Dates:
War Service:
Second Lieutenant WALLACE BERNARD HAMILTON of 6th battalion Bedfordshire Regiment was killed in action on 9 August 1916 when the battalion attacked the German intermediate line north of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood, midway between Pozieres and High Wood. He had previously been attached to the 10th battalion and is believed to have joined the 6th on 1 August.
He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the war memorial at St Hilda’s church, Brockley.
Details:
Source:
www.bedforshireregiment.org.uk
Contributed By: Andy Pepper
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