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South Wales Borderers

6th Battalion

SOUTH WALES BORDERERS

Pioneers of the 25th Division

 

4th-7th July : Leipzig Salient.

10th-21st July : Ovillers and La Boisselle area.

Late July : Mailly-Maillet.

Late August : Aveluy sector.

Late September : Aveluy sector.

October : Stuff Redoubt and Regina Trench operations.

 

39 names

19968  Private

Nicholas

BEASHEL

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

vCommemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19237 Private

John Stanley

CLARKSON

Detached from the 10th South Wales Borderers

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

19673  Private

Richard Henry

COTTAM

Killed in action  on the 21st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19652  Private

George

CRANE

Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

17621  Corporal

George Herbert

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 4th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16338  Private

Giles

DAVIES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17075  Private

James

DAVIES

Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

15498  Sergeant

John Henry

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16421  Private

Robert

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17280  Private

William John

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16461  Private

Ernest Timothy

DONOVAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9620  Lance Corporal

John

DRISCOLL

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17237  Private

Blant

EDDLESTON

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15121  Private

John Walter

GOULDING

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Regina Trench Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Nicholas

GRIFFITHS

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

16498  Private

John

HALL

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

16850  Private

Jonathan

HEAD

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16258  Lance Sergeant

John

HICKEY

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17624  Private

Evan

HOPKINS

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16986  Private

William

JAMES

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

17608  Private

William John

JENNER

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16975  Corporal

Frank

LAMB

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

39234  Private

William Edgar

LAYCOCK

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17246  Private

Lemuel

LEWIS, MM

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16951  Private

Thomas John

LLOYD

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17279  Private

James

MAHONEY

Killed in action on the 21st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17552  Private

Stephen

O'CONNELL

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

Rest in peace in Millencourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

15601  Lance Corporal

Walter Henry

OSMOND

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15209  Private

Arthur

PADDOCK

Killed in action on the 19th October 1916

Rest in peace in Regina Trench Cemetery

 

22106  Private

John

PLUMPTON

Detached from 11th South Lancashire

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

17420  Private

John

SULLIVAN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

17082  Lance Sergeant

Edward George

THEOBALD

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17627  Private

William

THOMAS

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14491  Sergeant

William

THOMAS, MM

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

16360  Sergeant

Charles William

TURNER

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16783  Private

David

WALTERS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17189  Private

Thomas Henry

WALTERS

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

17582  Company Sergeant Major

Thomas Joseph

WATKINS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

 

42266  Private

Eber

WEST

Killed in action on the 17th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

25

Blighty Valley Cemetery

4

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension

2

Regina Trench Cemetery

2

Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension

1

St Sever Cemetery

1