Lot Essay
INDENT Second Lieutenant Neil Lancefield Hart served in the Inns of Court O.T.C., commissioned into the Notts and Derby Regiment 27 Sptember 1915 and transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He was killed in action at Passchendaele, on the First Day of the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 July 1917 and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial
80025 Sergeant William Woods, born Salford, Lancashire, previously a Petty Officer Mechanic, R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Section was transferred to the M.G.C. as Sergeant and whilst attached to 'Dunster Force' was killed in action in South Russia, 26 August 1918 (see page 173 of 'The Czar's British Squadron' by Bryan Perret and Anthony Lord for details of the action on this day)
1910 Private William Austen Kerl, born 1893, Beckenham, Kent, joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles, 6 August 1914 and went to France with his Bn., 1 November 1914. He was killed in action, 4 June 1915 by a shell burst whilst waiting to occupy the front line fire trenches in front of Ypres and was buried at 'Cross Roads' Potyze, Ypres-Zonnebeke Road
80025 Sergeant William Woods, born Salford, Lancashire, previously a Petty Officer Mechanic, R.N.A.S. Armoured Car Section was transferred to the M.G.C. as Sergeant and whilst attached to 'Dunster Force' was killed in action in South Russia, 26 August 1918 (see page 173 of 'The Czar's British Squadron' by Bryan Perret and Anthony Lord for details of the action on this day)
1910 Private William Austen Kerl, born 1893, Beckenham, Kent, joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles, 6 August 1914 and went to France with his Bn., 1 November 1914. He was killed in action, 4 June 1915 by a shell burst whilst waiting to occupy the front line fire trenches in front of Ypres and was buried at 'Cross Roads' Potyze, Ypres-Zonnebeke Road