Oldham Historical Research Group

'THE GREAT WAR',     'THE WAR TO END WAR',     'WORLD WAR 1'
'What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?
- Only the monstrous anger of the guns.'
                                                                                                  from 'Anthem for Doomed Youth' by Wilfred Owen

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
JULY TO NOVEMBER 1916

SOLDIERS IN OTHER REGIMENTS

Rifleman Travis Platt, R/12443

Rifleman Travis Platt, R/12443

Rifleman Travis Platt, R/12443
King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn.

Newspaper obituary:

"Official notification has been received by Mrs Platt of 6 Frederick Street, Chadderton, that her son, Rifleman Travis Platt, King's Royal Rifle Corps, was killed in action in France on July 1st. He was a single man of 25 years of age and enlisted sometime after the outbreak of war. Before his enlistment he was employed as a butcher by Mr Robert Corns, Middleton Road, Chadderton. "

CWGC

Rifleman, R/12443
Date of Death:01/07/1916
King's Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Bn.
I. K. 27.
MAROC BRITISH CEMETERY, GRENAY

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