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.

LAST UPDATES

30th May 2023

H. SMITH - I. SMITH names page (185 names).

21st May 2023

1st Cameron Highlanders / 1st Black Watch Memorial (High Wood), 20th (Light) Division Memorial (Guillemont), 20th Royal Fusiliers Memorial (High Wood), 47th (London) Division Memorial (High Wood), Gordon Highlanders Memorial (High Wood).

18th May 2023

45th Australian Infantry (135 names).

D. SMITH - G. SMITH names page (416 names).

PREVIOUS UPDATES

 

ALPHABETICAL SEARCH

127 969  names

(in progress)

A

4 061 names

B

14 101 names

C

11 138 names

D

6 232 names

E

2 686 names

F

4 769 names

G

6 391 names

H

11 821 names

I

615 names

J

3 775 names

K

3 025 names

L

5 469 names

M

12 589 names

N

2 233 names

O

1 632 names

P

6 783 names

Q

190 names

R

6 732 names

S

6 169 names

(in progress)

T

5 446 names

U

238 names

V

622 names

W

10 691 names

Y-Z

563 names

 

SEARCH BY UNITS

BRITISH UNITS

British Infantry Divisions

British Infantry units

Royal Artillery

3 838 names

Royal Engineers

1 380 names

Royal Army Medical Corps

606 names

Army Service Corps

123 names

Machine Gun Corps (Motor)

12 names

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy)

34 names

Cavalry

Royal Navy

Army Chaplain's Department

8 names

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British West Indies Regiment

8 names

Army Cyclist Corps

31 names

Army Ordnance Corps

21 names

Royal Flying Corps

202 names

Army Veterinary Corps

8 names

Military Mounted Police

1 name

 

AUSTRALIAN UNITS

Australian Infantry Divisions

 

Australian  Artillery

e192 names

Australian Infantry

 

Australian Engineers

e147 names

Australian Army Medical Corps

66 names

 

CANADIAN UNITS

Canadian Infantry Divisions

 

Canadian Artillery

211 names

Canadian Infantry

 

Canadian Engineers

 

Canadian Army Medical Corps

 

Newfoundland Regiment

376 names

 

 

INDIAN UNITS

NEW ZEALAND UNITS

SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS

1 318 names

 

MAPS

 

MISSING MEMORIALS

Caterpillar Valley

Thiepval Memorial

Neuve Chapellle

Villers-Bretonneux

Vimy Memorial

 

CEMETERIES

 

MEMORIALS