BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR

BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROLL OF HONOUR IS TO COMMEMORATE THE BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICAN AND INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN 1916.

This Roll of Honour provides their names classified by alphabetical order and by units.

It begins on the 23rd June 1916, first day of the preliminary artillery bombardment, and ends on the 30th November 1916.

It can not be considered as exhaustive considering the men who died of wounds after the battle, during or after the War.

The "Battle of the Somme Roll of Honour" will be completed and updated as time goes by.

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28th November

5th/6th Royal Scots (25 names), 17th Royal Fusiliers (Empire) (143 names) and 1/17th London (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (196 names).

Field Artillery Brigades of the 31st Division. CLXV Brigade (11 names), CLXIX Brigade (1 name), CLXX Brigade (16 names) and CLXXI Brigade (2 names).

HILLABY - HIZZEY names page (474 names).

18th November

Some Field Artillery Brigades. II Brigade (28 names), V Brigade (8 names), XI Brigade (20 names), XVII Brigade (11 names), XXII Brigade (41 names), XVIII Brigade (4 names), XXIV Brigade (22 names), XXXV Brigade (37 names), XXXVIII Brigade (24 names), CXXIV Brigade (3 names), CXXVI Brigade (1 name), CXXXII Brigade (9 names), CXLVII Brigade (14 names), CLVI Brigade (51 names), CLXII Brigade (44 names), CLXVI Brigade (30 names) and CLXVII Brigade (16 names).