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If You Shed a Tear Part 2 “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" PART 2 Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph in Whitehall by His Majesty King George V, 11 ovember 1920 THIS SECTIO COVERS THE PROFILES OF OUR FALLE 1915 TO 1917 “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" CHAPTER 9 1915 This was the year that the Territorial Force filled the gaps in the Regular’s ranks caused by the battles of 1914. They also were involved in new campaigns in the Middle East. COPPI , Albert Edward . He served as a Corporal with service number 7898 in the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment 84th Brigade, 28th Di vision Date of Death: 09/02/1915.His next of kin was given as Miss F. J. Coppin, of "Grasmere," Church Rd., Clacton -on-Sea, Essex. The CD "Soldiers Died in the Great War" shows that he was born in Old Heath & enlisted at Woolwich. Albert was entitled to the British War Medal and the Allied Victory Medal. He also earned the 1914-1915 Star At the outbreak of war, the 1st Battalion were in Khartoum, Sudan. On 20 ov 1907 they had set sail for Malta, arriving there on 27 ov. On 25 Ja n 1911 they went from Malta to Alexandria, arriving in Alexandria on 28 Jan. On 23 Jan 1912 they went from Alexandria to Cairo. In Feb 1914 they went from Cairo to Khartoum, where they were stationed at the outbreak of World War One. In Sept 1914 the 1st B attalion were ordered home, and they arrived in Liverpool on 23 Oct 1914. They then went to Lichfield, Staffs before going to Felixstowe on 17 ov 1914 (they were allotted to 28th Div under Major Gen E S Bulfin). Three weeks later they went to Winchester, where they stayed until 16 Jan 1915 when they went to Southampton and set sail for France. They sailed to Havre on Jan 17 and disembarked on Jan 18. On 2 Feb 1915 they went to Ypres, arriving shortly before midnight. They spent the next few months fighting in the Ypres salient.. During the month of February they had been in the Verbrandenmolen sector. The Official history says:-. " Throughout February 9 the enemy shelled unremittingly one part or another of the Verbrandenmolen sector. The trenches held by t he battalion were in a shocking state, those on the right being two feet deep in water. Battalion headquarters, despite the attention it had received from the enemy's artillery during the afternoon, remained intact. The next evening the battalion returned to Ypres and during the night of the 11th -12th went into billets near Ouderdom. On the afternoon of February 15th after Albert had been killed, the 1st Suffolk regiment was ordered up towards evening to take over some temporary trenches, to the south of Y pres and west of the canal. These so-called trenches consisted of banks which did not provide any cover and ditches mostly waist -deep in water. 'O' Trench had been captured by the enemy, “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" but was now reported to have been retaken by the Buffs that evening. 'C' company was ordered to relieve the Buffs in this trench and hold it till morning. When they arrived, however, they learned from the Buffs that the main part of the trench was in the hands of the enemy. As they moved forward the front platoon of 'C' com pany were stopped by grenade and machine-gun fire. All attempts to get beyond this point failed and the company suffered heavy casualties during the rest of the night. By dawn all survivors had been taken prisoner. " reference:- :'History of the 12th (The Suffolk) Regiment, 1685-1913' by Lt Col E A H Webb and 'The History of The Suffolk Regiment, 1914 -1927' by Lt Col C C R Murphy. 1901 Census shows: A family comprising: - Gertrude aged 6, Florence aged 7 , Albert aged 11, Beatrice aged 12 all born in Colchester and living at Essex East Donyland together with their father George Coppin aged 36, who had been born at St. Giles Colchester and worked as a labourer in a brickfield. There is a younger brother Alfred Coppin aged 6, who was born in East Donyland and sisters: - Alice aged 1, Ethel aged 4. This suggests they moved about 1895 to East Donyland. Also there are two ladies presumably the mother and aunt; Annie Coppin, aged 30 born at Great Bromley and Elizabeth Coppin aged 39 born at Thorpe Le Soken . In the Second World War his nephews Robert Coppin died with the RAFVR & Stanley Neville with the Essex Regiment. His name is commemorated Commonwealth War Dead Grave Reference: IXA. K. 6.HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY THE BATTLE OF EUVE CHAPELLE ROHA , Patrick Bernard. