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Personal data Arthur Lancelot DARLING 

• He was born July 1894 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England.Sources 2, 4, 5
• Resident on April 2, 1911: Swindon, Wiltshire, England.Source 5
• He died on April 24, 1917 in Salonika,Doiran,Greece, he was 22 years old.Sources 1, 3, 4

  Killed in Action

• He is buried on April 24, 1917 in Doirani, Regional unit of Kilkis, Central Macedonia, Greece.Source 3

  RESTING PLACE UNKNOWN Pvt A L Darling ( : 1917) : Find A Grave Memorial by CWGC, findagrave.comAugust 6 Birth: July 1894 Death: Apr. 24, 1917 Note: Private, Wiltshire Regiment. Age: 22. Burial: Doiran Memorial Doirani Regional unit of Kilkis

• A child of Richard John DARLING and Louisa WHITE

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1 _MILT 2 DATE 1914-1919 2 PLAC Devizes, Wilts 2 SOUR S-1621974258 3 PAGE UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=uksoldiersgreatwar&h=520690&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt 3 NOTE 3 DATA 4 TEXT military place: Balkan Theatre death date: 24 April 1917 death place: Salonika birth place: Swindon, England residence place: Swindon military date: 1914-1919 military place: Devizes, Wilts 3 _APID 1,1543::520690 1 _MILT 2 PLAC Balkan Theatre 2 SOUR S-1621974258 3 PAGE UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 3 NOTE http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=uksoldiersgreatwar&h=520690&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt 3 NOTE 3 DATA 4 TEXT military place: Balkan Theatre death date: 24 April 1917 death place: Salonika birth place: Swindon, England residence place: Swindon military date: 1914-1919 military place: Devizes, Wilts 3 _APID 1,1543::520690 Salonika,The Balkans Rank: Private Service No: 19472 Date of Death: 24/04/1917 Age: 22 years Regiment/Service: 7th Bn. Wiltshire Regiment Additional Information: Son of Richard and Louisa Darling, of 5, Horsell St., Swindon, Wilts. DOIRAN MEMORIAL Campaign Medals: Victory Medal British War Medal 1917 The Battle of Doiran (24-25 April and 8-9 May) In 1917 the Bulgarian defensive positions and fortifications were further improved. It included two main positions with two rows of continuous trenches 1,5 - 2 metres deep, 200 to 1000 m apart and linked with passages for communication. In front of these positions there was a two line system of wire entanglements. Between the rows of trenches watch points, shelters, machine-gun nests and sunken batteries were constructed. Behind these defences there were concrete galleries, fire positions for the artillery and platforms for ammunition. In front of the main position there were smaller fortifications, with a partly constructed secondary position 2 - 5 km to its rear. The battle for a breakthrough in the Bulgarian positions began on 22 April and continued intermittently until 9 May 1917. (The assault began with a bitter four-day artillery barrage in which the British fired about 100,000 shells. As a result, the earthworks and some wooden structures in the front positions were destroyed. The Bulgarians also opened fire from the batteries between Vardar and Doiran. Vladimir Vazov ordered fire day and night on the Allied positions.The initial several-hour struggle between the British and Bulgarian batteries was followed by a one-hour Bulgarian counter-barrage in which 10,000 shells were fired) The British infantry began its attack on the night of 24-25 April - 12 companies attacked the Bulgarian 2nd Brigade and after a bloody fight managed to take the "Nerezov", "Knyaz Boris" and "Pazardzhik" positions. After a Bulgarian counter-attack the British were repulsed with heavy casualties and by 8 pm had retreated.[5] The British assaults on the right and central fronts were also repulsed with heavy casualties after help from the Bulgarian artillery. The British attacks in the next two days were defeated by constant Bulgarian fire and counter-attacks. Due to this fire the British withdrew to their initial positions on 27 April, the Bulgarians immediately started to reconstruct the destroyed fortifications. Due to criticism by their high command, the British made new attempts at a breakthrough. On 8 May, after a long artillery barrage, they began another attack. The main assault started at 9 pm with five waves of British troops attacking the Bulgarian positions. After four attacks during the night of 8-9 May the British were defeated and suffered enormous casualties.[6] A Times correspondent wrote that the British soldiers called the "Boris" point "the valley of death".[7] The artillery duel continued until 9 May but due to heavy casualties the British had to abandon all attacks. They lost 12,000 killed, wounded and captured of which more than 2,250 were buried by the Bulgarian defenders. The losses of the Ninth Pleven Infantry Division were 2,000 of whom 900 died from disease and wounds.[8]

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