2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards October 1915

[wulsten]

Trying to gain some info on where this soldier may have been when wounded, subsequently died of wounds 12/10/15

Were they engaged at Loos, any help appreciated

Frank Harold Ford Private 19174 Grenadier Guards 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 12/10/1915

[connaughtranger]

The Battalion was involved in a busy period in early October he could have been wounded on a number of occasions:

The 2/GG went into trenches east of Vermelles on the 3rd October in support of the 2nd and 3rd Coldstreams who were in the old German trenches south of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. They were shelled heavily, 2 men killed and 5 wounded in No1 Company by 2 shells.

On 4th October they were digging communication trenches within 30 yards of the Germans.

On 5th October they moved into the front line and some bombing took place on both sides.

On 7th in billets at Vermelles

On the 8th the Battalion returned to the trenches and had to drive off an enemy attack that night.

On the 10th the 2/GG carried out a bombing raid in which No1 Company took part. The party managed to bomb its way 150 yards up the German trench and the position was consolidated after all the bombs had run out. Wounded had to be brought back over the top, the trenches being too narrow for the stretcher bearers.

On the morning of the 11th the Germans counter-attacked but failed and contented themselves with shelling the lost ground

[wulsten]

Top man yet again, many thanks for the info, Geoff

Had a look at British Batts on the Western Front but the listings end after June

[Martin Feledziak]

This thread has been sleeping for a few years so as I was reading about Edward PODMORE, listed on the Fulford Memorial, I see he is at rest with Frank FORD.

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=228898&hl=

Grenadier Guards 19174 FORD and 17338 PODMORE.