Six hundred and forty-five British Army officers and men died on this single day, 29th May, in 1918. 218529 Bombardier William Moffat of A Battery, 150th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery died of wounds on this day. He had previously enlisted for war-time service with the Gordon Highlanders, his number - S/9991 - indicating that he must have joined the Gordons in early May 1915. The Royal Artillery number dates to post February 1917.
Bombardier Moffat is one of 585 men buried in Vignacourt British Cemetery, France.
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.
Sources:
Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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