Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Roye New British Cemetery
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
17 Feb 1916	~	Southam War Memorial
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Commissioned
German Spring Offensive	Sep 1914	2nd Lt, 27 Feb 1917 (Gazette)
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
34th CCS Marchélepot	Gunner 11397 Royal Field Artillery

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Bernard was wounded in the legs on 21 Mar 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive, when German high explosive and gas shells hit their positions in the Spur Quarry just SE of Villers-Faucon. He died the following day of those wounds and blood loss at the 34th Casualty Clearing Station, Marchélepot