After just two years, on 9 April 1917, he was promoted to second lieutenant but shortly after, at the age of thirty-eight, he was killed in the British offensive at Arras by the blast of a shell.
He was killed in the British offensive at Arras by the blast of a shell. This was what he was promoted to second lieutenant but shortly after just two years. This was after. This was at the age of thirty-eight.