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2Lt. William Humphrey MC.
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Elland, Leeds
(d.24th October 1918)
Bill Humphrey was my grandmother's first cousin. She was very close to Bill and he was about 6 years older than her.
He was conscripted into the Army in 1916 and attached to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was wounded on about 6th October 1918 near Villers Farm in Northern France, attached to the 3rd Royal Dublin Fusiliers, when he was leading an assault on a fortified farm and his platoon took 6 machine gun posts and 76 prisoners. He was evacuated to the military hospital near Etaples and died of his wounds on 24th iof October 1918.