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South Lancashire Regiment

1/5th Battalion

Prince of Wales's Volunteers

SOUTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT

166th Brigade / 55th (West Lancashire) Division

 

Late July : Meaulte / Fricourt area.

8th August : Bernafay Wood. Attack on Guillemont (in reserve).

12th August : Maltz Horn Farm sector.

15th August : Meaulte.

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30th August : Albert.

5th September : Delville Wood.

10th September : Attack of Ale Alley.

13th September : Ribemont.

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17th September : Flers sector.

23rd September : Montauban.

28th September : Ribemont.

 

137 names

1694    Rifleman

Joseph Thomas

ABBOTT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2267    Rifleman

William

ADAMSON

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4413    Rifleman

George

AINSWORTH

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

242510    Rifleman

John Edward

ANTROBUS

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1997    Rifleman

Henry

ATHERTON

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2557    Company Sergeant Major

Horace

ATHERTON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

1833    Lance Corporal

James

ATHERTON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2181    Rifleman

Alfred

BALL

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3846    Lance Corporal

Mark

BALLENTINE

Killed in action on the 11th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4452    Rifleman

William

BARBER

Killed in action on the 12th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241250    Rifleman

William

BECKETT

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3940    Rifleman

Walter

BEESLEY

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4332    Rifleman

Edwin

BELLIS

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

3519    Rifleman

John William

BIBBY

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4234    Rifleman

Edward

BILLINGE

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4100    Rifleman

John

BIRCHALL

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4922    Rifleman

George

BOOTH

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

3974    Rifleman

James

BOWIE

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3506    Rifleman

James

BRADY

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

4212    Rifleman

Harry

BROOME

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

3262    Rifleman

William

BROWN

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240671    Rifleman

Thomas

BURROWS

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4166    Rifleman

William

BURROWS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Henry

BYRON

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

2991    Rifleman

Thomas

CALDWELL

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

1532    Rifleman

John

CAREY

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Helens Cemetery

 

4999    Rifleman

Joseph

CLARKE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3512    Rifleman

James

CONQUEROR

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3122    Rifleman

Michael

CORRIGAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2706    Rifleman

William

CRITCHLEY

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Frederick William

DAWSON

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British  Cemetery

 

2768    Lance Sergeant

Hugh

DEARY

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3238    Rifleman

John

DIXON

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5143    Rifleman

Charles

DODD

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4470    Rifleman

John

DONOGHUE

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2740    Lance Corporal

Martin

DOOLEY

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3597    Rifleman

Leo

DOYLE

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

1850    Rifleman

Michael

DOYLE

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4412    Rifleman

Peter

DUFFY

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4253    Rifleman

Thomas

EDEN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1898    Corporal

William

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3604    Rifleman

John

ELLICOTT

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

3450    Lance Corporal

William

ELLISON

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4704    Rifleman

Robert

EVANS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1771    Rifleman

James

FARRELL

Killed in action on the 12th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2578    Rifleman

James

FITZGERALD

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4091    Rifleman

James

FRANCE

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Lieutenant

William Thomas

FRODSHAM

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3949    Rifleman

Joseph

FUREY

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

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

5251    Rifleman

Edward

GALLAGHER

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2118    Corporal

James

GARNET

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

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

3830    Rifleman

George

GILL

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2218    Corporal

Joseph

GLOVER

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

4105    Rifleman

Harry

GRACE

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2151    Lance Corporal

Alfred

GRAHAM

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

494    Rifleman

James

GRANEY

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in St Helens Cemetery

 

4199    Rifleman

Frederick

GREEN

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4217    Rifleman

James

GREENALL

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

240107   Corporal

William

HARPER

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3533   Rifleman

James

HARRISON

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

2620    Rifleman

Henry Burrows

HELSBY

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4299    Rifleman

Walter

HEYES

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5032    Rifleman

Harry

HILL

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

4079    Lance Corporal

James

HODGES

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

241517    Rifleman

Walter

HOLLAND

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2736    Rifleman

Ernest

HUDSON

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1873    Rifleman

William

HUGHES

Died of wounds on the 14th August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

