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Lancashire Fusiliers

17th Battalion

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

(1st South-East Lancashire)

104th Brigade / 35th Division

 

10th July : Aveluy Wood.

13th July : Happy Valley.

14th July : Maricourt.

19th July : Talus Boisé.

20th July : Bernafay Wood.

24th July : Talus Boisé.

25th July : Montauban.

26th July : Minden Post. Carrying parties to Bernafay Wood/Trônes Wood area.

31st July : Happy Valley.

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18th August : Talus Boisé.

19th August : Montauban

22nd August : Angle Wood.

26th August : Montauban

 

98 names

15505     Private

Harry

AIREY

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

26638     Private

Ambrose

ANSELL

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

19315     Private

Henry

ASCROFT

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

29580     Private

David

ASHCROFT

Detached from The 19th Lancashire Fusiliers

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

14307     Private

Walter

BALL

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25388     Private

George

BARTLEY

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

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

25376     Private

Abraham

BARTON

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

32400     Private

Benjamin

BELL

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14765     Private

Frederick

BILLINGTON

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31735     Private

Robert

BIRTWISTLE

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32404     Private

Robert

BOND

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

14283     Private

William Gilbert

BOUCHER

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Chalford Tabernacle Graveyard

 

15582     Private

Edward

BROOME

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14928     Private

John Francis

BROWN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

31597     Private

William

BURNS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23654     Private

Albert

CARTER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22014     Private

Herbert

CHAPLIN

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

26698     Private

Roland William

CHAPMAN

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14469     Lance Corporal

Richard

CHARNLEY

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Chorley Cemetery

 

26418     Lance Corporal

George

CHIPPENDALE

Died of wounds on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

15595     Private

Thomas Edmund

CLAXTON

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

14054     Private

Charles

CONNELLY

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

35373     Private

William

COWBURN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14698     Lance Corporal

Henry Edward

COX

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

 

14823     Signaller

Joseph

COX

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14331     Private

Frederick Sidney

CRADDOCK

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28980     Private

James Patrick

CRANE

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

15357     Private

Albert

DEAN

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Lesley Reginald Coventry

DOUGLAS-HAMILTON

Detached from the 7th Cameron Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

19425     Private

William

DYSON

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14356     Sergeant

Albert

EATOUGH

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15314     Corporal

Harry

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14496     Private

George

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

14180     Sergeant

Horace

FOWLER

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

25335     Private

Arthur

FREEMAN

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26430     Private

Thomas

GAFFEY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

15313     Private

Walter

GALSTON

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

14313     Private

Albert Edward

GLAVEY

Died of wounds on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bury Cemetery

 

25407     Private

Arthur Walter

GOTTS

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

14450     Private

James

GRIME

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

14164     Private

Albert

HARLAND

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14761     Private

Arthur

HILL

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18645     Private

Joseph Albert

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14020     Private

James William

HOOKWAY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14211     Private

Ernest

HUGHES

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

15569     Private

Edwin

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15633     Private

Robert William

JONES

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14140     Private

Robert William

KELLY

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

25396     Private

George William

LAYTON

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Exeter Higher Cemetery

 

21778     Private

Thomas

LINNEY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15326     Private

Edward

LLOYD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14198     Private

John

LOVETT

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15342     Corporal

James

MacINTYRE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

25410     Private

Frank Alfred

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26432     Private

John Owen

McCONVILLE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

15504     Sergeant

Harry

McDONALD

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14447     Private

Peter

McKIE

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25302     Private

Arthur

MITCHELL

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14177     Private

Edward

MOORE

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32408     Private

William

MORAN

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

14642     Private

James

NICHOLSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17184     Sergeant

John

NIGHTINGALE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

14397     Private

Robert

OWEN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14152     Private

John Thomas

PARKER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14186     Private

John William

PARKINSON

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

14886     Corporal

Frank

PICKERING

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Cote 80 French Nationel Cemetery

 

14510     Lance Sergeant

John William

PLATT

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14031     Private

Harry

PRESCOTT

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

14679     Private

Christopher

PRESTON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

22131     Private

Arthur Edwin James

PRINCE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13933     Sergeant

Francis

PURCELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14631     Private

William

RICHARDSON

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

19147     Private

Charles

RICHMOND

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26436     Private

John

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14981     Private

John

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25309     Private

Horace Richard

ROGERS

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

18285     Private

Herbert

ROSE

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

John Emerton

SANDERS

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Edward Melland

SCHILL

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

14474     Corporal

James

SCHOFIELD

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28931     Private

Wilfred

SCOTT

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

14476     Private

William

SHARPLES

Died in service on the 21st September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

25346     Private

Bertie

SMITH

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14446     Private

Frederick

STARKIE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

James Buchanan

STRANG

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22074     Private

John Frederick

SWAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19419     Private

Samuel

SWINSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23623     Private

John

TATE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31733     Private

Robert

TAYLOR

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14809     Private

Thomas

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

14694     Private

Albert

TOWNSEND

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25414     Private

Frederick John

TYDEMAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14120     Private

Jonathan

WALKDEN

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14328     Private

Joseph

WATKINS

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

15493     Private

George Hardy

WHALLEY

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

14563     Private

Fred

WHITEHEAD

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Tincourt New British Cemetery

 

14175     Sergeant

Joseph

WOODS

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

14629     Sergeant

George Henry

WORRALL

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery