South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 307471 Aaron PAIN - 2nd/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Killed in Action Thursday, October 4, 1917 aged 39

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 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)

Place of Death

Fampoux

 

Medals

1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

13 Jan 1915 at Birmingham

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Dochy Farm New British Cemetery

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Newbold Pacey

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Previous Regiments/Units

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Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The war diary states that on the day Aaron was killed in action the battalion was engaged in assisting Royal Engineer working parties in the trenches at near Fampoux. Places mentioned are Greenland Hill and Chemical Works which are plotted below. The diary makes mention, whatsoever, of enemy action or casualties between 1st and 4th Oct.
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 Fampoux area  Dochy Farm Cemetery
 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

18 Jan 1878 at Littleport, Cambs

Baptism Date & Place

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Parents

Aaron & Mary Jane Pain of Wellesbourne

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupation(s)

  • 1901 - Grocers Assitant
  • 1911 - Grocer
  • 1915 - Grocer

Schools & Colleges

 

Address History

  • 1881 - Lynn Road, Littleport, Cambridgeshire
  • 1891 - The Hill, Newbold Pacey
  • 1901 - Harborne Park Road, Harborne
  • 1911 - Wellesbourne
  • 1915 - Ashorne House Farm, Wellesbourne

Other Information

 

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