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South Staffordshire Regiment

9th Battalion

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

Pioneers of the 23rd Division

 

July : Albert and Contalmaison areas.

Early August : Bazentin and Munster Alley.

 Mid September/Mid October : Martinpuich and Le Sars.

 

32 names

10070   Private

Edwin Benjamin

BAGNALL

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

14922   Sergeant

Thomas

BANKS

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15217   Sergeant

Tom Richard

BEE

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20058   Private

Joseph

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17102  Lance Corporal

Frederick

BOUCHER

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15221  Private

George

COOPER

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10372   Lance Corporal

Alfred

COPE

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

19606   Private

Robert

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14007   Private

Edward Arthur

DENNIS

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14408   Private

George

DONCASTER

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

14773   Private

Alfred

FARNDON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18780   Private

George

HALFORD

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

16022   Lance Corporal

Wilfrid

HALL

Killed in action on the 5th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

11897   Private

Benjamin

HASDELL

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14244   Private

Albert Henry

HILL

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

15005   Private

Alfred

HILLYER

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13637   Private

Alfred

HOLDER

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13159   Private

Walter

KELLETT, MM

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16986   Private

Hezekiah

LOVE

Died of wounds on the 28th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

14131   Private

Frank

MALEY

Killed in action on the 4th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12171   Private

Henry

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13154   Private

Arthur

MILLWARD

Died in service on the 1st October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

20918   Private

Edgar Percy

MORETON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13707   Lance Corporal

John

MUSGRAVE

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

 

15194   Private

Timothy

O'LEARY

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20465   Private

Gordon

PIPER

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

20342   Private

George William

PRATT

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

14680   Private

John Henry

RUSSELL

Killed in action on the 29th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17984   Private

Walter

RUSSELL

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

17988   Private

W.

SHORE

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

20321   Private

Alfred

SIBLEY

Died of wounds on the 4th October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

 

14827   Corporal

George

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial