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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 19th June 2021 Gordon Highlanders completed (8 battalions / 1 361 names) with 1/4th Gordon Highlanders (140 names), 1/5th Gordon Highlanders (213 names), 1/6th Gordon Highlanders (86 names), 1/7th Gordon Highlanders (196 names), 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders (77 names) and 9th Gordon Highlanders (44 names). PERCIVAL- PETCHEY names page (290 names). 24th May 2021 West Yorkshire Regiment completed (16 battalions / 2 931 names) with The 1/7th West Yorkshire (Leeds Rifles) (141 names) and The 1/8th West Yorkshire (Leeds Rifles) (206 names). PECK- PEPWORTH names page (450 names). 11th May 2021 Map of the attack of Guillemont by the 2nd Division and the 55th (West Lancashire) Division - 8th August 1916. 30th April 2021 15th West Yorkshire (261 names), 16th West Yorkshire (204 names), 17th West Yorkshire (97 names) and 18th West Yorkshire (162 names). PEARCE - PEBODY names page (387 names). |
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BRITISH UNITS
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Machine Gun Corps (Heavy) 33 names |
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Army Service Corps
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Army Chaplain's Department 8 names |
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Royal Flying Corps 202 names |
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Army Ordnance Corps 20 names |
Army Veterinary Corps 8 names |
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Australian Infantry Divisions
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Australian Artillery e192 names |
Australian Infantry
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Australian Army Medical Corps
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Canadian Engineers
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Canadian Army Medical Corps
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Newfoundland Regiment 375 names
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INDIAN UNITS
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NEW ZEALAND UNITS
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