17 October 1915:
'Attacked German trench on left & right through old communication trenches. All bomb work. Could not get through. Lost lot of men. Jewson killed and two or three officers. German trench called Big Willie. Gottwaltz killed."
On this day 3 officers from the 2nd Battalion Scots Gurads were killed and 20 men, including Corporal John S Jewson from London and Charles Raymond Gottwaltz , born in Cardiff and from Leeds.
'Attacked German trench on left & right through old communication trenches. All bomb work. Could not get through. Lost lot of men. Jewson killed and two or three officers. German trench called Big Willie. Gottwaltz killed."
On this day 3 officers from the 2nd Battalion Scots Gurads were killed and 20 men, including Corporal John S Jewson from London and Charles Raymond Gottwaltz , born in Cardiff and from Leeds.
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