Octavius Keen (28857 Pte.)

Octavius Keen
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A soldier of the 11th Battalion Border Regiment Remembered with Honour
Rank	Private
Number	28857
Company
Attached §
Transferred ¥
Former unit ‡	24918 Middlesex Regiment
Enlisted	Hounslow, Middlesex
Resident	Hanwell, Middlesex
Born	Acton, Middlesex
Died	18 April 1918
Where died	France and Flanders
How died	d. (see notes)
Age	36
Casualty type	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial	Grave
Reference no.	XI.B.2.
Resting place	Bienvillers Military Cemetery

Source
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)

Definitions

*All place names from SDGW are listed within their historical counties at the time of the war and may not represent present-day county and metropolitan boundaries. *§ A soldier's temporary attachment to and/or from other units (inc. battalions of the Border Regiment). *¥ A soldier's permanent transfer to and/or from other units (inc. battalions of the Border Regiment). *‡ A soldier's previous military unit/s before serving in the Lonsdale Battalion (inc. other battalions of the Border Regiment).

Notes
*d. signifies that the soldier died but SDGW does not elaborate further. This could mean he died as a result of sickness such as dysentry, colitis, pneumonia or malaria etc., or possibly an accidental death.. However, the CWGC states he died of heart failure, but from what, it does not say. *Husband of Annie Keen, of 22 Milton Road, Hanwell, Middl.

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