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King's Royal Rifle Corps

20th Battalion

KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS (British Empire League Pioneers)

Pioneers Battalion of the 3rd Division

 

Arrived in the Somme early July.

Works in Carnoy-Montauban areas.

14th-25th July : Bazentin-le-Grand area. Attack between Longueval and Bazentin on the 14th July.

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14th-19th August : Operations in Maltz Horn Farm sector.

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October- November : Works in Mailly-Maillet and Colincamps areas.

13th November : Attack of Serre.

 

72 names

C/9684    Rifleman

Henry Markwell

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9300    Rifleman

Henry George

ANDREWS

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

R/20051    Rifleman

Robert Cooke

ATKINSON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

R/20054    Rifleman

Henry

BANNISTER

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9719    Rifleman

Leonard George

BARDOE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9629    Rifleman

Claude Edward Henry

BISH

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

A/3428    Rifleman

Frederick James

BOWDEN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/20365    Rifleman

Harry

BROWN

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

12238    Rifleman

Claude

BURTON

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

C/9446    Lance Corporal

Leonard

CHITTY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9893    Rifleman

Albert Frederick

CLARIDGE

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

R/19882    Rifleman

George Henry

COCKETT

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9329    Rifleman

Walter Sidney

COE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9416    Rifleman

Alfred

COHEN

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

R/18187    Rifleman

John Hale

COOMBER

Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

C/9312    Sergeant

Ernest

CUNDY

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

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

C/9272    Rifleman

Albert Ernest

CUTTING

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

R/20359    Lance Corporal

Alfred Percy

DANDRIDGE

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

C/9671    Lance Corporal

Albert Owen

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

C/9514    Lance Corporal

Richard Vaughan

DAVIES

Died of wounds on the 11th December 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

R/4398    Sergeant

Arthur Lambert

DEBENHAM

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

C/9651    Lance Corporal

Charles

DICKENS

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Moulton Cemetery

 

R/12663    Rifleman

Charles George

DURRANT

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

C/9019    Rifleman

Albert James

EAST

Died of wounds on the 26th July 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

R/15122    Rifleman

Frederick

FAIRWEATHER

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

C/9579    Rifleman

William Alfred

FIRMAN

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

R/19081   Rifleman

Bertie Robert

FRAMPTON

Died of wounds on the 24th November 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

C/9017    Rifleman

Arthur Edgar

FULLJAMES

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Sidney

GARLICK

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

C/9476    Rifleman

John Joseph

GARRETT

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9715    Rifleman

Henry William

GEORGE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9853    Rifleman

John William Henry

GORRINGE

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/9068    Rifleman

Alfred

GOWERS

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

C/9166    Corporal

John Styan

GREGORY

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

C/9102    Corporal

George

HALE

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/18406    Corporal

Henry Arthur

HALL

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

R/19943    Rifleman

John Benjamin

HARRIS

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

William Clayton

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

R/19687    Rifleman

William

HATCHER

Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

R/6204    Rifleman

William

HAWKER

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

R/19454    Rifleman

Edward

HEATH

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/14667    Rifleman

Goodman

JAFFER

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9748    Rifleman

Harry William

KEMP

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

C/9550    Corporal

Arthur Victor

KNELL

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

C/9586    Rifleman

Ernest John

LEE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/21582    Lance Corporal

William Ernest

LILLEY

Died of wounds on the 10th November 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

R/19879    Rifleman

John

LOOMES

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9662    Rifleman

George Francis

MATTINGLEY

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

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R/18021    Rifleman

Hayden Charles Wilfred

MORTIMER

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Whinfield Hamilton

NAINBY

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Alfred Herbert

NAISH

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9336    Rifleman

George

NICHOLLS

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9545    Rifleman

Frederick Thomas

NICHOLSON

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9825    Lance Corporal

Charles Alfred

OVERTON

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

Second Lieutenant

William Claude

PERRY

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/9229    Sergeant

Ernest Edward

PORTER

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9640    Rifleman

Harry

POVEY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/18515    Rifleman

John

ROSE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

C/9216    Rifleman

Reginald Arthur

SEARLE

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9367    Rifleman

Charles John

SPICER

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

C/9456    Rifleman

Cecil Henry

TERRY

Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

C/9016    Rifleman

Dennis

TIERNEY

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

R/19267    Rifleman

Arthur George

TURNER

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery

 

C/9208    Rifleman

John Thomas

VANSTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9089    Sergeant

Oliver James

VINER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

C/9348    Sergeant

James Frederick

WAGHORN

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

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

C/9210    Rifleman

William

WALKER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

C/9670    Rifleman

Arthur

WALTON

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9335    Rifleman

Arthur

WARD

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

C/9267    Rifleman

George Edward

WATSON

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

C/9008    Company Sergeant Major

Evan Thomas

WEBB

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

C/9778    Rifleman

Alfred Charles

WORSLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial