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124th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

41st Division

 

11th-15th September : Delville Wood sector.

15th September : Capture of Flers.

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Early October : Between Eaucourt-l'Abbaye and Gueudecourt.

7th October : Attack of Bayonet Trench.

 

13 names

30307    Private

John

BIRD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30128    Corporal

Edward

BRAGG, MM

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

30080    Private

Fred

GLOVER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

44740    Private

Albert Edward

GRIFFITHS

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

46652    Private

Tom Clement

OGLESBY

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31300    Private

Philip Alfred

PAINES

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Alex Frank Evelyn

PRESCOTT

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

29693    Private

William

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30100    Corporal

Thomas

ROSCOE

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

35869    Private

Ernest Albert

SWANN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28955    Private

James

WAKEMAN

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28956    Private

Ernest Robert

WINWOOD

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

 

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Benjamin

WOODLEY

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground