BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

1/4th LONDON FIELD COMPANY

47th (London) Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 47th (London) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

14th-20th September : High Wood. Capture of High Wood on the 15th September. Fighting for Starfish Line, Flers Trench, Drop Alley.

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28th September - 9th October : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector. Capture of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye (1st-3rd October). Attacks on The Butte de Warlencourt.

 

3 names

3218   Sapper

Sidney Alfred

COLEMAN

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1323   Sapper

Alexander Thomas

COUPER

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

2419   Sapper

Arthur C.

STONE

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery