Kia 1918 at Beaucamp near Villers-Plouich but commemorated on Arras Memorial

[MAW]

I am researching 49443 Corporal Thomas Fairgray, 16th Battery, 41st Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

 

He was killed in action near the village of Beaucamp, France, west of Villers-Plouich, on the 21st March 1918 (Battle of St. Quentin).

 

He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, but should this man be commemorated on a memorial so far north from where he was killed? Should he be recorded on another 'more local' memorial?

 

War Diary, 21 March 1918:

'The 16^th and 17^th Batteries near Beaucamp were neutralised during the beginning of the attack with gas, 4.2” & 5.9”. Both Batteries fired for over 4 ½ hours in their gas masks. The 16^th suffering several casualties.’

 

Mark

Edited 2 March , 2019 by MAW