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Remembered Today:

1st deaths of 9th Bn Sherwood Forester men


stevem49

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The 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters relieved the Naval Division around Gully Ravine on 23 July 1915. It was the first occasion that these volunteers had been in the line.

On 24th July 1915 the Battalion suffered its first two deaths.

Major George Rudolf Fielding was killed by a sniper and is buried in Skew Bridge Cemetery - grave II. D. 3

6076 Private Daniel Barfield had served as a regular on the Indian frontier and South Africa. He is known to be buried in Redoubt Cemetery, special memorial A.94.

If anyone visits these cemeteries, stop and say hello.

We will remember them.

R.I.P.

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That must have been a bit of a psychological blow to loose a senior field Officer on the second day

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And for him to be the first, the lads must have been devastated, remembered

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With the greatest respect

Susan.

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