James Henry Bullen

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Name:James Henry Bullen

Birth Place:Burnley

Death Date:25 Sep 1915

Death Location:France & Flanders

Enlistment Location:Burnley

Rank:Private

Regiment:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

Battalion:10th Battalion

Number:16582

Type of Casualty:Killed in action

Theatre of War:Western European Theatre

Private James Henry Bullen

16582 (16102?) 10th Scottish Rifles

Missing in Action 25th September 1915, aged 22

Lived at 134 Every Street

Commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France

-Burnley Express

Can anyone tell me any more about him? What he may have axperienced? What battles he may have been involved?

[ander11]

try this link for the 15th scottish division http://www.1914-1918.net/15div.htm

it gives some information

Ianander

[lukerwhite]

try this link for the 15th scottish division http://www.1914-1918.net/15div.htm

it gives some information

Ianander

Can see no mention of them on the 15th Div LLT description of the Loos!

Does anyone know what actually happened to them?

LLT -

The centre 15th (Scottish) Division

In this sector the gas cloud hung back, causing delays and some losses to the advancing troops. Although the infantry had only 200 yards to cross from the heads of the Russian saps, the gas and smoke only covered them for the first 40 - and as men emerged into the clear, two German machine-guns swept twice across the advancing line, causing many casualties. The MG's were soon joined by enemy artillery fire from beyond Loos. However, strong parties continued the advance, cleared the German front lines and began to storm through Loos village itself. By 8.00am the village was entirely in British hands. On the left of the Divisional front, men reached the La Bassee-Lens road by 9.15am. Reserves were ordered up to support this advance. Emerging from the village, men of many units advanced unopposed - but without clear landmarks and with few officers, they headed for the summit of Hill 70 rather than to the left which was the original plan. On the extreme right, the 1/9 Black Watch, finding that the expected flank defences of the 1/19 Londons absent, halted. The mass of infantry now on Hill 70, seeing Germans retreating in some disarray, began to advance down the far-side slope. This advance was caught by German crossfire from the 2nd line, and it was brought to a standstill by 10.30am, with men doing their best to take cover on completely open ground on the downward slope North of Cite St Laurent. Calls for artillery support were answered with a bombardment falling away to the left, on Cite St Auguste, the original objective of the Division. 200 men on the hill, now reinforced by the 7/RSF, dug in a trench behind the crest line. Although by 11.30am the enemy had reinforced his position in front of Cite St Laurent, steps had been taken to evacuate Lens, such was the threat of a further Scots advance.