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231996

Cpl. Louis Pettitt

British Army 13th Btn. Middlesex Regiment

from:Alfriston, Sussex

(d.20th July 1918)

Louis Pettitt enlisted in the 8th Btn Middlesex Regiment in December 1915 and transferred to the 13th Btn in September 1916.

On 19th July 1918 the battalion entered the front line in the Hill 70 Sector, Loos in the area of Gravel Pit Trench, Hugo Trench, Hythe Alley. Louis was killed with two others on 20th July by the detonation of a single shell on a day which was, comparatively, a very quiet day in the trenches.



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