BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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70th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 8th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-2nd July : Attack of Ovillers. ******* 21st October-18th November : East of Gueudecourt.
OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July. ******* 26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres. ******* 19th September-9th October : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.
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1 name (with the 8th Division) |
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12099 Private Reuben LANGFORD Detached from The 8th York and Lancaster Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
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