1879    Sergeant

John

HULL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5005    Rifleman

Harry

HULME

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4295    Rifleman

Arthur

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5160    Rifleman

Ernest

JACKSON

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2141    Rifleman

Richard Walter

JAMES

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

4719    Rifleman

Arthur

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1699    Rifleman

George

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

3555    Rifleman

Harry

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

241093   Rifleman

John

JOHNSON

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

1806    Corporal

John William

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

3497    Rifleman

Harold

JOHNSTON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2365    Rifleman

Eric

JONES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2451    Sergeant

James

JONES

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

1782    Rifleman

James

JONES

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

4281    Rifleman

John

JONES

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240238    Rifleman

Sydney Patrick

KIERNAN

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1568    Rifleman

William

KINDER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2107    Sergeant

Joseph

LEIGH

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Francis Stuart

LONG

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240933    Rifleman

John William

LOWCOCK

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4442    Rifleman

Edward

LYON

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4926    Rifleman

William

MACAULEY

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1846    Rifleman

Harry

MARTIN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241798    Rifleman

John

McDONALD

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5012    Rifleman

Christopher Anthony

McGOWRAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4478    Lance Corporal

William

MOLYNEUX

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4072    Rifleman

Thomas

MOORE

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4929    Rifleman

Joseph

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241432    Rifleman

Robert

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3791    Rifleman

Michael

MULLIN

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

241860    Rifleman

Decimus

NAYLOR

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2467    Corporal

John William

NAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

3068    Rifleman

Matthew

NORTON

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1586    Corporal

Ernest

OWEN

Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Manchester Southern Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

William Leslie

PARDEY

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

5054    Rifleman

Josiah

POTTER

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4376    Rifleman

Arthur

PYE

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916

Rest in peace in St Helens Cemetery

 

4179    Rifleman

James

PYE

Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

4685    Rifleman

John

RIGBY

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

3817    Rifleman

William

RIGBY

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

2779    Rifleman

John

RILEY

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4116    Rifleman

Hugh

ROBERTS

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4346    Rifleman

James

ROURKE

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Charles Henry

ROWED

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5252    Rifleman

Joseph

RUE

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4227    Rifleman

William

SCARISBRICK

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3850    Rifleman

James

SCULLY

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1932    Rifleman

Thomas

SIMPSON

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

3199    Rifleman

William John

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4667    Rifleman

Albert

SPARKES

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3214    Rifleman

Thomas

SWIFT

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4989    Rifleman

Timothy

TABERN

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

1924    Rifleman

Joseph

TAGUE

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

John Oscar

THOMPSON

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3896    Lance Corporal

William

THORLEY

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2868    Sergeant

James

TRAVERSE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2496    Rifleman

William

TROOP

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4462    Sergeant

George Henry

TYLER

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1419    Sergeant

John Robert

VALENTINE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

5509    Rifleman

Wilfred James

VAUGHAN

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

240378    Rifleman

James Henry

WADSWORTH

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4449    Rifleman

Edward

WAINE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4695    Rifleman

John

WEBSTER

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

3399    Rifleman

George

WHITE

Killed in action on the 12th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3540    Corporal

Samuel

WHITFIELD

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2770    Rifleman

Thomas

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 8th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Wilfred Charles

WILSON

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3250    Rifleman

Thomas

WORSLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4924    Rifleman

Albert

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

4905    Rifleman

John

YATES

Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

Thiepval Memorial

71

Peronne Road Cemetery

15

Dive Copse British Cemetery

9

Heilly Station Cemetery

7

La Neuville British Cemetery

5

Serre Road Cemetery n°2

5

Delville Wood Cemetery

4

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

3

Etaples Military Cemetery

3

St Helens Cemetery

3

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

1

Carnoy Military Cemetery

1

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

1

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Guillemont Road Cemetery

1

Longueval Road Cemetery

1

Manchester Southern Cemetery

1

St Sever Cemetery

1

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

5262    Private

Harry

STEELE

1/4th South Lancashire

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery