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7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry



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Those known to have served with

7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

during the Great War 1914-1918.

  • Austen William Arthur. L/Cpl. (d.13th September 1917)
  • Hood Charles Christopher. L/Cpl. (d.5th December 1917)
  • MacLean Robert Alexander. T/Lt.
  • Oughton Thomas Maddison. Pte (d.16th August 1918)
  • Roberts Norman Leslie. Pte. (d.16th Aug 1917)
  • Thomas Richard Stanley John. Pte. (d.10th Jun 1916)

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  L/Cpl. William Arthur Austen 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry (d.13th September 1917)

William Austen was the son of William and Nellie Austen. Husband to Ethel Dora Bartley, and father to 3 young daughters, Barbara (29 Aug 1912), Gwendolyn (5 December 1914) and Christina (22 Dec 1916).

He enlisted in Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry at the Red Lion Hotel, Crewkerne, Somerset, he had formerly served with the West Somerset Yeomanry.

From his diary "went into action at Goodecourt over the top came out from trenches went back to Meault staid a week went from Meault to Corby had a month at Corby. Went over the top at Langemarck on the 16th August 1917 got relieved on the 19th of August 1917"

Just a month later he was killed. Extract from the letter from Captain WS Robins who wrote to his widow Ethel Dora Austen (formerly Bartley) "He got killed by shell fire on Pelkim (Pilckem) Ridge just behind Langemark in Belgium. He was helping to carry a wounded man to the dressing station when he was killed by a shell".

<p>William Arthur Austen on leave

<p>1911 when William Arthur Austen was in the West Somerset Yeomanry.

<p>In Yeovil on the way to Winchester  August 1914

Kevin Harris






  T/Lt. Robert Alexander MacLean 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry

Robert MacLean was a Canadian who enlisted in the Winnipeg Grenadiers in 1914 and was shipped to Britain and then transferred into the British Army. He was commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant in the DCLI on 2nd of January 1915 according to the London Gazette. He survived the war with the rank of (Staff) Captain and died in 1964.

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  Pte. Richard Stanley John Thomas 7th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (d.10th Jun 1916)

Richard Thomas served with the 7th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.

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