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Royal Lancaster Regiment

1/5th Battalion

THE KING'S OWN

(Royal Lancaster Regiment)

166th Brigade / 55th (West Lancashire) Division

 

27th July : Meaulte area.

1st August : Talus Boisé. Digging parties in Trônes Wood.

6th August : Fricourt area.

8th August : Montauban area.

9th August : In front line in front of Guillemont.

10th August : Fricourt area.

13th August : Talus Boisé. Digging parties in front of Guillemont.

14th August : Fricourt area.

15th August : Meaulte.

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30th August : Albert area.

31st August : Becordel-Becourt area.

5th September : North of Delville Wood.

8th September : Montauban.

10th September : Fricourt area.

11th September : Dernancourt area.

17th September : North of Delville Wood.

18th September : In front line near Flers.

23rd September : Montauban area.

28th September : Ribemont.

 

81 names

3791    Corporal

Jonathan

ACTON

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

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

3334    Private

Joshua

AIREY

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2066    Private

Edmund Irving

ALDERSON

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

1424    Private

Alban

ANDERSON

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant Colonel

Charles Alfred Walker

ANDERSON

Detached from 1st North Staffordshire

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

1870    Corporal

Thomas

BALDERSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2560    Private

James Charles

BILSBOROUGH

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1839    Lance Corporal

Frederick Anthony

BIRD

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2062    Private

Frank

BREAR, MM

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

241923    Private

Sydney Allan

BROSTER

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

242306    Private

James

CARR

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1808    Private

Alfred

CAVE

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

1249    Lance Corporal

Robert

CORLESS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1552    Private

Lawrence Alfred

COTTAM

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Blackpool Cemetery

 

2362    Private

Harry

CRAGG

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2363    Private

Joseph

CROOK

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

242301    Private

Richard

CURWEN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

242993    Private

Douglas M.

DAWSON

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

John

DEIGHTON

Royal Army Medical Corps

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

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

2746    Sergeant

Herbert

DOBSON

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

4434    Private

Ernest Horace

DOMINICK

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

1915    Private

William Henry

DORAN

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1425    Private

Levi Garth

FERNLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1508    Private

George Frederick

FLEMING

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4028    Private

John

FLOOD

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4124    Private

Richard C.

FORREST

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3836    Private

Alfred Henry

GERRARD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1254    Corporal

William

GREEN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1019    Lance Corporal

Neill

GREGORY

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

3915    Private

Joseph Eugene

HAGUE

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

5057    Private

James Hiram

HAMPSON

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3700    Private

Henry

HIGGINSON

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Robert

HIGGINSON

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1617    Private

Thomas

HILL

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

3886    Lance Corporal

George Stanley

HINE

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

2883    Corporal

Maurice

HODGSON

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4570 Private

James

HORNBUCKLE

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1390    Private

John William

HORNBY

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

242267    Private

William

HOWARD

Killed in action on the 13-14th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Richard

IRVING

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

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

4482    Private

Ernest

JACKSON

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

4397    Private

Leonard

JOHNSON

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1342    Private

John Edward

JONES

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

242295    Private

Harry

KERRIDGE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2774    Private

John

LAW

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4008    Private

Walter

LUPTON

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4052    Private

Thomas Rawes

MATTINSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5921    Private

Harold

MAWSON

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

1648    Lance Corporal

Edmund

MAYOR

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

1958    Private

John

McGREEVY

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240529    Corporal

Frederick Victor

MONKS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4021    Private

John

NETCALFE

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2786    Private

William Birbeck

PEDDER

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

2403    Private

Herbert

PENRITH

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4018    Private

Charles Fred

PLATT

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

4369    Private

Thomas Miller

RIMMER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4193    Private

Walton

ROBINSON

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

1749    Private

Thomas

ROOCROFT

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4141    Private

James

ROSE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2897    Private

William

ROWLANDSON

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3946    Private

Harold

SALTHOUSE

Died in service on the 15th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

868    Private

George Stanley

SANDALL

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

4130    Private

Alfred S.

SANDERSON

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

1572    Private

Edward

SANDERSON

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

5053    Private

Arthur

SEDDON

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Walkden (St Paul) Churchyard

 

4380    Private

William

SHEPHERD

Died of wounds on the 16th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

1485    Private

William Leonard

SHEPHERD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3893    Private

James

SOUTH

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

3953    Private

Thomas

STANLEY

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4107    Private

James

STEPHENSON

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2794    Private

William

STEWART

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

3979   Private

James

TATTERSALL

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2933    Private

James Henry

THRELFALL

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

348    Sergeant

Joseph Edward

TOWERS

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

1591    Private

William Lyness

TYRRELL

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4987    Private

James William

WALTON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5953   Private

William Thornley

WATERHOUSE

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3575    Private

Thomas James

WILSON

Killed in action on the 3rd August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4009    Private

Allen

WOODHOUSE

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

4113    Private

William

WRIGHT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2178    Private

George

YATES

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

240360   Private

John Robert

BLEASDALE

11th Rifle Brigade

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial