BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

1/1st EAST ANGLIAN

FIELD COMPANY

2nd Division

OPERATIONS OF THE 2nd DIVISION - SOMME 1916

25th-27th July : Delville Wood/Waterlot Farm. Capture and consolidation of a great part of Delville Wood. Attack towards Guillemont from Waterlot Farm.

8th-10th August : South of Longueval. Attacks on Guillemont.

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19th August - 19th September : Hebuterne sector.

1st-8th October : Hebuterne /Serre sector.

17th-22nd October : Serre sector.

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11th-16th November : Redan Ridge operations.

6 names

1120   Sapper

John Arthur

BEATTIE

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery

700   Sergeant

Horace George

BRYAN, DCM

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Rest in peace in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery

968   Sapper

Joseph

FULLER

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

1209   Sapper

George Frederick

LONG

Killed in action on the 28th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

1749   Sapper

Bert

TOMLINSON

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

522966   2nd Corporal

Frank Gerald

WOODS

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial