The hero of Ypres.

My Soldier by Sander de Jong

Table of content.

1.Introduction.....p. 3
2.Passport......p. 4
3.His regiment ....p. 5
4.Where he died.....p. 6
5.Extra information about him.....p. 7
6.Sources....p. 8
7.In the memory of...p. 9

Introduction
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In this essay I am going to write about a very special man. His

name is (or was) Cyril Allen Jolly, A.K.A my soldier. He died during
the Great War in Ypres, and I am, going to find as much
information about him as possible, as he is just a normal person,
not like a famous guy. This made it harder to find much
information about him. But the Australian archives and the
information can tell me who he was, where he went, and where he
died.
I couldnt find a picture, but I can indicate how he might have
looked like.
I hope you will find out what a hero my soldier was, as he gave his
life to stop the germans and help the French and English people.

Passport.
Name:
Cyril Allen Jolly
Age:
19
Nationality:
Australian
Date of birth:
1898
Date of death:
21 September 1917
Regiment:
1st division, 7th
battalion
Service number: #4006
Family:
Son of Charles E. Jolly
and Ellen Jolly
Picture:
This is how
He might
Have looked
Like as I
Couldnt find
A picture of
Him.

Regiment.
The regiment he served was the 7th battalion, from the 1st
division.
He served in the First World War since 1915, and died in
1917.
He is the background information about the battalion, and
the battles that they have fought.
The origin.
The 7th battalion is part of the Australian army. It was raised in 1914
as a part of the 1st division. The recruited med all came from the
state Victoria. They had served in the gallipoli campaign, where 4
soldiers were given a Vitoria Cross.
In 1916, they sailed to France, where they would be fighting for 2,5
years.
Battles in Ypres.
When they arrived, they were stationed near the Ypres-Commes
canal.
They did not fight in heavy battles. But they did set out night patrols,
that would infiltrate into the enemy trenches and kill them, or to get
information. Sometimes they took a prisoner.
On the 30th of September, they raided the germans, by taking over a
piece of the german line, and killed 13 germans, before withdrawing.
In may 1917 they were taken out for re-organisation and training.
They did not come back until the third battle of Ypres, where they
fought for the first time in the battle of the menin road.
The battalion had 57 people killed, and later in Broodseinde another
97 were killed.
In 1918 they took part in the hundred days offensive, where they
attacked the germans for 100 days, until they reached
Passchendaele.
Throughout their whole period in the First World War, the battalion
had 1045 people killed, and 2076 people wounded.

Where he died
My soldier died during the third battle of Ypres, on the 21
September, 1917.
Now I have done some research, and found out that there
was a battle on that date, in wich the 7th battalion also
fought. This was the battle of the Menin road, from 20-25
September, in wich 57 Australian soldiers died.
He was one of them. I also found the place where the battle
was taking place. Here is a picture on the map from a
museum where I have been.

Here

Extra information.
I found some little extra information wich might be
interesting.

He was a native from Warooka, south Australia

He was identified by his watch.

This is his grave number: XLIII. C. 2

These are the cordinates on wich they found him:

J.14.B.6.4. Unfortunately I couldnt find the map.

This is unfortunately all the extra information that I could

find.
I tried my best to find more, but there was just not much
to find about him, exept for the information in the
passport, and here.

Sources.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Battalion_(Australia)
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/463402/JOLLY,
%20CYRIL%20ALLEN
The Museum.
Google images.

In the memory of..

In Memory of

Private

Cyril Allen Jolly

4006, 7th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F. who died on 21 September 1917 Age 19
Son of Charles E. Jolly and Ellen Jolly. Native of Warooka, South Australia.

Remembered with Honour

Tyne Cot Cemetery

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