{"id":12101,"date":"2017-05-09T10:53:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T10:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/?p=12101"},"modified":"2017-05-09T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-09T10:53:07","slug":"aubers-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ww1rollofhonour.co.uk\/index.php\/2017\/05\/aubers-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Aubers Ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aubers<\/a><\/p>\n

On the 9th May 1915 the British First Army, under the Command of Sir Douglas Haig, took part in a joint offensive with the French known as the 2nd Battle of Artois. The focus of the British attack was Aubers Ridge, which is an area around 3km long of slightly raised ground in mostly flat terrain.<\/p>\n

The German trenches were subject to a 40 minute artillery bombardment prior to the attack, which did little to weaken the strong defences they had built there. The attack commenced in the early morning, and as the regiments moved across no man’s land they were cut down by machine gun fire in their thousands.<\/p>\n

The attack stalled, and was called off by 10th May. The British had suffered approximately 11,000 killed or wounded. German losses are estimated to have been less than 1,000.<\/p>\n

This article is an excellent read<\/a> if you want to know more about the Battle of Aubers Ridge.<\/p>\n

The 24 men shown above were among those that died, and all lived in Hastings, St Leonards and Guestling.<\/p>\n

Further details and links to their pages on this website are below:<\/p>\n

Private Ernest Beney<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate Charles Ernest Bissenden<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Frederick Owen Brazier<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate George Leonard Cox<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nRifleman Albert George Ellis<\/a> | Rifle Brigade | St Leonards
\nPrivate John Albert Frank Eustes<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate Charles Edward Gander<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Ore
\nPrivate Henry Stephen Glazier<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Ore
\nPrivate William Thomas Griffiths<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate Thomas Joseph Jenner<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Wilfred Lawson Judge<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nSergeant Arthur Lavender<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Arthur William Lennard<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate Arthur Lloyd<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nSergeant Arthur George Moore<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate Henry James Morfee<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Edward James Paddon<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Arthur Cain Shanks<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Alfred Mark Smale<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Ore
\nPrivate Thomas Stone<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nLance Corporal John Wisdom P Sutton<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | St Leonards
\nPrivate John Veness<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Hastings
\nPrivate Thomas George Wells<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Guestling
\nPrivate George Alfred Winborn<\/a> | Royal Sussex Regiment | Ore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On the 9th May 1915 the British First Army, under the Command of Sir Douglas Haig, took part in a joint offensive with the French known as the 2nd Battle of Artois. The focus of the British attack was Aubers Ridge, which is an area around 3km long of slightly raised ground in mostly flat<\/p>\n

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