chrisainsley Posted 15 March , 2010 Share Posted 15 March , 2010 My Great Uncle Driver William Mosse is on this list of men of the BEF awarded the medaille Militaire for gallantry between 21st - 30th August 1914 so i got a copy from the RA I thought it would be intetrested to look at the CWGC and see who was listed 40 of this list of 199 are listed as killed..thats 20% ...goodness knows how many were wounded et al if anyone recognises any names it would be good to get a real feel for this list of BEF old contemptables!! and how they faired? they were all heros but one name stood out for some reason - a shoeing smith named G Freeman RFA 14th DAC he was killed on the 29th/9/1918..he got pretty close..poor chap! earliest killed was Sgt Major G F Smith 1st bttn Somerset Lt Infantry 26th/8/1914 My Great Uncle Driver William Mosse is on this list of men of the BEF awarded the medaille Militaire for gallantry between 21st - 30th August 1914 so i got a copy from the RA I thought it would be intetrested to look at the CWGC and see who was listed 40 of this list of 199 are listed as killed..thats 20% ...goodness knows how many were wounded et al if anyone recognises any names it would be good to get a real feel for this list of BEF old contemptables!! and how they faired? they were all heros but one name stood out for some reason - a shoeing smith named G Freeman RFA 14th DAC he was killed on the 29th/9/1918..he got pretty close..poor chap! earliest killed was Sgt Major G F Smith 1st bttn Somerset Lt Infantry 26th/8/1914 My Great Uncle Driver William Mosse is on this list of men of the BEF awarded the medaille Militaire for gallantry between 21st - 30th August 1914 so i got a copy from the RA I thought it would be intetrested to look at the CWGC and see who was listed 40 of this list of 199 are listed as killed..thats 20% ...goodness knows how many were wounded et al if anyone recognises any names it would be good to get a real feel for this list of BEF old contemptables!! and how they faired? they were all heros but one name stood out for some reason - a shoeing smith named G Freeman RFA 14th DAC he was killed on the 29th/9/1918..he got pretty close..poor chap! earliest killed was Sgt Major G F Smith 1st bttn Somerset Lt Infantry 26th/8/1914 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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