Hi Rob A google search will provide pently of hits including this http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/loos.htm Ny great uncle William COTTAM died during the battle on the 25th September (3 days before the attack was abandoned). He was serving with the 1st Middlesex regiment (probably) Thanks Chris -----Original Message----- From: greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:greatwar-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ROBERT VAUGHAN Sent: 24 October 2006 16:45 To: greatwar@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GREATWAR] RWF Hi all Im just posting my interest on this site and would be great to hear from anyone who is doing the same. My grand father was Ptv Sam Vaughan from Ammanford in Carmthernshire. He signed up for the "Great" (odd word to use) war In Aug 1914 and Joined the 9th Royal welsh fusiliers. He only saw action for about 2 minutes on the 25th of Sept 1915 before being shoot twice by machine gun at the battle of Loos, My interest is The 9th Royal Welsh fusilier's The 9th Royal welsh fusilier's was diary 1914 - 1915 The Battle of Loos IF anyone has any interest or info on this would be glad to hear from them Thanks Rob ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message