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NEILL, MORTON Rank:Private Service No:17911 Date of Death:30/07/1916 Age:19 Regiment/Service:The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 19th Bn. Panel ReferencePier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. MemorialTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information: Son of Andrew Morton and Christina Neill, of 33, Burns Avenue, Wallasey, Cheshire.

Morton Medal entitlement is the 1914-15 star having landed in France 7/11/1915. The Brithish War Medal and the Victory Medal. His name is on top of page 225 of Graham Maddocks book. By night fall of the 30th July total killed missing wounded or prisoner from the 3 Pals Bn 42 Officers and 1,073 other ranks in 1 days fighting. Of the 19th Bn 11 Officers and 435other ranks.

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At the time of the 1911 census he was a pupil at Kingswood School, aged 17. His place of birth was given as Pietermaritzburg, Natal.

His Medal Roll Index Card shows that he was Private 1562 in the Royal Highlanders before transferring to the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

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BILLYARD, HAROLD Rank:Private Service No:26147 Date of Death:12/10/1916 Regiment/Service:The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 17th Bn. Panel ReferencePier and Face 1 D 8 B and 8 C. MemorialTHIEPVAL MEMORIAL Additional Information:

Harold was from Walton. Battle know as Flers.

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Name:Harold Billyard Birth Place:Liverpool Residence:Walton, Liverpool Death Date:12 Oct 1916 Death Location:France & Flanders Enlistment Location:Prescot, Lancs Rank:Private Regiment:King's (Liverpool Regiment) Battalion:17th Battalion Number:26147 Type of Casualty:Killed in action Theatre of War:Western European Theatre

Harold Brocklesby Billyard born 1895 at West Derby, Lancashire. Son of Frederick William and Jane Elizabeth (nee Amphlett) Billyard originally of Salford, Lancashire. Orders for the attack on 12th October 1916 read as follows: Secret 89th Infantry Brigade Operation Order No. 59 by Brigadier General the Hon. F. C. Stanley D.S.O. Headquarters 11.X.1916. Reference attached plan 1/10,000 1. The Fourth British and Sixth French Armies will continue the attack to-morrow, 12th October, at an hour zero to be notified later. the whole XV. Corps is attacking. The 30th Division will have on its Right 12th Division, on its Left the 9th Division of the III Corps. Boundaries are shewn on the attached plan. The troops believed to be opposite us are 6th Bavarian Reserve Division and the 6th Active (Brandenberg) Division. 2. The 30th Division will capture and consolidate the objective indicated by the BROWN line on the attached plan. The operation is to be conducted in three stages: - (i) At Zero the Artillery barrage will begin and the Infantry will advance to the attack and establish itself on the GREEN line. (ii) At Zero + 20 the Infantry will advance to the BROWN line which will be consolidated. (iii) After the capture of the BROWN line, every effort will be made to establish posts on the approximate line marked in red, so as to obtain observation to the North. It is intended later to join up these posts so as to form a trench of departure for subsequent operations. 3. The 89th Infantry Brigade will be on the Left of the 30th Division attack, with boundaries as shown on the attached plan. The attack will be carried out with two Battalions in the front line, one in support, and one in reserve. The 2nd Battn Bedfordshire Regt. will be on the Right. The 17th Battalion K. L. R. will be on the Left. The 20th Battalion K.L.R. will be in Support. The 19th Battalion K.L.R. will be in Reserve. The dividing line between the objective of 2nd Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment and 17th Battalion K.L.R. will be a line (Shown in YELLOW on the Plan) drawn from their present point of junction to M.18.c.6/2. thence to M.18.c.8/8 to M.18.b.0/4. //.

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