look up please

[glasgow]

James Alexander Butti died 24 october 1918.

thanks in advance

[Coldstreamer]

Hello

born Edinburgh

enlisted Leith

killed in action as cpl with 7th fife btn of the blackwatch in france # s/6098

Ian

[Stebie9173]

From CWGC:

Casualty Details

Name: BUTTI, JAMES ALEXANDER

Initials: J A

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Corporal

Regiment: Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Unit Text: 1st/7th Bn.

Age: 27

Date of Death: 24/10/1918

Service No: S/6098

Additional information: Son of Mr. Louis Joseph and Mrs. Mary Teresa MacDermott Butti, of 7, Queen St., Edinburgh.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: A. 13.

Cemetery: THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Cemetery Details

Cemetery: THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Country: France

Locality: Nord

Location Information: Thiant is a village in the Department of the Nord, 8 kilometres south-west of Valenciennes, near the junction of the Ecaillon and the Escaut.

Historical Information: There are now over 70, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, a small number are unidentified. The Commonwealth plot covers an area of 298 square metres.

No. of Identified Casualties: 70

SNWM Details:

Details

Surname BUTTI

Firstname James Alexander

Service number S/6098

Date of death 24/10/1918

Decoration

Place of birth Edinburgh

Other 7th Bn.

SNWM roll THE BLACK WATCH (ROYAL HIGHLANDERS)

Rank Cpl

Theatre of death F.& F.

Medal Index Card:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...1&resultcount=1

The 1/7th Black Watch were involved in the Battle of the Selle with 51st Division at the time of James' death.

Hope this helps,

Steve.

[glasgow]

Steve and Ian

Many thanks for the info guys you've been great.

My other relative - James White died 1 July 1916 HLI - it makes me wonder if we've got all the info on him!!

cheers

[Stebie9173]

James White:

CWGC:

Casualty Details

Name: WHITE, JAMES

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment: Highland Light Infantry

Unit Text: 16th Bn.

Date of Death: 01/07/1916

Service No: 14466

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 15 C.

Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Cemetery Details

Cemetery: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Country: France

Locality: Somme

Visiting Information: The Panel Numbers quoted at the end of each entry relate to the panels dedicated to the Regiment served with. In some instances where a casualty is recorded as attached to another Regiment, his name may alternatively appear within their Regimental Panels. Please refer to the on-site Memorial Register Introduction to determine the alternative panel numbers if you do not find the name within the quoted Panels.

Location Information: The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.

Historical Information: On 1 July 1916, supported by a French attack to the south, thirteen divisions of Commonwealth forces launched an offensive on a line from north of Gommecourt to Maricourt. Despite a preliminary bombardment lasting seven days, the German defences were barely touched and the attack met unexpectedly fierce resistance. Losses were catastrophic and with only minimal advances on the southern flank, the initial attack was a failure. In the following weeks, huge resources of manpower and equipment were deployed in an attempt to exploit the modest successes of the first day. However, the German Army resisted tenaciously and repeated attacks and counter attacks meant a major battle for every village, copse and farmhouse gained. At the end of September, Thiepval was finally captured. The village had been an original objective of 1 July. Attacks north and east continued throughout October and into November in increasingly difficult weather conditions. The Battle of the Somme finally ended on 18 November with the onset of winter. In the spring of 1917, the German forces fell back to their newly prepared defences, the Hindenburg Line, and there were no further significant engagements in the Somme sector until the Germans mounted their major offensive in March 1918. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916. The memorial also serves as an Anglo-French Battle Memorial in recognition of the joint nature of the 1916 offensive and a small cemetery containing equal numbers of Commonwealth and French graves lies at the foot of the memorial. The memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, was built between 1928 and 1932 and unveiled by the Prince of Wales, in the presence of the President of France, on 31 July 1932. The dead of other Commonwealth countries who died on the Somme and have no known graves are commemorated on national memorials elsewhere.

No. of Identified Casualties: 72103

SNWM:

Details

Surname WHITE

Firstname James

Service number 14466

Date of death 01/07/1916

Decoration

Place of birth Glasgow

Other 16th Bn.

SNWM roll THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY

Rank Pte

Theatre of death F.& F.

MIC:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documen...1&resultcount=1

Some details of the 16th HLI on of the First Day of the Somme:

The 16th and 17th Highland Light Infantry attacked Thiepval on the 1-7-1916 as part of 97th Brigade of 32nd Division. The Brigade had sneaked out into No Man's Land during the artillery barrage and stole a march on the rest of the British attack enabling them to reach the German lines without being mown down by the machine-guns. Some of the 17th even had time to kick footballs across No Man's Land.

After that they tried to press on to the Hindenburg Trench some 150 yards on. This time they were caught by machine gun fire from Wundtwurk Redoubt. The two battalions waited for Reserves to come up, but none came. Intact barbed wire stopped them advancing further and they were out of range for using grenades. Pounded by artillery and pinned down by machine-gun fire, the survivors of the 16th and 17th HLI withdrew back to the German's first trench line and tried to hold on...

Hopefully someone else will post "Soldiers Died in the Great War" details,

Steve.