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Just to let you all know that I have now visited Harry's grave in Godewaersvelde with my family (on our way to holiday in the Netherlands). The cemetry is comparatively small (less than 1000 graves) and is in an attractive and peaceful location by the fields at the edge of the village. The inscripti...

Very many thanks for your replies, Adrian and 'beardie'. I don't have time to respond properly just now, but will do so when I return.

Best Regards, Phil

There is very little mention of the British forces in the Battle of Broodseinde in most histories as the Anzacs did the majority of the fighting. Many thanks, Mark, for the information about Broodseinde. My understanding (from Wikipedia) is that if Harry transferred to the 15th Batallion Royal Warw...

Hi Adrian, Thank you so much for your reply, and for the time and trouble that you've taken to provide me with all that information. I'd not realised that he was a regular soldier by the age of 16. His family (father and grand-father) were coal merchants in Woking, Surrey, and I wonder if that gave ...

Just to avoid duplication of effort, he is a reply that I have received to my enquiry on Ancestry.co.uk: He served first in the 4th Dragoon Guards and was transferred to the 15th Battalion Royal Warwickshire on 24 Sep. 1917. His Commonwealth War Graves citation lists him as a Lance Corporal at the t...

(I have just posted the following the Ancestry.co.uk so please forgive me if you read this there also.) Hello, I wonder if anyone might be able to give me any further information about Harry William Steer, based on the following British Army WWI Medal Rolls index card? STEER Harry W Corps. Rank. Reg...