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[Guest kwib]

Andy,

Thank you very much for such a quick and informative reply. It seems then that he was one of the three "other ranks". Do you have any idea what the importance of the Pope's Nose was? Was the name exclusive to one location?

kwib,

The 16th Rifle Brigade in June were in and out of the line near Givenchy until the 6th June then marched to Essars to conduct some training from the 7th to the 10th. From the 11th June they went into the Festubert village line and the Islands line and stayed there serving in and out of the line for some time.

The day that your wife's great grandfather died (4/7/16), the battalion launched a raid against a point called the Pope's Nose during which 3 officers were killed, 3 other ranks were killed, 4 officers wounded, 50 other ranks wounded, 3 officers missing and 24 other ranks missing.

If you need any further details ask away.

Andy