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COPPINS G Private T/240103 George COPPINS. 5 th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Monday 22 nd January 1917. Born Smarden. Enlisted Pluckley. Resided Smarden. Son of Mr E Coppins of Smarden, Kent. George has no known grave. His name appears on the Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq. Panel reference 6. The Ashford 1918 Absentee Voters List gives – Water Lane, Smarden Private 240598 Harry COPPINS. 5 th Buffs (East Kent Regiment). The 1901 census gives – Bakers Bridge, Smarden Everden COPPINS 44 Bricklayer Smarden Alice 35 Smarden Harry 9 Smarden Eva 8 Smarden Lily 6 Smarden George 4 Smarden Annie 2 Smarden Bakers Bridge, Smarden George COPPINS 36 Railway Platelayer Smarden Ada 29 Smarden Robert H 1 Smarden The Hanna Defile is a narrow strip of dry land between the River Tigris and the Great Suwaikiya Marshes. The mouth of the Hanna Lines lies upstream of the Wadi, some 8 miles towards Kut-al- Amara. It was the rainy season days were hot, foggy and humid and nights were below freezing. On the 20 th January the Turkish defences at Hanna came under heavy British artillery bombardment. After the bombardment the infantry moved forward to attack. The Turks rose out of their trenches and literally cut the attacking British infantry down. Very few British soldiers reached their objective. On the 22 nd January a truce was arranged and both sides recovered their killed and wounded from the battlefield. British losses in this action amounted to 2,700 men killed or wounded. 12
CUTHBERT A.G.L Private G/51366 Arthur George L. CUTHBERT. 17 th Battalion, London Regiment. Formerly (3449) Royal Fusiliers. Died 28 th April 1917. Born Smarden. Son of H and A Cuthbert of Marden, Kent. Husband of Sophia Emma Cuthbert of 13, South View Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Arthur has no known grave. His name appears on the Arras Memorial, Arras, France. Panel reference Bay 3. FRENCH N Sapper 143718 Noel FRENCH. 20 th Army Troops Company, Royal Engineers (RE). Died Wednesday 8 th August 1917 aged 24 years. Born Southwark, London. Enlisted Sheldwich, Faversham. Resided Smarden. Son of Noel and Florence F. French of Bouverie Chambers, Bouverie Road, Folkestone, Kent. Buried in the Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Leper, Belgium. Grave reference I.E.29. 13
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Page 3 and 4: BATT W Rifleman 40555 William BATT.
Page 5: BROWN E Second Lieutenant Edwin Cha
Page 8 and 9: CARRE E.M (brother) Lieutenant Edwa
Page 10 and 11: CARRE G.T (brother) Captain Gilbert
Page 14 and 15: LUKEHURST J.H Private (Signaler) 91
Page 16 and 17: SMITH F.F Private G/42786 Frederick
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