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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 20th May 2019 9th Royal Fusiliers (497 names) and 1/9th London (486 names). HERALD - HEYWORTH names page (466 names). 4th May 2019 15th Durham Light Infantry (330 names). 25th April 2019 8th Gloucestershire (351 names), 11th Durham Light Infantry (58 names) and 20th Durham Light Infantry (94 names). HENDERSON-HEPWORTH names page (396 names). 17th April 2019 Middlesex Regiment completed (2 895 names) with 18th Battalion (1st Public Works Pioneers) (54 names) and 19th Battalion (2nd Public Works Pioneers) (24 names). |
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ALPHABETICAL SEARCH 104 393 names (in progress) |
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BRITISH UNITS
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British Infantry Divisions |
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Royal Artillery |
Royal Engineers |
Royal Army Medical Corps |
Machine Gun Corps (Heavy) 33 names |
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Army Service Corps
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Cavalry
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Royal Navy
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Army Chaplain's Department 8 names |
m British West Indies Regiment 8 names |
Royal Flying Corps 197 names |
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Army Ordnance Corps 20 names |
Army Veterinary Corps 8 names |
Military Mounted Police 1 name |
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Australian Infantry Divisions
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Australian Artillery e192 names |
Australian Infantry
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Australian Engineers
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Australian Army Medical Corps
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Canadian Infantry Divisions
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Canadian Artillery
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Canadian Infantry
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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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SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS
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