BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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20th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 7th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-5th July : Mametz operations. Capture of Mametz on the 1st July. Attacks towards Mametz Wood. ******* 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. ******* 26th August - 7th September : Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm. Attacks on Ginchy, in Delville Wood and of Brewery Trenches. ******* Late November : Beaumont-Hamel / Beaucourt sector.
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18259 Lance Corporal William George CONABEER Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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35624 Private John Malcolm GRAY Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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37416 Private James HILTON Killed in action on the 26th November 1916 Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery
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18205 Lance Corporal Thomas LISTER Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18280 Private Thomas Norgrove Owen SHEPPARD Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18247 Private Robert STEVENSON Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18257 Corporal Walter WAY Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18319 Private Edwin Frederick Harold WHITLEY Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |