Comments on: Bourlon Wood http://blackcountry-territorials.org/articles/bourlon-wood 1/6 and 2/6 Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment 1914-1918 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:48:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Liz Ford http://blackcountry-territorials.org/articles/bourlon-wood#comment-1710 Liz Ford Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:03:11 +0000 http://blackcountry-territorials.org/articles/bourlon-wood#comment-1710 My husband's father Alfred Ford was invalided to Longleat after being gassed at Bourlon Wood. He was with the 2/6 North Staffs Regt. He was admitted to hospital 1 March 1918 and discharged 27 April. He died in 1953, age 65 My husband’s father Alfred Ford was invalided to Longleat after being gassed at Bourlon Wood. He was with the 2/6 North Staffs Regt. He was admitted to hospital 1 March 1918 and discharged 27 April. He died in 1953, age 65

]]> By: Jean Langford http://blackcountry-territorials.org/articles/bourlon-wood#comment-106 Jean Langford Sat, 14 Jul 2007 11:59:48 +0000 http://blackcountry-territorials.org/articles/bourlon-wood#comment-106 My grandfather Harold Bennett of the 2/6th South Staffs died on Dec 1st and is buried at Orival. From this diary it seems he died on the day that the South Staffs were pulled out from the line though he may have been wounded or gassed before that. One more day and he could have lived. Jean Langford My grandfather Harold Bennett of the 2/6th South Staffs died on Dec 1st and is buried at Orival. From this diary it seems he died on the day that the South Staffs were pulled out from the line though he may have been wounded or gassed before that. One more day and he could have lived.

Jean Langford

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