BARONET AS PRIVATE
E-^.AVS SOLDIER'S- DE>ATH
I LONDON, Doc. 22. I On December 13, •■ at Beanmont- | Hainel, Sir Hnbert- Do Renter, a I bai-nnt-t. only son of the late bnvon, | was killed whiles serving n;s a private lot' tlio Block Watdi. -Through bis /persistent bravery, andi resource his
1 platoon of 20 men captured a German officer and 97 men. He was kill--led while carrying a wounded comrade jto a place of safety. Prior to this •ho had similarly saved two/ others. ( Tho colonel of the regiment wrote j stating that if De Renter had lived |it had been his intention to recommend him a high distinction.
A GERMAN CAMP. On tho top of the Taurus Moun-
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Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 6, 8 January 1917, Page 2
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117BARONET AS PRIVATE Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 6, 8 January 1917, Page 2
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