BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

1st DURHAM FIELD COMPANY

4th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 4th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-20th July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of the Redan Ridge on the 1st July.

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9th-24th October : Operations in front of Le Transloy.

 

12 names

1220    Sapper

John James

BROADHEAD

Died of wounds on the 28th November 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

1792    Sapper

Daniel

CAMPBELL

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

471182    Sapper

John Henry

CAVE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Thistle Dump Cemetery

 

470733    Sapper

George

CLARK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery n°2

 

1677    Sapper

Thomas William

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

470728    Lance Corporal

James R.

GIBBON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

790     Lance Corporal

George

HOWLETT

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

470851    Sapper

William

LASCELLES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

470379    Sapper

George

LEE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1111    Sapper

Ernest

LONGSTAFF

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1252    Sapper

James

MOUNTAIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1669    Sapper

Ernest Foster

NICHOLLS

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery