Clement Bertram Ogilvy Freeman-Mitford DSO (1876 - 1915)

Born 14 Dec 1876 in St Luke, Chelsea, London, Middlesex, England

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Died 13 May 1915 at age 38 in Vlamertinge, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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Major Clement Freeman-Mitford DSO was KIA during World War I.

Biography

Clement was was Killed in Action in the Battle of Loos, France 13 May 1915. Buried Vlamertinghe, Belgium The Battle of Loos was the largest British offensive mounted in 1915 on the Western Front during World War I. The first British use of poison gas occurred and the battle was the first mass engagement of New Army units. The British offensive was part of the attempt by the French to break through the German defences in Artois and Champagne and restore a war of movement. Despite improved methods, more ammunition and better equipment the Franco-British attacks were contained by the German armies, except for local losses of ground. Casualties in the Herbstschlacht (Autumn Battle) were high on both sides.

Wikipedia:Battle_of_Loos

Sources

http://www.thepeerage.com/p1647.htm#i16463

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