Will O'Brien Posted 6 October , 2004 Share Posted 6 October , 2004 As per CWGC Name: LENNIE Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: South Lancashire Regiment Unit Text: 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 06/10/1914 Service No: 9984 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: X. A. 12. Cemetery: ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 6 October , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 October , 2004 & the cemetery info Cemetery: ROMERIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Country: France Locality: Nord Location Information: Romeries is a village approximately 16 kilometres south of Valenciennes and 4 kilometres north-east of Solemes. The Communal Cemetery is on the west side of the village on the north side of the road to Solemes. Historical Information: Part of the II Corps retired through this area during the Retreat from Mons in August 1914, and in October 1918, Commonwealth forces returned during the Advance to Victory. Briastre was captured on 10 October 1918, Belle Vue Farm on 20 October, Romeries itself and Beaudignies on 23 October and Englefontaine on 26 October. The Battle of the Sambre, the last great action of the war, carried the front forward into Belgium and ended with the Armistice. Romeries Communal Cemetery Extension is one of the burial grounds of those who died between these dates. The original extension is Plot I, made by the 3rd and New Zealand Divisions, and containing 128 graves. The remaining plots were made after the Armistice when graves were brought in from small cemeteries and isolated positions on the battlefield, including (in Plot X) a few graves of 25 August 1914. There are now 832 burials and commemorations of the First World War in the extension. 129 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to 15 casualties believed to be buried among them. The extension was designed by Charles Holden. No. of Identified Casualties: 703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted 14 November , 2004 Share Posted 14 November , 2004 According to SDGW, Private Lennie was from Kirkdale in Liverpool. He is listed as KiA. IIRC, 2nd South Lancs wre heading North during the BEF's shift to Flanders around 6th October. I need to check my geography, but its possible he was killed during this, somehow. S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Nulty Posted 15 November , 2004 Share Posted 15 November , 2004 William was the third of five sons of James and Jessie Lennie, of 10, Elm Grove, Kirkdale. SN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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