DELVILLE WOOD

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WARLENCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

Pas-de-Calais, France

Lawrence John MILEY

Grave VIII.H.34.

Son of Rosanna and the late Michael Miley, of 2, Cathcart Rd, Queenstown (Source : C.W.G.C.).

1st S.A.I., B Coy

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916. Age 20.

On the 18th October, at 3.40 am, three companies of the 1st S.A.I. attacked Snag and Tail Trenches. The B Coy failed to realize that they had reached Snag Trench and continued beyond it. They had lost touch with their flanks and only some men succeeded to come back. Only a block was established at 50 metres of The Pimple. The D Company launched an attack at 5.45 pm and Snag Trench was occupied but the machine-gun fire from the Butte de Warlencourt took a heavy toll, leaving a small group in the trench.

Declared missing in action, his body was found after the war.