esmery

Updated: January 11, 2026

Davenport, a gallant officer who to the very last never spared himself, was killed, shot through the head at Verlaines. The enemy, whose advanced artillery was already in action from behind Ham, had secured Esmery Hallon by the evening. Nesle was threatened.

Geoffrey Keith Rose - The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry