BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

59th FIELD COMPANY

5th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 5th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

19th July - 2nd August : Longueval / Delville Wood.

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26th August - 6th September : South of Guillemont. Taking of Wedge Wood (3rd September) and Falfemont Farm (5th September).

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18th-26th September : East of Ginchy. Capture of Morval on the 25th September.

 

12 names

17982    Corporal

Harry

BARKER

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10816    Sergeant

Robert

BATES

Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

139537    Sapper

Herbert George

DUFFEN

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Gerald Leigh Bleeck

FAYLE

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22339    Sapper

Percy Victor

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

100798    Sapper

Levi

HALL

Died in service on the 24th September 1916 - Age 42

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Edward Tuberville Llewellin

JENKINS

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

32938    Sapper

Sidney

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

146060    Sapper

George

RAYSON

Died in service on the 2nd September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

15424    Sapper

Henry

STEPHENS

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32983    Sapper

Frederick Ernest

TREBES

Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

Second Lieutenant

Philip Edward

WEBB

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial