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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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LAST UPDATES 11th May 2020 25th Australian Infantry (386 names). 30th April 2020 HOSE - HOWARD names page (381 names). 31st March 2020 HOPCRAFT - HORWOOD names page (493 names). Gloucestershire Regiment completed (12 battalions / 1 606 names) with 1/4th Gloucestershire (156 names), 1/5th Gloucestershire (164 names), 1/6th Gloucestershire (180 names) and 13th Gloucestershire (35 names). 24th February 2020 Rifle Brigade completed (11 battalions / 2143 names) with 7th Rifle Brigade (181 names), 8th Rifle Brigade (175 names) and 9th Rifle Brigade (183 names). HOMDEN - HOOTTON names page (262 names). 3rd February 2020 Some Field Artillery Brigades. CCXXIII Brigade (4 names), CCXXX Brigade (3 names), CCXXXI Brigade (7 names), CCXXXII Brigade (8 names), CCXXXIII Brigade (1 name), CCXXXV Brigade (18 names), CCXXXVI Brigade (9 names), CCXXXVII Brigade (4 names), CCXXXVIII Brigade (7 names), CCCXV Brigade (7 names) and CCCXVII Brigade (3 names). 10th Durham Light Infantry (228 names). HOLMAN - HOLYWELL names page (340 names). |
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