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26th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

9th (Scottish) Division

 

OPERATION OF THE 9th (Scottish) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

5th-13th July : Montauban / Bernafay Wood. In support for attack of the 30th Division on Trônes Wood.

14th-20th July : Longueval / Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm.

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9th-24th October : Operations in front of the Butte de Warlencourt.

 

25 names

17384    Sergeant

Richard

AIREY

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12034    Private

John W.

BARCLAY

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

37271    Private

Frank Douglas

DAY

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

9540    Corporal

Robert

DOWNEY

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26043    Private

Charles William George

EDE

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20697    Private

William

GLENCROSS

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17396    Lance Corporal

Alexander

GRAHAM

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12831    Lance Sergeant

George William

HOPPER

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

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

17425    Private

David

HOUSTON

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20518    Private

Hugh Mclean

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Kenneth Fitzgerald

MacKENZIE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/6695    Private

Thomas

MITCHELL

Detached from The 8th/10th Gordon Highlanders

Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

17405    Private

Reginald William Edmund

PILBEAM

Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17418    Sergeant

Matthew

RICHMOND, DCM

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14976    Private

William

SHARMAN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10588    Private

Charles Major

SHARP

Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20519    Lance Corporal

John

SHAW

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20521    Private

Frank

SKIFFINGTON

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Arthur Cyril Everett

SNELL

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17434    Private

George

STARK

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20530    Private

James

STRAIN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20527    Sergeant

Archie White

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

20533    Private

Andrew John

WHITE

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

42850    Lance Corporal

Walter Alfred

WILSON

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles James

WRIGHT

Detached from The South Staffordshire

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial