Red Cross Files: German Spring Offensive

The following 18 men of the 22nd Battalion were killed in action or died of wounds during the time of the German Spring Offensive of 1918, first while the battalion was in Belgium and then following the move south and back to the Somme battlefields near Dernancourt. Some of the men have WW1 Red Cross Files for the Wounded and Missing – click on the links to learn more of their fate, often from first hand accounts from their comrades. A few photographs of headstones can be found by clicking on the relevant Cemetery link, plus click on Service Number link for biographies of the 5th/22nd Battalion focus group.

LEST WE FORGET

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Regt No.	Rank	Surname	Init	Yr	Cause of Death	Date of Death	Country	Cemetery / Memorial
664	Private	O’NEILL	A	30	Killed in Action	26/03/1918	Belgium	BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
	Second Lieut.	PARSONS	W H	24	Killed in Action	26/03/1918	Belgium	BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
5148	Private	SIMMONDS	E G	23	Died of Wounds	27/03/1918	France	OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL
5312	Private	BARTLETT	T N	39	Killed in Action	27/03/1918	Belgium	BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
6851	Private	MITCHELL	F J	31	Killed in Action	27/03/1918	Belgium	BERKS CEMETERY EXTENSION
1925	Private	LEE	J S	32	Died of Wounds	03/04/1918	Belgium	LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
5060	Private	MORAN	P F	29	Killed in Action	10/04/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4765A	Private	CAMPBELL	W	30	Killed in Action	10/04/1918	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
3814	Private	DAMON	G L	21	Died of Wounds	11/04/1918	France	DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
1121	Private	BOYCE	G H	27	Died of Wounds	13/04/1918	France	DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
2457	Private	YULE	R O	38	Killed in Action	14/04/1918	France	ST. PIERRE CEMETERY, AMIENS
549	Sgt.	ASPINALL	R	25	Killed in Action	15/04/1918	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
4400	Sgt.	CORRY	V C	21	Killed in Action	18/04/1918	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
4104	Private	FOOTS	J M	26	Died of Wounds	22/04/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
807	Private	DERMODY	P G	32	Killed in Action	23/04/1918	France	LAVIEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
4675	Lance Corporal	COLHOUN	G E	30	Killed in Action	24/04/1918	France	LAVIEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
5876	Lance Corporal	DOUGLAS	O H	38	Killed in Action	24/04/1918	France	DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
	Lieut.	BARKER	A R	21	Killed in Action	24/04/1918	France	LAVIEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY