Battle or Action:


The Battle of Armentieres


  Detail :

 13 October - 2 November 1914.The battle of Armentieres was one of a series of battles that in 1914 constituted the so called 'Race to the Sea', a series of outflanking moves where the Germans and the British/French Armies sought to turn the flank of the other as the moved towards the English Channel. As the momentum slowed, the contacts evolved into trench warfare.It was closely linked with the Battles of Messines and La Bassee. Following the capture of Armentieres on 17th October 1914 the British were forced on the defensive.

 Rank Initials Surname Died Lodge
 C.S.M. W.E. WATERING 12-10-1914 Lodge of Unity, Peace, and Concord No. 316
 Capt. C.A.C. BENTLEY 23-10-1914 Royal Connaught No. 3266
 Capt. H.H. KELLY 24-10-1914 Aldershot Army and Navy No. 1971
Khartoum No. 2877
 Lt. H.S.F. COSENS 27-10-1914 Marquis of Dalhousie No. 1159
 Capt. O.C.S. GILLIAT 30-10-1914 Foxhunters No. 3094

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