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War service: Egypt, Western Front

Allotted to and proceeded to join 60th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 26 February 1916.

Appointed Lieutenant, 1 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 2280409: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.'

Statement, 3489 Corporal G.F. STANFORD, 60th Bn (patient, St Mark's Hospital, Chelsea, England), 20 September 1916: 'On the 19th July 1916 at Levantie, Lieut. Rhind was the Officer in charge of No. 1 Platoon, B. Company. He went over in [the?] charge but was never seen afterwards. The platoon never got so far as the German trenches so informant thinks he could not have been taken a prisoner.'

Second statement, 3329 Pte E. JUDD, B. Company, 60th Bn, 28 February 1917: 'I saw his dead body lying out in No Man's Land, at Fleurbaix, while I was working as a S.B.'

Third Statement, 2878 Corporal R.E. POULTER, B Company, 60th Bn, 5 February 1917: 'With the exception of Rooney who was in C. Co., I knew them all [WEBB and 10 others]. They all went over the top on 19th July at Fromelles. We had 440 yards to cross under heavy fire and a creek to get over into the bargain. None of these men answered roll call. In my own mind they were all killed. We could not get any bodies in, most of which lay 100 yards out in No Man's Land.'