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Lancashire Fusiliers

16th Battalion

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

(2nd Salford)

96th Brigade / 32nd Division

 

1st July : Attack of Thiepval.

3rd July : Warloy-Baillon.

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8th July : Bouzincourt.

11th July : In front of Ovillers.

14th July : Donnet Post.

15th July : Senlis.

*******

23rd October : Bouzincourt.

26th October : Warloy-Baillon.

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14th-17th November : Ancre Valley / Ancre Heights.

 

156 names

11317     Private

Harry

ANKERS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37445     Private

James

ASHLEY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12536     Private

George

ASHTON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11232     Private

Alfred

BALL

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery

 

25752     Private

Thomas

BANKS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37447     Private

Harold

BARLOW

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11747     Private

Walter

BARNES

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15012     Private

Alfred

BASSON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12515     Lance Corporal

Edwin

BATEMAN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37803     Private

Thomas

BATESON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

19699     Private

George

BERESFORD

Died of wounds on the 19th November 1916

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

 

11806     Private

David

BETTRESS

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

12593     Private

Harold

BLUER

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

12466     Private

William

BOWDEN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12026     Private

Walter

BOWKER

Died of wounds on the 25th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

11376     Private

Albert Edward

BRADFORD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

34866     Private

James

BRAMLEY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11786     Lance Corporal

Albert

BREARLEY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39387     Private

Ernest

BRERETON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery

 

11342     Private

James Albert

BRETT

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11801     Sergeant

Alexander

BREWSTER

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11243     Sergeant

Benjamin

BROADHURST

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11553     Private

John George

BROOKES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

11703     Private

Frederick George

BROOKSBANK

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25735     Private

Ernest

BROUGHTON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20587     Private

James

BROWN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36511     Private

James

BROWN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11491     Lance Corporal

Sam

BUTTERFIELD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20325     Private

Joseph

CARTIN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37452     Private

Peter

CHADWICK

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11621     Corporal

John

CHAPMAN

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

12419     Private

Richard

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39925     Private

Arthur

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

15122     Private

William

CONNOLLY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery

 

12475     Private

Richard

CONWAY

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

11315     Private

John

COTTAM

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery

 

39394     Private

Alfred

COTTON

Died of wounds on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

 

15210     Sergeant

Edwin

CROFT

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11274     Private

William Dennis

CRONIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11951     Private

Thomas

CROOK

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

39395     Private

Bertie

CROSS

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39396     Private

Harold

CUNIO

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11909     Private

Francis

DONNELLY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11325     Private

Wilfred

DYKE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12537     Private

Albert

ELLISON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25093     Private

Arthur Edward

EVANS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11939     Private

John William

EVANS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37782     Private

William

FELL

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15123     Private

John Thomas

FENNEY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12491     Private

Walter Grainger

FIDDES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37781     Private

William

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39571     Lance Corporal

John

FOULKES

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11780     Private

James

GALLAGHER

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

11477     Private

Alfred

GARNER

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12147     Private

Thomas Henry

GIBBONS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 43

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

10249     Private

Frederick

GILBODY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11309     Sergeant

Joseph

GLOVER

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

11685     Private

Ernest

GREENHALGH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15065     Private

William

GREENHALGH

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11372     Private

Thomas

GREGSON

Died of wounds on the 27th June 1916

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

11665    Lance Corporal

Samuel

GRINDLEY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11259     Private

George

HAIGH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11644     Private

William

HAMBLETON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11581     Private

William

HAMILTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Edgar

HAMPSON

Detached from The 15th Lancashire Fusiliers

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

12534    Company Sergeant Major

Joseph

HASTINGS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22657     Private

Matthew

HAWKSWORTH

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

33699     Private

Robert Cecil

HESKETH

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery

 

12040     Private

George

HEWSON

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

George Neale

HIGGINSON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

12418     Private

Ernest

HILL

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37466     Private

Fred

HILTON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37464     Private

Edward Colston

HOLDSWORTH

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11954     Private

George

HOLT

Died of wounds on the 28th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

37784     Private

James

HORRIGAN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22656     Private

Sam Carter

HOUGHTON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

29773     Private

Tom

HOWARD

Died of wounds on the 25th November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery

