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Thread: “He saw some Germans going into a wood some distance off and wanted to telephone to the General. There was no telephone in the trench, so he ran 80 yards across the open in a hail of bullets and telephoned from another trench. The General ordered the wood to be... (1/8)
...shelled at once and commended him for what he had done. He also found that the Germans were mining the trench, and started counter-mining, which stopped the enemy’s game, so he did all he could bravely, poor boy.” This is the account, given in De Ruvugny’s Roll of...(2/8)
...Honour, which tells us how Capt Dudley Persse of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers died #OTD in 1915. He was just one of 145 men and women commemorated by the CWGC who were to die on that day. Dudley Persse was a member of a distinguished Irish family who had joined the RDF...(3/8)
...as a Special Reserve Officer in 1911. Prior to the outbreak of war, Dudley had served with the regiment's 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn and, at the time of his death, he was attached to the 2nd Bn. The rank which appears on his headstone is that of Capt, although strictly... (4/8)
...he was still a Lt; his promotion having been gazetted to take effect on 7 Feb 15. Aged only 22, he had arrived in F&F on 4 Dec 14; he would survive less than 2 months in the trenches. After this action, Dudley Persse was taken to No 2 CCS in Bailleul where he would...(5/8)
... quickly succumb to his wounds. Shortly after his death, a small volume of poetry, “Seven Poems by Dudley Eyre Persse 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers Died of Wounds Received in Action 1 February 1915" was printed for...(6/8)
...for private circulation. He is buried in @CWGC Bailleul Communal Cemetery This is what I have gleaned about him from open sources on the Internet and the books on my shelves. (7/8) https://www.evernote.com/l/AQQBzBsRT81FXq66_KTqU3Ims2be1e4dk-0
(Note: All sources are acknowledged and, where possible, I have tried to contact copyright holders in advance. However, if you are unhappy that I have infringed your rights please DM me so that I do not repeat that mistake in future). (8/8)
