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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 30th January 2021 Some Machine Gun Companies : 16th Machine Gun Company (15 names), 17th Machine Gun Company (12 names), 18th Machine Gun Company (17 names), 22nd Machine Gun Company (26 names), 23rd Machine Gun Company (10 names), 24th Machine Gun Company (7 names, 25th Machine Gun Company (16 names), 26th Machine Gun Company (25 names), 27th Machine Gun Company (11 names), 28th Machine Gun Company (23 names), 70th Machine Gun Company (22 names), 71st Machine Gun Company (13 names), 72nd Machine Gun Company (12 names) and 73rd Machine Gun Company (15 names). Map of the attack of Fricourt by the 21st Division and the 50th Brigade - 1st July 1916. 21st January 2021 The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (15 battalions / 3 298 names) completed with 17th Liverpool (346 names), 19th Liverpool (268 names) and 20th Liverpool (289 names). PATON - PAXTON names page (298 names). 7th January 2021 PARR - PATMORE names page (502 names). 14th December 2020 King's Own Scottish Borderers (4 battalions / 902 names) completed with 6th K.O.S.B. (164 names) and 7th/8th K.O.S.B. (198 names). |
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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 202 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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