BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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13th MACHINE GUN 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.

 

20 names

45851    Private

Samuel Herbert

ALSOP

Killed in action on the 13th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36594    Private

Alfred William

ATTELWELL

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36427    Private

James

BARKLEY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16220    Private

Robert

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36600    Private

Albert

BENNEFIELD

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36648    Private

John

BLYTHE

Died of wounds on the 8th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Salford (Weaste) Cemetery

 

14626    Private

Fred

CARPENTER

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

20813    Sergeant

George

COOPER

Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20877    Corporal

Albert Charles

CRANE

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36619    Private

Thomas

CRITCHLEY

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16900    Private

Ernest

DRAYCOTT

Killed in action on the 13th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Cosmo Lewis

DUFF-GORDON

Herefordshire Regiment

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

16870    Lance Corporal

Fred

EDMETT, MM

Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

16902    Private

Bernard

FERRIE

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

16905    Private

John

HANLON

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

16207    Lance Corporal

Joseph

McKNIFF, MM

Killed in action on the 23rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

43828    Gunner

Leonard Charles

NIEMANN

Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

15016    Corporal

Joseph

SLACK

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3122    Private

William Arthur

SPURGEON

Killed in action on the 13th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

43349    Private

William

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery