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William Austen Kerl, born Beckenham, Kent, 1893; educated at City Freemen´´s School, Brixton; served during the Great War with the 16th (Queen´s Westminster Rifles) Battalion London Regiment on the Western Front from 1.11.1914.
He was killed in action 4.6.1915; during the early months of 1915 the battalion had operated in the Houplines sector, in June they moved to the support lines north of the Ypres-Roulers railway, and on the 4th of that month Kerl, ´was killed in action..by a shell bursting in the reserve trenches in front of Ypres while waiting to occupy the first line trenches´ (The Roll of Honour, De Ruvigny, refers);
Kerl was originally buried at the cross roads, Potijze, Ypres-Zonnebeke Road, however the grave was subsequently lost and he is now commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
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