Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	St. Sever Cemetery Ext
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After 1 Jan 1916	~	Warmington
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Battle of Guillemont (Somme)	After 6 Sep 1915 at Leamington Spa
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Army Hospital, Rouen, France	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

On 3 Sep 1916 the battalion attacked Falfemont Farm during the Battle of the Somme but with their right flank completly exposed to machine gun fire the attack ultimately failed with 293 casualties. John was was wounded during the attack and died of those wounds on 5 Sep 1916 at one of the 13 Army Hospitals in the St. Sever (Rouen) area.