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Forgotten after his parents died. It is so sad.

May he rest in peace along with all who fell in that barbaric war to end all.

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The CWGC shows him as 25249 Private John Henry Williams, 6th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, commemorated on Pier 2 Face C of the Theipval Memorial - listed amongst the missing whose bodies were never recovered from the battlefield.

During the summer of 1916, 6th(Service) Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment received training for some weeks in offensive operations in between front line duties in the Loos area. The Battalion was moved south with 112th Brigade, 37th Division, to take part in the Battle of Ancre in November 1916, the final act in the 5 months Battle of the Somme. There the Bedfords fought in and around Beaumont-Hamel. During an attack three days into the battle that was held up by unbroken belts of German wire, Private John Henry Williams lost his life in fighting on Thursday 16th November 1916, a freezing cold day, assaulting up a muddy valley east of Beaumont-Hamel as the 6th Bedfords tried in vain to reach and assault German positions on the ridge called Munich Trench.//

Award of the Military Cross announced in the London Gazette, 4 June 1917, p. 5477: www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30111/supplements/5477/ DSO citation from the London Gazette, 16 September 1918, p. 10863: Capt. Alfred Raymond Bare, M.C., N. Lan. R. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Under cover of a heavy barrage the enemy attacked, very quickly surrounding a strong point, where this officer had his company headquarters and one platoon. In face of superior numbers, he put up a stout resistance until forced to retire on to another strong point, where the position was very critical, the officer in charge having been killed. He took command, and after a stiff fight, drove back the enemy. He was twice wounded during the fight." www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30901/supplements/10863/

An officer of the same name was earlier commissioned into the 22nd County of London Regiment: London Gazette, 3 November 1914, p. 8894: "22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's); the undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants. Dated 25th September, 1914 : -- Alfred R. Bare. John D. Tate." www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28961/pages/8894/ London Gazette, 12 August 1915, p. 8009: "22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's); the undermentioned Lieutenants to be temporary Captains: -- Lawrence J. Clarke. Dated 10th July, 1915. Noel C. Boosey (since died of wounds). Dated 10th July, 1915. Alfred R. Bare, Dated 23rd July, 1915." www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29261/supplements/8009/

A Major A. R. Bare, DSO, MC, ret. appears in the list of retired officers re-employed in the Second World War, 31/7/1943 (Army List, January-March 1944, p 2991): archive.org/details/armylistaprpart221944gre

My Headmistress, Miss Swanton's husband. He made a good Santa every year at the Swan School, Salisbury. (At least, I thought it was him - others say it was Major Higdon - the disguise worked!) I was there September 1964 until July 1968. He was born on the 26th March 1886. (It was both of them! They took it in turns.)

4th Bn. Loyal #.—Lt.-Col. A. R. Bare, D.S.O., M.C. (Maj. ret. pay), resigns his commn. 4th Apr. 1938. www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34509/page/3024/data.pdf THE LONDON GAZETTE, 10 MAY, 1938

CWGC details Name: BUTLER, EDWARD LIONEL AUSTIN Initials: E L A Nationality: Australian Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit Text: 12th Bn. Date of Death: 23/08/1916 Additional information: Son of Edward Henry and Fanny Amy Butler, of Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: III. A. 10. Cemetery: PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=510923 Grave Marker can be viewed here twgpp.org/information.php?id=2043905

Descendant of Gamaliel Butler? Yes Known as Leo, b. 10/04/1883, d. 23/08/1916. Fourth generation in family law firm, Butler, MacIntyre and Butler, apparently played first class cricket for Tasmania. A memorial window was erected at St Davids Cathedral, Hobart. Dedicated to his memory on 16/08/1917. next of kin E.H. (Edward Henry) Butler (Father), Solicitor, Hobart. b1851, d1928. Mother - Fanny Amy Butler nee Clerk. Brother - Angus Leicester Butler, b1885, d1965 (wife Marjorie nee Ellis) no children. A cousin of my Gran. www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/pozieres-windmill/aif-memorial...

Leo may have seen the same trenches as my Grandfather's brother!

Although in different Battalions, they moved backwards and forwards gaining ground, then loosing it again, with sometimes heavy loss of life on both sides, for a war that Paul Baumer in "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Remarque, could not see the point of!

See images of the gravesites at PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY here..
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