South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

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 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One

Private 11937 Louis Bernard YARDLEY - 6th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment


Killed in Action Sunday, September 1st, 1918 aged 27
 Military History

Theatre

France & Flanders

Action/Battle/Other

Second Battle of Baupume

Place of Death

north of Les Boeufs

 

Medals

1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals

Medal Citation (if app)

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Enlisted Date/Place

September 1914 in Birmingham

 

Commonwealth War Graves Page

Warlencourt Military Cemetery

SWFHS War Memorial(s)

Bishops Tachbrook

Other War Memorial(s)

 

Other Information/Previous Regiments/Units

  • Arrived in France on 13 Jul 1915

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)

The battalion were in the lines on working parties somewhere north of Les Boeufs between Flers and Le Transloy when Louis was hit and killed by a stray shell. 
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 Personal & Family History

Birth Date & Place

Oct Qtr 1890 Bishops Tachbrook

Baptism Date & Place

11 Jan 1891 Bishops Tachbrook

Parents

Benjamin & Hannah Yardley
Bishops Tachbrook

Schools & Colleges

Wife & Marriage

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Children

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Occupations

  • 1911 - Groom

Address History

  • 1891 - 51 Church Hill, Bishops Tachbrook
  • 1901 - The Village, Bishops Tachbrook
  • 1911 - High Street (Upper Street), Hillmorton (Boarder)
  • 1918 - 51 Church Hill, Bishops Tachbrook

Other Information

 

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