South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Le Touret Memorial |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 16 Mar 1915 | ~ | Weston under Wetherley |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Battle of Festubert | 4 Sep 1914 at Warwick | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| near Festubert | ~ | |
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
Jesse is listed as being killed in action on 18 May 1915 at Festubert. Below is a transcription from the war diary for the period 16th to 18th May 1915.15.05.15 - On the evening of this day the 20th Brigade moved to trenches NORTH of FESTUBERT preparatory to a attack the following morning. The Battalion took up a position in support trenches, the Border Regiment being in front.
16.05.15 - At 3.15am the 7th Division attacked after a heavy bombardment. The Battalion supported the Border Regiment which successfully carried the first line of enemy trenches. The Battalion went on through the Border Regiment and forming to the LEFT joined hands with the Scots Guards who had advanced in the RIGHT and had pressed swell forward. A German communication trench was occupied and, during the afternoon, this was improvised and the position generally consolidated. In the evening No.3 Company did some good work by advancing along a German trench and clearing it of the enemy with bombs.
17.05.15 - The Battalion remained in the same position being ordered to be ready to co-operated with the 21st. Brigade which advanced through it. The whole line was pushed forward on this day, the Battalion remaining in the second line. In the evening the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards came up on the LEFT with 1st Battalion Irish Guards and occupied part of the original German line and the memorable situation occurred of two Battalions of the Regiment being in action in the field side by side.
18.05.15 - In the morning the Battalion was ordered back to bivouacs near Brigade HQ and later in the day proceeded to its old billets at HINGES.
The above Courtesy of Walkley History and the National Archives| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Bapitsm Date/Place |
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| Mar Qtr 1892 at Northleach District | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| George Henry and Ellen Elizabeth Pittaway | Farm Cottages, Barston, Hampton in Arden |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1892 - Northleach | 1911 - Farm Labourer |
| 1901 - Whitehill Cottages, Burford | |
| 1911 - Top of the Hill, Snitterfield | |
| 1915 - Farm Cottages, Barston, Hampton in Arden |
