The loss of life as the allied soldiers pushed back the Germans is heart-breaking. My great-great uncle Robert Grant (the brother of John Grant) was killed in action at Grandcourt (not too far from Pozieres) in October 1918, posthumously receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. We visited his grave at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Gouy.
George Dalziell (my great uncle) was the only one of three brothers to return from the Western Front and died in 1986. He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry, during an operation to take back the town of Le Verguier (close to Prospect Hill) from the Germans in September 1918.