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Cpl Wm. Richard Pitman Cpl Pitman was in the Royal Naval Reserve when WWI began. He enlisted in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment as enlistee Nr. 400. He was one of the first five hundred, known as the 'Blue Puttees'. He fought in the Gallipoli Campaign from August 1915 until January 1916 when he was admitted to hospital in Malta with juandice. He rejoined his battalion in France in June 1916. Cpl Pitman was killed in battle while leading his section in the attack on Beaumont Hamel. There is a monument in the center of Lamaline, alongside the main road and facing the sea. It reads: "In loving memory of Wm. Richard Pitman, son of the late Robert and Phyllis Pitman. Enlisted as a soldier August 25th,1914. Killed in action at the Battle of the Somme July 1st, 1916. Aged 28 years and 3 months. 'Nobly he died while doing his duty.' " Contributed by Bob Jacobson, Poquoson, VA

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