BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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20th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

7th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 7th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Mametz operations. Capture of Mametz on the 1st July. Attacks towards Mametz Wood.

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13th-20th July : Bazentin / High Wood operations. Capture of Bazentin-le-Grand and Bazentin-le-Petit on the 14th July. Attacks on High Wood and Switch Line.

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26th August - 7th September : Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm. Attacks on Ginchy, in Delville Wood and of Brewery Trenches.

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Late November : Beaumont-Hamel / Beaucourt sector.

 

8 names

18259    Lance Corporal

William George

CONABEER

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35624    Private

John Malcolm

GRAY

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

37416    Private

James

HILTON

Killed in action on the 26th November 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

18205    Lance Corporal

Thomas

LISTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18280    Private

Thomas Norgrove Owen

SHEPPARD

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18247    Private

Robert

STEVENSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18257    Corporal

Walter

WAY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

18319    Private

Edwin Frederick Harold

WHITLEY

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial