BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

3rd KENT FIELD COMPANY

29th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July.

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12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench.

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18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.

 

5 names

2435    Sapper

Ernest George

BERRY

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

2558    Sapper

Thomas Bodsworth

BIRTCHNELL

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery

 

1967    Sapper

Harry

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Rest in peace in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery

 

2658    Sapper

James

COOK

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

 

 

 

2117    Sapper

Frederick James

WOOD

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial