Description
1914-15 trio and Plaque, 115 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, Died at Sea 16th November 1916 after being Wounded in Salonika.
1914-15 Star, 44498 Gnr B.H. Heathcote. R.F.A.; British War and Victory Medals, 44498 Gnr B.H. Heathcote, R.A.; Memorial Plaque, Benjamin Hugo Heathcote.
Benjamin Hugo Heathcote was born in Winter, Derbyshire on the 22nd February 1883.
He enlisted into the Royal Field Artillery in 1914 and was posted to 115th (Howitzer) Brigade.arriving in France on the 21st September 1915.
The division travelled to Salonika where in took part in the Battle of Horseshoe Hill.
In October / November of 1916 he was admitted to hospital., and was then shipped home, but did not survive the journey he died on the 16th November 1916 at sea.
He was buried at sea and his commemorated on the Dorian Memorial, and on a family grave in Winter.
Condition – NEF
