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Remembered Today:

2 Royal Dublin Fusiliers 8 November 1918


Ian C

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They were attacking Floursies.  The five casualties on that date are the only soldiers buried in Floursies Churchyard.

 

FloursiesChurch.jpg

 

From the RDF website;

 

PERRIER 2nd Lt. Hargrave Carroll Lumley killed 08/11/1918 in the 2nd Battalions second last action of the war and is buried with the men who died with him. Aged 19, Son of Lt. I. L. Perrier and Mrs. Sheila Perrier, of Dolphin Villas, Crosshaven, Cork. Floursies the only churchyard on the Western Front maintained by the CWGC which contains just members of the RDF from the one action. 2nd Lt. Harry Perrier is buried with the men who died with him. The battalion was ordered to attack the village of Floursies and was held up by machine guns but they managed to take the village by the afternoon, Lt Perrier and 4 other men were killed during the taking of the village and are all buried together. Ironically the 2nd Battalion more or less ended up in the same spot on the last day of the war as where they first went into action in August 1914. The machine guns were taken by Lieutenant Eric Greaves he was badly wounded and later died, he received a Military Cross for his gallantry and the citation reads as follows: "For marked gallantry and leadership during the attack on Floursies on the 8th November 1918. He was in charge of the left support company when the attack was held up by heavy machine-gun fire. He pushed forward with his platoon and succeeded in capturing six enemy machine guns which were holding up the advance. Reaching these guns he was twice wounded, but carried on and led the charge"

 

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transcribed from the war diary: 

 

7/11/18 - St Remy Chausee 
8/11/18 The brigade moved by march route at 12 noon to DOURLERS with order to pass through the outpost line on the MAUBEGE-AVESNES main road, held by the division. On arrival at the outpost line at 2.30pm the battalion deployed through the KRRC and proceeded to attack enemy holding FLOURSIES. Major J Luke commanding firing lines was soon wounded, devolving under capt. FM Kiernan. Considerable opposition from MG nest was dealt with & the battalion occupied the village. Giving to the delayed action of the units on flanks, no captures were made. At 4pm an outpostline was thrown beyond the village & defensive posts formed on the flanks pending arrival of units on flanks. Causalities:- Lieut Perrier - killed. Liet Greaves and Major J Luke wounded. 4 other ranks killed and 14 wounded. 
9/11/18 - FLOURSIES

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Hi Guys

 

Thanks very much for the info. 

 

We (Dublin WFA) are taking part in a small exhibition in Bray to mark the Armistice, this opens on 8/11 and part of our display will be to remember  Thomas Neill of 2 Dubs, who was from Bray and fell on that day. IPT, will it be alright for me to use your photo and do you by any chance know which grave is Thomas', I think it is probably the one to the far right, but just wondered if you knew for sure?

 

Thanks again.

 

IanC

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