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From: "Peter Fellowes" <>
Subject: Re: [WW1] YPRES 1916 - DLI, KIA
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:00:15 -0000
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Hello again Barbara,
The SWDITGW CD shows the following information about your Grandfather:

22324 Private William Oswald Storey, 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
Born, Lanchester, Co Durham
Enlisted. Newcastle
Residence. Durham

Died Date. 21/04/16
Died How, Killed in Action.
Theatre of War. France and Flanders.

For information I also had a look at other deaths during the dates you
mention;
a) There were a total of 4 deaths from the 2nd Battalion on the 21st April
1916. Your Grandfather plus 3 others.
b) Between the dates 19th - 30th April 1916 there were a total of 28 deaths
from the 2nd Battalion.

You ask what action he might have been likely to killed in. Well I hope some
other lister with more detailed information may come to help here. But from
what I understand it was a [fairly quiet] time. It was the run up to the
Battle of the Somme {1st July]. There were of course actions going on all
the time:

The Hohenzollern Redoubt. 2nd - 18th March
Actions of St Eloi Craters. 27th March - 16th April
German Gas Attacks on the Hulluch Front. 27th and 29th April [ though your
grandfather was dead by this date].

He may of course just sadly been a victim of daily life in the front line
areas. Snipers, shell fire, trench raids et al, as a figure of only 28
deaths from the Battalion over a 11 day period [19-30th April] is very low
indeed and might suggest that it was not involved directly in any actions.

Regards
Peter Fellowes

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barbara Short" <>
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Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:39 PM
Subject: [WW1] YPRES 1916 - DLI, KIA


> Good evening,
> I am a new member on this list and after watching for a while, here is my
first posting.
> My grandfather was killed on 21.4.1916 and is buried in Essex Farm
Cemetery [which I was lucky enough to visit last October]. I have two
questions that I hope someone will be able to help with -
> 1. Is there any way to find out `cause of death` ? ie. Would sending for a
death certificate tell me more than the details on CWGC site.
> 2. How do I discover what action is likely to have killed my grandfather ?
There were 87 men killed and buried at Essex Farm between 19th and 30th
April 1916 - quite a large proportion of the 1100 buried there.
> I would welcome any advice from the well informed members of this list.
> Thank you.
> Barbara
>
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