Hi Joy and Graham ……...I have found his Soldiers effects notice , and see the place of death is given as Near Cuinchy . The 3rd Bttn Coldstream don`t appear to have war diaries for the period which covers 5/6 Feb 1915 . However the 1st Battn are close by and their War Diary for 25th Jan 1915 Cuinchy , says " A deserter came in and reported an attack imminent ….the German attack commenced with the explosion of a mine …… the first line of trenches were consequently rushed by the Germans ." there is a long list of dead, wounded, missing etc and the Black Watch which were on the immediate right of the 1st Coldstream , are also reported as being very badly damaged . For the 5th / 6th February , the 1st Battn are moving from Cuinchy to Bethune and then a couple of days later to Ecquedecques . Whilst this doesn`t exactly place WH , it could be read that this mine explosion and subsequent rushing of the trenches , could well have extended to the 3rd Bttn wherever they were . Their diaries start in Aug 1915.
www.longlongtrail.co.uk shows that on 20th Aug 1915 the 3rd Battalion Coldstream Guards transferred to 1st Guards Brigade, Guards Division: http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/coldstream-guards/ Joy ----Original message---- From : devon@rootsweb.com Date : 19/10/2018 - 15:30 (GMTST) To : devon@rootsweb.com Cc : elizgh@btinternet.com Subject : [DEV] W H DAWE Hi Joy and Graham ……...I have found his Soldiers effects notice , and see the place of death is given as Near Cuinchy . The 3rd Bttn Coldstream don`t appear to have war diaries for the period which covers 5/6 Feb 1915 . However the 1st Battn are close by and their War Diary for 25th Jan 1915 Cuinchy , says " A deserter came in and reported an attack imminent ….the German attack commenced with the explosion of a mine …… the first line of trenches were consequently rushed by the Germans ." there is a long list of dead, wounded, missing etc and the Black Watch which were on the immediate right of the 1st Coldstream , are also reported as being very badly damaged . For the 5th / 6th February , the 1st Battn are moving from Cuinchy to Bethune and then a couple of days later to Ecquedecques . Whilst this doesn`t exactly place WH , it could be read that this mine explosion and subsequent rushing of the trenches , could well have extended to the 3rd Bttn wherever they were . Their diaries start in Aug 1915. _______________________________________________ ------------------------------------------ The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/ and Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) _______________________________________________ Email preferences: http://bit.ly/rootswebpref Unsubscribe https://lists.rootsweb.com/postorius/lists/devon@rootsweb.com Privacy Statement: https://ancstry.me/2JWBOdY Terms and Conditions: https://ancstry.me/2HDBym9 Rootsweb Blog: http://rootsweb.blog RootsWeb is funded and supported by Ancestry.com and our loyal RootsWeb community