Dear Mick
it’s nice to know what happened to James, but so sad that so many men were killed and injured.
I appreciate your reply thank you very much
Regards Jenny
Glad to be of help. The West Kents were on the East Kents’ left shoulder during the attack. Their fate was similar. There was a machine gun post on the East Kents’ left (and the West Kents’ right) which they didn’t have full knowledge of. It cut up both the Battalions as they advanced. When you stand on the spot of the machine gun post you can see what a commanding view it had. Incidentally, only a few of the East Kents who died are in marked graves and even those bodies were found after the war. The rest of them were never identified and are remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
