Private 31472, 8th South Lancashire Regiment, killed in France 1st October 1916 age 19. Son of James and Mary Ellen of The Villa, Hatherton, Cheshire. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, and on a Private Memorial at Bertoline's churchyard, Barthomley, Cheshire
This was an anti tank grenade fired from the SLR Rifle. it fitted over the Flash hide and was fired using a special Blank Round. there were two types of blank firing rounds a short range 50 Mtrs and a longer Range 100 Mtrs.
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