Roger's Great Roger's Great Uncle. Lance Corporal - Royal Worcester Regiment

In mid-June 1917, the 1st Worcesters had marched into the ruined city of Ypres and took over front-line duty at Hooge including Sanctuary Wood and endured four days of shelling. After a few days at Vancouver Camp near Vlamertinghe being used as working parties, they moved to Brigade Reserve in Ypres suffering shelling with twelve men killed or wounded.  

At 10pm on the night of 5th July, the 1st Worcesters were relieved by the 2nd Royal Berkshire Regiment. As they marched out of Ypres towards Winnipeg Camp on the Ouderdam-Vlamertinghe road, near Vlamertinghe, they were caught in heavy German shell fire. The War Diary records that over 40 Worcesters men were casualties, with 8 being killed.