Guest Hill 60 Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Afore I go, one last thing. SDGW: Born & enlisted: Blackburn. Killed in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Remembering Today: Pte Daniel SUMNER, 16028 5 Bn, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, who died on 04.02.16. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Name: SUMNER Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: King's Shropshire Light Infantry Unit Text: 5th Bn. Date of Death: 04/02/1916 Service No: 16028 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 47 and 49 Cemetery: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 4 possibilities as to birthdate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1895 Sumner Daniel Blackburn 8e 515 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Mar 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sumner Daniel Blackburn 8e 447 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Sep 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sumner Daniel Blackburn 8e 437 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Births Dec 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sumner Daniel Blackburn 8e 454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Daniel Sumner is not on the Roll of Honour at Blackburn Church Roll of Honour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Well I think we can deduct one Daniel Sumner from your list, Christine: Name: SUMNER, DANIEL Initials: D Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Driver Regiment: Royal Field Artillery Unit Text: "A" Bty. 150th Bde. Age: 23 Date of Death: 13/08/1918 Service No: L/8475 Additional information: Son of Henry and Alice Sumner, of 25, Granville St., Cherry Tree, Blackburn. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: D. N.C. 4209. Cemetery: BLACKBURN CEMETERY This man was born and lived in Blackburn, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pete Wood Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 From the Long, Long Trail 5th (Service) Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry Formed at Shrewsbury, August 1914, as part of K1. August 1914 : attached to 42nd Brigade, 14th (Light) Division. 4 February 1918 : disbanded in France. SDGW shows that around a dozen men were killed in action in the 48 hours leading up to Sumner's death. But 'our' man was the only person to die on this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Denham Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Posted on behalf of GREENWOODMAN Daniel Sumner was a likely comrade of my wife's great uncle, 18126 Private A Birch of the 5th KSLI, killed in action 10/02/16 and also commemorated on the Menin Gate. The 5th were in the Boesinghe sector at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Burgoyne Posted 4 February , 2004 Share Posted 4 February , 2004 Hi All The 6th K.S.L.I. relieved the 5th K.S.L.I. on the night of 11th February from front line bays E24 to E28, suports at Butt 17, The Nile and Skipton trenches with two reserve coys on canal bank. Annette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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