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Royal  Fusiliers

17th Battalion (Empire)

ROYAL FUSILIERS

5th Brigade / 2nd Division

 

24th July : Happy Valley.

25th July : North of Trônes Wood.

27th July : Attack in Delville Wood.

28th July : Bernafay Wood.

29th July : Longueval Alley.

30th July : Angle Trench.

1st August : North of Trônes Wood.

2nd August : Between Montauban and Carnoy.

3rd August : Waterlot Farm sector.

8th August : Meaulte area.

11th August : Ville-sur-Ancre.

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Late August - Early November : Tours in line in Hebuterne / Serre / Redan sector.

Night of the 14th-15th September : Raid in Cat Street.

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13th November : Attack of Redan Ridge.

14th November : Attack of Frankurt Trench.

17th November : Mailly-Maillet.

18th November : Bertrancourt.

 

144 names

E/1610    Private

Laurence

ABBEY

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

E/534    Lance Corporal

Charles Edward

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

PS/7374    Lance Corporal

Percy

ADAMS

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/11284     Private

Percy

AGER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/546    Lance Corporal

William Robert

ANEY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2299     Private

William Nicol

ARCHIBALD

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1500     Corporal

Wilfred James

ARNOLD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

PS/28    Private

Colin Archibald

ARROL

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

1589    Private

Thomas Gee Llewelyn

AVIS

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

1647    Lance Sergeant

Jorgen Kornerup

BANG

Died in service on the 10th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Betrancourt Military Cemetery

 

1716     Private

Arthur

BASKEYFIELD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

2289    Private

Harry Stanley

BEALE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2138     Private

Ernest George

BEAUCHAMP

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/295    Private

Charles Harry

BECKINGHAM

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

E/1638     Private

Edgar

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/563     Lance Corporal

Arthur Cecil

BISHOP

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/9349     Private

Gerald Henry Hinuber

BLAKE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1789    Private

Collin

BOLSOVER

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 16

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/566    Lance Corporal

Bertram Ernest Owen

BOND

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

E/1573    Private

Joseph

BOOTH

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/573    Private

Walter Robert

BRADNAM

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

SPTS/2962     Private

Frederick

BRIDGMAN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

26405     Private

Alfred

BRILL

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

 

E/1831     Private

George

BROOKES

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

E/568     Corporal

Archibald Joseph

BROWN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

K/1132    Private

Frederick Augustus

BROWN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/784     Corporal

William

BRUNETTE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

E/1121    Private

Joseph James

CADMAN

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

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

51243     Private

Edward James

CANTRELL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1379    Private

William

CARNELL

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

E/1862     Lance Corporal

Walter Herbert

CATLIN

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/8298    Corporal

William

CATO

Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

 

E/1502     Private

Charles Walter

CHAMBERLAIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/791    Private

Thomas Alfred

CHAMP

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

2439     Private

William Frank

CHAMPION

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2226     Private

William Ralph

CHESHIRE

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/84     Private

Albert Edward

CHILD

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2235     Private

William George

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/8481     Private

Andrew

CLIFFORD

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1556     Lance Corporal

Frederick

COCKING

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/810     Lance Corporal

George Oswald

COX

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

E/596    Lance Corporal

Cecil Maurice

CURTICE

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

E/1301     Private

Walter John

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/8814    Private

Percy

DE JOHNS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11401     Sergeant

Frederick George

DIDDAMS

Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

G/11489     Private

Bulden Chapman Edgar

DOWNHAM

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11314     Private

Charles Harold

DUNN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

G/37933    Private

Sydney

ETHERIDGE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/2364    Private

John Lewis Stanley

EVANS

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

E/834     Lance Corporal

Bertram

FARROW

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2231     Private

Frank Halyburton

FELL

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/346    Corporal

Herbert

FLEMING

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Robert Henry

FLETCHER

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/13945     Private

Joseph

FRAMPTON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°1

 

E/839    Private

George Stephenson Riggall

FROST

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

1842    Private

Reginald

FULBROOK

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Russell Charles Sydney

GADDUM

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

E/1082    Lance Corporal

Douglas Haydn

GARNER

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

E/267    Private

Graham Reginald

GARNER-WATTS

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

E/841    Private

Wilfred Charles

GARRAWAY

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1708     Private

William Dan

GIBBARD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

E/1404    Private

Edmund

GILLIES

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1758    Private

John William

GRAY

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/129    Private

John Nicholas Walter

GREEN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

E/629    Private

Frederick Thomas

GRIFFIN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/537    Private

Percy Harold

GRIFFIN

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/6078    Private

Jack

HADFIELD

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

E/363    Private

W.C.C.

