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Edward Kerr cap badgePrivate Edward Kerr

1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
Service No: 48103

Edward Kerr grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Son of Hugh and Catherine Kerr. From the 1901 Census - Address - 35 Dundyvan Rd, Coatbridge - Hugh Kerr aged 32, Catherine Kerr aged 29, Agnes Kerr aged 4, Edward Kerr aged 2, Elizabeth Kerr aged 9 months. Edward's Pension was awarded to his mother Catherine of 33b Dundyvan Rd, Coatbridge.

Born / Resided

Coatbridge / 33 Dundyvan Rd, Coatbridge.

Died

Killed in Action on the 22/08/1918 at the Battle of Albert (part of the 2nd Battles of the Somme)

Enlisted

Hamilton

Employed

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Age

19

Buried / Remembered

Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery (II. E. 5), Pas de Calais, France.

Cemetery / Memorial Information

Douchy-les-Ayette was in German occupation from October, 1914 to the 21st March, 1917. In March, 1918, the enemy advanced as far as the Communal Cemetery, and held it for a few days. The village was never completely evacuated by the inhabitants. It contained a German Cemetery of 380 graves, now removed. The British Cemetery was begun in August and September, 1918, by the 3rd Division Burial Officer; and the 81 graves then made are scattered among eight Rows in what are now Plots II and IV. It was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of Arras and the Ancre and from other burial grounds. There are over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly one-third are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to an officer of the Lincolns believed to be buried among them. Certain graves in Plot I, Row A and B, identified collectively but not individually, are marked by headstones bearing the additional words: "Buried near this spot...".

Additional Information

The Battalion arrived at Le Havre on the 24/08/1914 and were part of the 8th Brigade, 3rd Division when Edward fell at the Battle of Albert, 21st – 23rd August 1918. This was part of the The Second Battles of the Somme, 21st August – 3rd September 1918 : British Third and Fourth Armies commence offensive operations on the same ground over which the 1916 Battle of the Somme was fought. They make deep advance. Douchy-les-Ayette was in German occupation from October, 1914 to the 21st March, 1917. In March, 1918, the enemy advanced as far as the Communal Cemetery, and held it for a few days. The village was never completely evacuated by the inhabitants. It contained a German Cemetery of 380 graves, now removed. The British Cemetery was begun in August and September, 1918, by the 3rd Division Burial Officer; and the 81 graves then made are scattered among eight Rows in what are now Plots II and IV. It was enlarged after the Armistice by the concentration of graves from the battlefields of Arras and the Ancre and from other burial grounds. There are now over 700, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Of these, nearly one-third are unidentified and a special memorial is erected to an officer of the Lincolns believed to be buried among them. See photos for Edward's Medal Index Card, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his Army Registers of Soldiers Effects, Douchy-les-Ayette British Cemetery, the Royal Scots Fusiliers Cap Badge and Edward's Pension Records x 2.

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