11344 Private Joseph Willie Peverley

On the outbreak of war, the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry was stationed at Lichfield, having been assigned to the 18th Infantry Brigade, 6th Division. The Battalion embarked aboard the S. S. 'City of Benares' and the S. S. 'Bellerophon' at Southampton on the 8th September 1914 and landed at St Nazaire the following day, Private William Peverley being confirmed as having entered the ... ................
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