HARBER

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/633    Corporal

Frank

HARRISON

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7009     Lance Corporal

Wilbert Crowther

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

K/664    Sergeant

Frederick Lawrence Thomas

HASTINGS, DCM

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

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

E/2286     Private

Alfred

HAYES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/646    Lance Corporal

Frederick

HEMPSTEAD

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1252    Private

William Joe

HUGGETT

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/7005    Lance Corporal

Edwin Kelita

JAGGER

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1089    Private

Norman Bernard

KENDALL

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

E/1371    Sergeant

Harry

KING

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/396    Corporal

Albert Edward

KNIGHT

Died of wounds on the 3rd November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

E/1704    Private

Edmund George

LEWIN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/9677    Private

Charles Osborne

LEWIS

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

E/1562     Private

James Arthur

LOATES

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

G/11113     Private

Henry Walter

LOCKETT

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

E/883    Private

John

MADER

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. N°1

 

PS/11440    Private

Philip Scholes

MALLINSON

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

K/28    Private

Edward John

MATTHEWS

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. N°1

 

E/1413     Private

Samuel

MOORE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/188     Lance Corporal

Robert Norman

MORTON

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/691     Lance Corporal

Charles John

MUNK

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/9708    Private

Alfred James

NEWMAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/426    Private

Theodore Benjamin

NOYCE

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/908    Lance Corporal

Arthur Edward

PADMORE

Died of wounds on the 20th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Fulford Cemetery

 

E/696    Private

Frederick

PARKER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/7179    Private

John

PEARSON

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Stanley

PENNY

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

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

2269    Private

Albert

PEVERELL

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8770     Private

Clifford

PICKUP

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1328    Private

Arnoldo

PLANZI

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/11387     Private

Charles

PRENTICE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Norfolk Cemetery

 

E/920    Private

Henry James

PUDDICK

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

 

Second Lieutenant

Reginald

RAMSBOTTOM

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1388     Private

Thomas B.

RAWSON

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

G/24608     Private

Joseph Basil

REEVES

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

E/211    Corporal

Stanley

RICHARDS

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

K/1464    Private

George Fredric Albert

RICHARDSON

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

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

PS/10319     Private

James Alfred

RODDIS

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

E/1887     Private

Harry William

ROOK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Eric Walter

ROPER, MC

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

PS/6405     Lance Corporal

Edward

RUDDOCK

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1608    Private

Ernest Glover

SARGEANT

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/2319    Private

Thomas Reginald

SCARFE

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/285     Corporal

Walter Vernon

SHARP

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1438    Private

Willie Archibald

SHAW

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

K/940    Private

Henry George Wood

SHEPPARD

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/15761     Corporal

Harry

SHIRVILL

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/2363    Private

Joseph

SINNETT

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/9125     Private

John Brothwood

SKIPP

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1344    Sergeant

Joseph

SLACK

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 46

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1898    Private

Albert

SLADE

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/468    Private

James David

SMAIL

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/2047    Private

Charles Stanley

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

E/1035    Private

Alexander

SPARK

Died of wounds on the 16th November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

G/5716     Corporal

Phillip George

STEER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

E/490     Lance Corporal

John William

STONE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

 

PS/7006    Private

Harry

SUTCLIFFE

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/247    Private

Robert William

SUTCLIFFE

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/492    Corporal

Sidney Horace

SWAN

Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

E/1056    Sergeant

Leonard

TAMPLIN

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Communal Cemetery

 

E/496    Quatermaster Sergeant

William

TARRING

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 46

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

E/1686     Private

Richard Augustus Fabian

THOMSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/963    Lance Corporal

Frederick

TILLEY

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1887    Private

Herbert Henry

TOMLIN

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/1724    Private

Joseph Edward

TWENTYMAN

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Edmund Poole

UNDERWOOD

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

PS/6984    Private

Samuel

UTTLEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

E/1604     Private

Joseph

WALSH

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/266     Private

Frederick Richard

WATSON

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Waggon Road Cemetery

 

E/267    Private

Graham Reginald Garner

WATTS

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

E/1455    Private

George

WEBB

Died of wounds on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

E/1819    Private

James William

WELCH

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

E/1706    Private

Walter Arthur

WELLS

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

E/1419     Private

Samuel

WHITE

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Munich Trench British Cemetery

 

49434     Private

Charles

WINTER

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Redan Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

E/729    Private

William

WOOD

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

E/740    Private

Thomas Richard

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

MAN DETACHED TO AN OTHER UNIT

 

E/438    Private

Thomas Francis

PHILLIPS

5th Trench Mortar Battery

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial