Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals	Dickebusch New Military Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
26 Dec 1916	~	Farnborough Roll of Honour only
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted Date	Other War Memorials
Local actions at Ypres	9th of March 1916 at Lichfield	Lancing College
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
St. Eloi	~

Other Military Information

• Member of Lancing College OTC
• Applied for a commission in the army on the 14 Nov 1915 while still at Lancing
• Enlisted at Lichield as Private R/30532 in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and posted to No.8 Cadet Battalion Officer Training Corps
• Commissioned to 2nd Lt. on 4 Nov 1916.

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

David was shot by a sniper on Easter Sunday 1917. On the 5th of April 1917 the 18th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps relieved the 23rd Battalion Middlesex Regiment in trenches at St Eloi near Hollebeke in the Ypres Salient. On the 7th of April they undertook a dummy raid against five craters which were in front of their positions. At 10.09pm that night the Germans blew a large camouflet which destroyed 150 yards of the British front line causing seven casualties. The following day on the 8th April David was killed.