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William George
Lane
1896
Chadlington, Oxfordshire
7th July 1916
Died of wounds probably after the confused and failed orders to take the village of Contalmaison on the 7th July. Initial orders were changed and then received in confusion. Men advanced with no clear idea of support, they were hit by artillery from their own side and there was a failure by another battalion to take a position which would have avoided some enfilade fire. In combination with a break in the weather, the 1st Worcesters were forced back whence they came
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Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
First World War
Private
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment
