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South Lancashire Regiment

1/4th Battalion

SOUTH LANCASHIRE

Pioneers Battalion of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division

 

Late July : Fricourt area. Works in Montauban and Guillemont sectors.

8th August : Attack on Guillemont.

August : Works in Montauban, Bernafay Wood, Trônes Wood and Maltz Horn Farm sectors.

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September-Early October : Works in Montauban, Ginchy, Flers, Gueudecourt and Morval sectors.

 

63 names

2809    Lance Corporal

John

ARMITAGE

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5703    Private

Robert

ASHCROFT

Died in service on the 11th October 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2396    Private

Joseph Albert

ASHTON

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4316    Private

John

ASTILL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1809    Private

William

BARTON

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

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

William Broughton

BOTHAMLEY

Detached from The Middlesex Regiment

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

1919    Private

Ernest

BRACEGIRDLE

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4961    Private

William

BRAMWELL

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

1663    Private

Herbert

BRAZENDALE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4204    Private

James

BRENNAN

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2063    Corporal

Joseph

BRIMELOW

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

4381    Private

William

BROADHURST

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

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

3943    Private

Samuel

CHANTLER

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

2861    Private

Alfred

CLARE

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4107    Private

Wilfred

CLARK

Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Warrington Cemetery

 

Captain

Carlton

COLLINGWOOD

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

2659    Private

Joseph

COOPER

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

200180    Private

Patrick

CORNELIA

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2317    Private

William

CROSS

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3022    Private

James

DENTON

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4061    Private

Michael

DONNELLAN

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201838    Private

Albert

DUN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2117    Sergeant

Thomas

DWYER

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2444    Lance Corporal

Thomas

FAIRHURST

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

202704    Private

Ernest Joseph

FISHWICK

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4131    Private

Percy

FODEN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200334    Private

Charles Ernest

GLOVER

Killed in action on the 12th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1766    Private

John

GUEST

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1703    Lance Corporal

Frederick William

GUY

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

3986    Private

Joseph

HADDOCK

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201848    Private

George Edward

HALL

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4377    Private

Peter James

HALSALL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2320    Corporal

George

HERBERT

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1431    Sergeant

James Edward

HINDE

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

4126    Lance Corporal

Ernest

HODGETT

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1444    Private

Albert

HOUGHTON

Killed in action on the 18h August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

1891    Sergeant

Edward

HOWARD

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2032    Private

Michael

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1802    Private

William

JONES

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4688    Private

Joseph

KEENAN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4704    Private

William George

LANDERS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4637    Private

Samuel

LEIGH

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

4878    Private

Mark

LINE

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

4182    Private

Donald Mcphearson

MELVIN

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

2662    Lance Corporal

Nathaniel

MILLINGTON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William Edward

MILLS

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

34101    Private

George Victor

MORGAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4882    Private

George Vincent

MOTTRAM

Killed in action on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

3318    Private

William

ROSE

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200491   Private

Alexander James

SHAW

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

1407    Private

Samuel

SHAW

Died of wounds on the 25th October 1916

Rest in peace in Newton-le-Willows Cemetery

 

2665    Private

George William

SMITH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

John Lancelot

SMITH

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5262    Private

Harry

STEELE

Detached from 1/5th South Lancashire

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

1958    Private

Edward

STOKES

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

293   Company Sergeant Major

George

SUTTON

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Leslie Morgan

TODD

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4882    Private

Cyril Herbert

WADSWORTH

Killed in action on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

4826    Private

William renford

WALKER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4463    Corporal

Jesse

WHITE

Died of wounds on the 13th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

1697    Private

Leonard

WOODWARD

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Warrington Cemetery

 

Captain

Kenneth Christopher George

WRAY

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1770    Private

William

YATES

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

Thiepval Memorial

32

Peronne Road Cemetery

3

Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

Delville Wood Cemetery

2

Dive Copse British Cemetery

2

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

2

Heilly Station Cemetery

2

La Neuville British Cemetery

2

London Cemetery and Extension

2

Longueval Road Cemetery

2

St Sever Cemetery

2

Warrington Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

1

Guillemont Road Cemetery

1

Newton-le-Willows Cemetery

1

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

1