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Three: Private R. Gale, 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded on the...
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Three: Private R. Gale, 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded on the Somme; was Mentioned in the Battalion History for his good work in repelling a German raiding party at Maroc on 19 March 1917, and was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917
1914-15 Star (G-3982. Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-3982 Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100
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Robert Gale was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend, Kent. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 October 1915, and was wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He saw further service with the Battalion at Maroc, and is mention in the History of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919: ‘At about 4 o’clock the next morning [19 March 1917], under cover of a heavy barrage, the enemy attempted to raid the Double Crassier ... Lance-Corporal Dent and Private Gale, were were with the support section, did very good work in repulsing the raiders with bombs when they had already worked their way round the forward section along the sides of the crassier. Lance-Corporal Dent was awarded a well-deserved Military Medal.’
Gale was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917, on which day the enemy carried out a Minnenwerfer strafe and did considerable damage both in casualties and to the trenches; the battalion suffered 7 killed (including Gale) and 31 wounded. he is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium.
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1914-15 Star (G-3982. Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-3982 Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100
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Robert Gale was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend, Kent. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 October 1915, and was wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He saw further service with the Battalion at Maroc, and is mention in the History of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919: ‘At about 4 o’clock the next morning [19 March 1917], under cover of a heavy barrage, the enemy attempted to raid the Double Crassier ... Lance-Corporal Dent and Private Gale, were were with the support section, did very good work in repulsing the raiders with bombs when they had already worked their way round the forward section along the sides of the crassier. Lance-Corporal Dent was awarded a well-deserved Military Medal.’
Gale was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917, on which day the enemy carried out a Minnenwerfer strafe and did considerable damage both in casualties and to the trenches; the battalion suffered 7 killed (including Gale) and 31 wounded. he is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium.
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Three: Private R. Gale, 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, who was wounded on the Somme; was Mentioned in the Battalion History for his good work in repelling a German raiding party at Maroc on 19 March 1917, and was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917
1914-15 Star (G-3982. Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-3982 Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100
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Robert Gale was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend, Kent. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 October 1915, and was wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He saw further service with the Battalion at Maroc, and is mention in the History of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919: ‘At about 4 o’clock the next morning [19 March 1917], under cover of a heavy barrage, the enemy attempted to raid the Double Crassier ... Lance-Corporal Dent and Private Gale, were were with the support section, did very good work in repulsing the raiders with bombs when they had already worked their way round the forward section along the sides of the crassier. Lance-Corporal Dent was awarded a well-deserved Military Medal.’
Gale was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917, on which day the enemy carried out a Minnenwerfer strafe and did considerable damage both in casualties and to the trenches; the battalion suffered 7 killed (including Gale) and 31 wounded. he is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium.
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1914-15 Star (G-3982. Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (GS-3982 Pte. R. Gale. R.W. Kent R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100
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Robert Gale was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment at Gravesend, Kent. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 October 1915, and was wounded in July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He saw further service with the Battalion at Maroc, and is mention in the History of the 8th Battalion The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914-1919: ‘At about 4 o’clock the next morning [19 March 1917], under cover of a heavy barrage, the enemy attempted to raid the Double Crassier ... Lance-Corporal Dent and Private Gale, were were with the support section, did very good work in repulsing the raiders with bombs when they had already worked their way round the forward section along the sides of the crassier. Lance-Corporal Dent was awarded a well-deserved Military Medal.’
Gale was killed in action on the Ypres Salient on 23 May 1917, on which day the enemy carried out a Minnenwerfer strafe and did considerable damage both in casualties and to the trenches; the battalion suffered 7 killed (including Gale) and 31 wounded. he is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium.
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