Edward LUND was killed in action on 15 May 1915 during the Battle of Festubert, near to Richebourg L'Avoue in the Pay de Calais. He was a Private in the 1st Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment.
Festubert marked a significant step on the journey from the search for a breakthrough to the war of attrition. Aware that the Germans were expecting an attack, Haig set limited objectives for the advance, and made it clear that the main purpose of the battle was to grind down the Germans. The attack was preceded by a 60 hour artillery bombardment in which over 100,000 shells were fired, but large parts of the German lines survived intact.
The attack went in early on 15 May with some British units reaching and capturing the German front line. Over the first few days of the battle, the British were able to capture more segments of the German front lines, but on 17 May the Germans pulled back to their second line, 1,300 yards behind the original front line.
It is not clear how Edward died, but his body was not recovered. He is memorialised at the Le Touret Memorial.
His brother Joseph was the sole beneficiary of his estate, suggesting that Edward had no wife or children.
