St Julien Casualties
Details for the Hertfordshire Regiment appear below, official casualties in regiments fighting alongside in the 39th Div can be see "here"
On that day 20 Officers and around 600 men launched an attack on the strongly defended German 'Langemarck Line', the 118th Brigade's 3rd and final objective of that morning. The devastation that followed this attack was on par with the very worst losses for other regiments that had been incurred the previous summer in the infamous Somme attack of 1st July 1916.
Although the 1st Herts attack at St Julien was well documented at the time, no accurate casualty statistics were produced that name the killed, wounded, captured or survivors of that day. The following Spreadsheet has been compiled using all available records relating to the Herts on 31st July 1917 and to date offers the most complete casualty roll available. Although still incomplete, it attempts to identify those involved and also detail the fate (where known) of these officers and men - link downloads spreadsheet.
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The Colour Key is as follows: RED: KIA or Died of Wounds, LIGHT BLUE: Wounded in Action, GREEN: Prisoner of War, Yellow: Gallantry Award, WHITE: Survivor, DARK BLUE: Missing in Action - Fate Unknown.
Those Officers who served at St Julien are easier to trace due to mentions in various diaries and contemporary accounts. The following Image shows (where known) the location that each of the 20 Officers with the Herts was either Killed, Wounded or Captured that day. Each Company is identified by colour; Battalion Headquarters = Black, No. 1 Coy = Red, No. 2 Coy = Blue, No. 3 Coy = Yellow, No. 4 Coy Green.
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