Monthly Archives: November 1914

2/Lt. A.C. Downes

2nd Lieutenant Arthur Chernocke DOWNES – Attd. 3rd Bn Died of Wounds:  20 November 1914         Age:  22                            Burial: Poperinghe Communal Cemetery    Grave: I.B.5.  … Continue reading

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Officers Killed at Ypres

Officers of the 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial The Menin Gate Memorial commemorates 54,326 British and Commonwealth soldiers (except New Zealand) who fell in the fighting in the Ypres salient from November 1914  and who … Continue reading

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1st Battle of Ypres

Officers, N.C.O.s & Men of the 1st Battalion, Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres FIRST BATTLE OF YPRES: The Menin Gate Memorial commemorates 54,326 British and Commonwealth soldiers (except New Zealand) who fell in the fighting in the Ypres … Continue reading

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