Military History

Theatre of War	Medals	Commonwealth War Grave of Memorial
France and Flanders	British War & Victory Medals	Tyne Cot Memorial
Arrived in Theatre	Medal Citation (if app)	SWFHS Area Memorials
After November 1916	~	Welford on Avon
Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed	Date and Place Enlisted	Other War Memorials
Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele)	After 25 Oct 1916 at Birmingham	~
Place of Death	Previous Regiments or Units
near Potijze

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

Bernard is listed as being killed in action on 24 Oct 1917. The war diary for 330th Brigade shows that they were situated at Millcot which is just E to NE of Potijze. The war diary is transcribed below and we have concluded that he was killed by enemy counter battery fire.

'12 Guns were moved forward into action in D.21.C and D.27.W. 3 guns were put out of action by shell fire. D/330 was very heavily shelled with ariel observation from 12.30pm to 3.30pm and all guns were put out of action except one. Toll of personnel was very heavy. There was some rain in the morning, in evening barometer? fell rapidly and bad weather set in. We fired our barrages laid down in App XXIV, enemy active in reply. Casualties 3 killed and 7 wounded'