Hi
Thank you much for your replies 17120 is his number but thats all i have.
Does anyone know if there are any diaries or witness accounts of what may of happend to cyril himslf? Looking at the commonwealth graves list and reading your account of what happned the amount of causlties and deaths is staggering for just one day.
Also i looked on Ancestry for his service records and they dont seem to be there, i know some have been damaged in 1940 or did they not keep the paperwork for soldiers who died.
Cyril had 5 other brothers who enlisted in the army on ebin my great grandad they were all from cirencester but all ended up in different regiments, was that common?
Many tahnks for your help.