BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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22nd 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.

 

26 names

23324    Private

Frederick

BLADES

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19180    Sergeant

Arthur

BOWN, MM

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

19122    Lance Corporal

John Thomas

BRETT

Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Allan

DAWSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

9606    Private

William

DUCKELS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19173    Private

Alfred

EDWARDS

Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

19150    Lance Corporal

William Peter

ENSTONE

Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Sydney

GIBSON

Detached from The 2nd Royal Warwickshire

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Point 110 New Military Cemetery

Lieutenant

Ferdinand H.

HARDY

Detachd from The 2nd Royal Fusiliers

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

G/10688    Private

Robert James

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9213    Private

Frederick

LANGMEAD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11203    Private

George Hill

MAGUIRE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19124    Private

George

MATTHEWS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42668    Private

Robert George

McDOWALL

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Francis George Ross

MOCKLER, MC

Detached from The 2nd Royal Irish Regiment

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

19209    Private

Thomas

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14184    Private

George William

NETTLETON

Died of wounds on the 7th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

19172    Lance Corporal

William John

ORGAN

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19126    Private

Arthur Edward

RHOADES

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19222    Private

Charles

SORRELL

Killed in action on the 5th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19208    Private

George

STITCHENER

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

19179    Sergeant

William

TRUEMAN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

19153    Private

Arthur Henry

TURNER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Point 110 New Military Cemetery

 

19228    Private

Joseph William

TURNER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19195    Private

Samuel

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

 

 

19128    Private

William Arthur

WILLIS

Died in service on the 26th Novemer 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery