Terry Denham Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 CWGC added the following 'new' WW1 casualties to its Debt of Honour database today – Monday 21st July. Pte Charles BOND 240348 1st/6th Bn, North Staffordshire Regiment Died 01.07.16 Age 21 Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France Pte Lloyd Ewart POLLARD 12815 11th Field Ambulance, A.I.F. Died 14.04.19 Age 26 Buried: Moonta Cemetery, SA, Australia Sjt Hector URQUHART 751209 Royal Field Artillery Died 12.11.20 Age 28 Buried: South Shields (Harton) Cemetery, Durham, UK NOT FORGOTTEN Pte Bond is another discovery by the In From the Cold Project. He was killed in action and his missing name was found by volunteer, Neil Mackenzie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 May They Rest In Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 Raising a glass to the memory of Charles, Lloyd & Hector. Raising another to Neil for giving his time to the IFTC project. A worthy cause. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Mackenzie Posted 21 July , 2008 Share Posted 21 July , 2008 Thanks Terry for the update. Unfortunately all I know about Charles' fate is what I have gleaned from Chris McCarthy's book 'The Somme Day-by-Day'. He would have been in involved in the attack by 46th Division on Gommecourt when 1/6th North Staffs were in the first wave of the attack by 137 Brigade. The wire was largely uncut and any men who survived the machines guns and artillery as they crossed No Man's Land were driven back by German rifle fire and hand grenades. Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted 22 July , 2008 Share Posted 22 July , 2008 May they be long remembered. Looking at Pollard's service record it shows that he was returned to Australia with a Spinal Abcess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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