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killed in action 1918
« on: Tuesday 04 March 14 21:36 GMT (UK) »
I would like to find place of death "action" of a private harry nutt 88859 killed france and flanders, october 21st 1918. he was in the royal welsh fusilliers.

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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 21:43 GMT (UK) »
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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 21:46 GMT (UK) »
yes groom

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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 21:47 GMT (UK) »
Hi,

If you follow the link given by groom and clink on the link to the memorial, you will find some background information.


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Howard , Viney , Kingsman, Pain/e, Rainer/ Rayner, Barham, George, Wakeling (Catherine), Vicary (Frederick)   all LDN area/suburbs  Ottley/ MDX,
Henman/ KNT   Gandy/LDN before 1830  Burgess/LDN
Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 04 March 14 21:55 GMT (UK) »
many thanks for that groom, nanny jan should be more observant and not rush headlong

again thanks
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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 11 March 14 16:22 GMT (UK) »
Also, if you know what battalion within the Royal Welsh Fusilliers that he served, it might be worth looking at the Unit War Diaries at The National Archives in Kew: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/war-diaries-ww1.htm

You would then be able to see what was happening with his unit at the time around his death.

Wood - Herefordshire & Monmouthshire
Ford - Glamorgan
Penny - Surrey
Dean - Devon & Middlesex
Tuckwell - London & Middlesex
Stangroom - London & Middlesex
Harley - London & Middlesex
Kimpton - London & Middlesex
Whitby - London & Middlesex
Rainbow - Berkshire & Surrey

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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 11 March 14 17:32 GMT (UK) »
You might find this interesting:  it's the First World War diary of a young man who served in the 10th and 13th Battalions of the RWF from 1916 to 1918.

www.culpitt-war-diary.org.uk

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Bagot, Bate, Dominy,  Cox, Frost, Griffiths, Eccleston(e), Godrich, Griffiths, Hartland/Hartlin, Westwood, Spicer, Peake, Pass, Perry, Nuttle, Warrender

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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 11 March 14 18:06 GMT (UK) »
Start by looking at The Long Long Trail (www.1914-1918.net).

The details for the 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers states:
13th (Service) Battalion (1st North Wales)
Formed at Rhyl on 3 September 1914 by the Denbigh and Flint TF Associations, but transferred to the Welsh National
Executive Committee on 10 October 1914. November 1914 : came under orders of 128th Brigade, 43rd Division
at Llandudno. 28 April 1915 : formation became the 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division.
Moved to Winchester in August 1915 and landed in France in December 1915.


Using the links on the top right of the page, navigate to the 38th (Welsh) Division.

In 1918 they took part in the following conflicts:
1918
The Battle of Albert+
The Battle of the Bapaume+
The battles marked+ are phases of the First Battles of the Somme 1918

The Battle of Havrincourt^
The Battle of Epehy^
The Battle of Beaurevoir^
The Battle of Cambrai^ in which the Division captured Villers-Outreaux
The battles marked^ are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line

The Battle of the Selle**
The Battle of the Sambre**
The battles marked** are phases of the Final Advance in Picardy

Now it's just a matter of which battle was ongoing on the date he died!
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Re: killed in action 1918
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 11 March 14 18:20 GMT (UK) »
It looks like it's going to be the Battle of the Selle (17-25 October 1918)

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