 

12179     Corporal

William Henry

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

28773     Private

James

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10047     Private

Arthur

JAMES

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

29553     Private

Albert Edward

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11306     Private

Edward

JONES

Killed in action on the 27th June 1916

Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery

 

39423     Private

Harry

JONES

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11890     Private

William

JONES

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

39424     Private

Leonard

KELLY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33709     Private

Robert

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

39429     Lance Corporal

John

LEIGH

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11568     Private

Robert

LEIGH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11969     Private

James

LENORD

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12443     Private

William

LOVATT

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37791     Private

Richard

LUCAS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11438     Private

John

MAGILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11810     Private

Edwin Thomas

MATTOCK

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

39476     Private

Albert

McCANN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°1

 

39439     Private

Frank

McGREGOR

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33905     Private

John James

McMANUS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11725     Private

Albert

MELLER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery

 

11834    Lance Corporal

Thomas Edward

MELLOR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Major

Charles Walter

MERRYWEATHER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12166     Private

Henry

MIDDLETON

Died of wounds on the 12th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

39440     Private

John

MILLER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11702     Private

Arthur Victor

MILLINGTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37474     Private

Job

MILLS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

15032     Lance Corporal

Frank Douglas

MOORE

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

11643     Private

Herbert

MOORHEAD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11206    Private

Stephen

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11789     Private

Harold

MOTTERSHEAD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11673     Private

William Francis

MURDEN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28374     Private

Henry

NEVILLE

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11247     Lance Corporal

Henry

O'BRIEN

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

37774     Private

Richard

OPENSHAW

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11853     Private

Joseph

ORLEDGE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37773     Lance Corporal

William

OWEN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33892     Private

James

PHILLIPS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

15166     Private

Harry

POTTER

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15242     Private

Daniel Shelton

POTTS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39448     Private

George Joseph

PRICE

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22661     Private

Silvanus

PRUDEN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12013     Private

Thomas

QUIGLEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12146     Corporal

Harold

REDFERN

Died of wounds on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

39953     Private

John

RIDGWAY

Died of wounds on the 24th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

12080     Private

Ernest

RIGBY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Frankfurt Trench British Cemetery

 

11465     Private

Harry

RISBY

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

11430     Private

Thomas

ROTHWELL

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11754     Private

Joseph Lamb

ROUTLEDGE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11524     Private

John Harold

ROYLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11691     Sergeant

William

ROYLE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Bertram

RYLANDS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28746     Private

John

SHAND

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11757    Corporal

Stephen

SHARPLES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20329     Private

Peter

SNOWDEN

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35055     Private

George

SPENCER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12039     Private

James

STANNEY

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11216     Lance Corporal

John

STEWART

Killed in action on the 21st November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11611     Private

Samuel

STOREY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

11254     Private

Herbert Douglas

STRACHAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

33694     Private

Benjamin

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 6th December 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

11638     Private

John William

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31850     Private

Richard Curtis

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

31834     Private

Walter

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in New Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

11287    Sergeant

William

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11532     Private

William

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 22nd November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11270    Private

James

TOWN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11266    Private

Henry

WAKEFIELD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11387     Private

George Edward

WALSHE

Died of wounds on the 27th June 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

12060    Lance Corporal

Charlie

WESTHEAD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15014     Private

Joseph

WHALLEY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22695     Private

Henry

WHEELER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33657     Private

Arthur

WHITAKER

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11577     Lance Corporal

Harry Albert

WHITE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

11737     Private

William Henry

WHITEHILL

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

12414     Private

John

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

39458     Private

Sidney

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31961     Private

William Harold

WILLS

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

11276    Lance Corporal

Leonard

WORSLEY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11964     Private

Walter

YOUNG

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Salford (Weaste) Cemetery

 

 

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

15074    Private

Major

EASTWOOD

7th Loyal North Lancashire

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

11404    Private

Walter

FOSTER

Unknown unit

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

Second Lieutenant

Richard Henry

HIGSON

2nd Lancashire Fusiliers

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11735    Private

Harry

HODGES

7th Loyal North Lancashire

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial