BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

Home

British Divisions

9th (SCOTTISH) DIVISION

26th BRIGADE

928 names

8th Black Watch

234 names

7th Seaforth Highlanders

270 names

5th Cameron Highlanders

250 names

10th Argyll and Sutherland

146 names

26th Machine Gun Company

25 names

26th Trench Mortar Battery

3 names

27th BRIGADE

648 names

11th Royal Scots

166 names

12th Royal Scots

158 names

6th K.O.S.B.

164 names

9th Cameronians

149 names

27th Machine Gun Company

11 names

27th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

SOUTH AFRICAN BRIGADE

1 314 names

1st South African Infantry

327 names

2nd South African Infantry

396 names

3rd South African Infantry

277 names

4th South African Infantry

291 names

28th Machine Gun Company

23 names

South African Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

PIONEERS

9th Seaforth Highlanders

42 names

ARTILLERY

105 names

Field Artillery

93 names

L Brigade

24 names

LI Brigade

31 names

LII Brigade

19 names

LIII Brigade

Broken up in September

19 names

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

 

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

 

A Battery

B Battery (Broken up in September)

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

6 names

Medium

Heavy

X9

4 names

Y9

1 name

Z9

1 name

V9

No fatal casualties

9th Divisional Ammunition Column

6 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

45 names

63rd Field Company

11 names

64th Field Company

15 names

90th Field Company

15 names

9th Divisional Signal Coy

4 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

9th Divisional Train

104th H.T. Coy

105th H.T. Coy

106th H.T. Coy

1 name

107th H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS and

SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL CORPS

12 names

27th Field Ambulance

8 names

28th Field Ambulance

3 names

1st South African Field Ambulance

1 name

20th Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

21st Mobile Veterinary Section

 

OPERATION OF THE 9th (Scottish) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

5th-13th July : Montauban / Bernafay Wood. In support for attack of the 30th Division on Trônes Wood.

14th-20th July : Longueval / Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm.

*******

9th-24th October : Operations in front of the Butte de Warlencourt.