BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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55th (WEST LANCASHIRE) DIVISION
164th BRIGADE 878 names |
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1/4th Royal Lancaster 201 names |
1/8th Liverpool 297 names |
2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers 195 names |
1/4th Loyal North Lancashire 161 names |
164th Machine Gun Company 23 names |
164th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
165th BRIGADE 676 names |
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Brigade H.Q. 1 name |
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1/5th Liverpool 191 names |
1/6th Liverpool 131 names |
1/7th Liverpool 170 names |
1/9th Liverpool 166 names |
165th Machine Gun Company 16 names |
165th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
166th BRIGADE 478 names |
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1/5th Royal Lancaster 79 names |
1/10th Liverpool 160 names |
1/5th South Lancashire 137 names |
1/5th Loyal North Lancashire 97 names |
166th Machine Gun Company 5 names |
166th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
PIONEERS
1/4th South Lancashire
63 names
ARTILLERY
Field Artillery 57 names |
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(I West Lancs) 16 names |
(II West Lancs) 13 names |
(III West Lancs) 14 names |
(IV West Lancs) 14 names |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery
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Trench Mortar Batteries |
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Medium |
Heavy |
X55 Y55 Z55 |
V55 |
55th Divisional Ammunition Column |
ROYAL ENGINEERS
1st West Lancashire Field Company |
2/1st West Lancashire Field Company |
2/2nd West Lancashire Field Company |
55th Divisional Signal Company 1 name |
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
55th Divisional Train |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
18 names
3rd West Lancashire Field Ambulance 10 names |
2/1st West Lancashire Field Ambulance 4 names |
4 names |
N°55 Sanitary Section |
ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
1st West Lancashire Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 55th (West Lancashire) DIVISION - SOMME 1916
30th July - 15th August : Attacks on Guillemont.
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4th-12th September : Delville Wood/Longueval. Fight for the Brewery Trenches.
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18th-28th September : Flers sector. Attacks of Gird Lines to the West of Gueudecourt.