & are also buried in that cemetery

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/search-results/?CemeteryExact=true&Cemetery=ANGREAU%20COMMUNAL%20CEMETERY
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: mmm45 on Friday 30 December 22 08:08 GMT (UK)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage_of_the_Grande_Honnelle

Maybe KIA in this battle with London Scottish
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: AllanUK on Friday 30 December 22 11:06 GMT (UK)
Quote from: CaroleW on Thursday 29 December 22 23:49 GMT (UK)
His MRI is mistranscribed as  Tomas A Heron but no Theatre of war is shown & he only received the British & Victory medals

His regiment is transcribed as London Regiment Gordns

MRI shows 14 Lond R Gordons

He in fact received both the Victory Medal and the British War Medal -- his medal index card shows the Rolls number and page number for the Victory Medal and immediately underneath are 'ditto marks' for the British War Medal.
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: jim1 on Friday 30 December 22 12:55 GMT (UK)
Just to confirm mmm45's assumption this is the page from the 168 Bde. diary.
Th 14 London Scottish (which was in the 168 Bde.) diary for this period hasn't survived.
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: AllanUK on Friday 30 December 22 13:10 GMT (UK)
From what I can find on the National Archives for war diaries, the diaries for the 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish) have survived. The diaries can be seen and downloaded free of charge after free registration by the link below:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7354941

I have attached images of the front of the diary for November 1918 and also the pages from 1 November to 7 November 1918 (courtesy of the National archives, free of charge)
Title: Re: Thomas Allan Heron Died 6th November 1918
Post by: AllanUK on Friday 30 December 22 13:10 GMT (UK)
last of the pages from the war diary.