Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	1914 Star & Clasp British War & Victory Medals	Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
19 Aug 1914	~	Burton Dassett
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Battle of the Somme	4 Aug 1914 or before at Rugby
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
Warloy-Baillon	~

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

The war diary makes no mention of casualties at all during July 1916. It was based at Fricourt and carried out bombardments in support of allied attacks during the Battle of the Somme. Therefore it is not possible to say when he was wounded. He is buried in the village Warloy-Baillon which was home to Field Ambulances brought up to deal with casualties from the front lines of the Somme which were 8km away. He most likely died in one of them