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General => Armed Forces => World War One => Topic started by: mlr0663 on Tuesday 18 September 18 17:18 BST (UK)
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Hi
I am looking for info or if anyone has access to the War Diaries for September 1916 attack on Ginchy, Somme. Am researching a Lance Corporal Lionel Westall, number 16653, who died from a head wound received on 15th Sept in the attack, he died the next day, aged 20 and is buried at Corbie. He was a school teacher and I have his records but am after a account of the attack if possible - or a pointer as to where I may find one. If anyone has the actual battalion diaries I wondered if there was any mention of him
Many thanks
Margaret
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http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351842 Download for £3.50.
The diary is also on Ancestry if you have a sub I'll post a link.
Sometimes as ell to read the higher level diaries, Brigade and Division to put it in context of the overall battle but I'd suggest you start with the battalion.
MaxD
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Ta ever so muchly Max - could I trouble you for the Ancestry link
Thank you
Margaret :)
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1 September 1916 starts here:
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/60779/43112_1219_0-00528?pid=609595&backurl=https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DJdV8010%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26indiv%3D1%26db%3Dukwardiarieswwi%26cp%3D0%26gskw%3D1219/2%26new%3D1%26redir%3Dfalse%26uidh%3D6x5%26gss%3Dangs-d%26rank%3D1%26pcat%3D39%26fh%3D14%26h%3D609595%26recoff%3D%26ml_rpos%3D15&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JdV8010&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=43112_1219_0-00086
You will have seen that he died in No 5 Casualty Clearing Station?
MaxD
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If the link causes a problem, put 1219 in the Keyword section of the War Diaries search box and nothing else. 1 CG are the first in the results, trawl through to Sep 16.
MaxD
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That is so helpful, thank you so much, you are very kind. Bit of bedtime reading there for me.
Margaret :)