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253877 Pte. Edward Roy Gosling British Army 11th Btn. Royal Fusiliers from:Sidmouth, Devon My Grandad, Roy" Gosling fought at Passchendale and was wounded during an horrific attack on a ridge S.E of Ypres on 10th of August 1917. The right flank was exposed as their supporting regiment on the right were a couple of hundred yards behind and the Germans were spread out in front and down the right side giving them easy undefended access to machine gun everyone down. The war diary of this event is awful and virtually all officers and NCOs were killed or wounded and hundreds of the 11th Battalion lost in that one charge. Luckily my Grandad was wounded and recovered and ended up back in Kent eventually. I often think if that bullet in his left arm had been a few inches further right I, and my children, wouldn't exist. He lived a long life back in Sidmouth but never talked about his time in France. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put the first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**