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd Battalion.13th Brigade, 5th Division He was aged 33 when killed in action on the 16/03/1915. The 2nd Battalion in August 1914 was in Dublin as part of 13th Brig ade, 5th Division. The Division was one of the first to land in France, and as part of II Corps, took the brunt of the early fighting at Mons and Le Cateau. He was killed in the prelude to the Divisional attack on Hill 60 between 17th and 22nd April 1915. “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" Hill 60 on the left is the heap of spoil taken from the railway cutting in the foreground (C) IWM Q 61569 Hill 60 was the largest of three artificial spoil banks, created from the excavated earth from the cutting in the Ypres Ridge, through which passe d the Ypres-Comines railway line. The other two mounds, located on the opposite side of the railway line, were known as the 'Caterpillar', due to its unusual shape, and a conical shaped hill known as the 'Dump'. The German Army had pushed the French from t his vital piece of high ground in early December 1914 and from this vantage point commanded Ypres and much of the opposing line. In order to retake the hill French Sappers had commenced mining from one of their front line trenches but had made little progr ess by the time the British took over this part of the line at the beginning of 1915 It was decided to continue to mine the hill from three shafts designated M1, M2 and M3, the latter being the original French attempt, and each of the galleries split to f orm pairs and packed with gunpowder and guncotton . The mines were fired successfully on 17 April 1915 and an artillery bombardment of the hill and surrounding area preceded an infantry assault. Initially the operation seemed a complete success but as the day wore on and the Germans reorganised themselves it became apparent that 'a costly tactical blunder had been committed' The hill pushed into the German front line and was now exposed to heavy artillery fire from two sides and from the Caterpillar nearby. It seemed at first that the German artillery was firing wildly but this was due to the fact that they did not have their guns ranged on 'what had been their own hill, and anyway shelled behind the line chiefly with a view to catching our reserves and prev enting reinforcements coming up' . The British position on the hill became untenable and, under such fierce bombardment, the use of poisonous gas and almost continuous counter -attack, it was finally lost on the 5 May with the loss of 100 officers and 3,000 men During this fighting four Victoria Crosses were won. “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" A trench still remaining at Hill 60 in the 1930s. He was the son of Keiran and Mary Rohan, of Ballinahown, Athlone, Co. Westmeath; husband of Gertrude Amy Crickmar (formerly Rohan), of "Woodside," The Haye, Fingringhoe, Colchester, Essex. He earned the 1914 Mons Star 1914-20 War Medal 1914-19 Victory Medal. His name is commemorated on the Commonwealth War Dead Memorial Reference: Panel 47 YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL MIS, Leonard Charles He served as a private with service number 16464 in the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment 84th Brigade, 28th Division who was killed in action Sunday, 18th April 1915. He was aged 19. Leonard was born in Bungay in Suffolk. He enlisted at Bury Sa int Edmunds. He lived and worked at Langenhoe Wick Farm. After the war his next of kin was listed as his father, Mr Charles Minns living at 52 Ferry Cottages, Sudbourne, Orford in Suffolk. The 1901 Census shows many Minns both born and living in Bungay. In cluded on the list are two brothers both aged 7, who are the sons of Harry Edwin Minns and Alice Victoria “IF YOU SHED A TEAR" Minns of 3 Castle Lane, Bungay. They are :- Harry Edwin Minns, who died on Saturday 11th August 1917 aged 23, while serving as Private 14866 with the 8th Battalion the Norfolk Regiment at Ypres; and his brother Charles William Minns, Private 320242 with the 12th Battalion the Norfolk Regiment. He is buried at Outtersteene Communal Cemetery having been killed 19th August 1916. It is possible they were Leonard's cousins. At the outbreak of war, the 1st Battalion were in Khartoum, Sudan. They were brought back to the UK on the 23rd October1914 and they were formed into the 84th Brigade as part of the 28th Division on the 17th ovember 1914. Leonard joined them about this date. The Division crossed to Le Havre in January 1915 where the 1st Battalion Suffolks joined their 2nd Battalion fighting under terrible conditions.
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