BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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2nd GUARDS

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2nd Guards Brigade / Guards Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE GUARDS DIVISION - SOMME 1916

August : In front of Beaumont-Hamel.

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10th-28th September : Ginchy sector. Operations towards Lesboeufs. Capture of Lesboeufs on the 25th September.

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November : Lesboeufs-Gueudecourt sector.

 

11 names

Captain

Claude

BARTHOLOMEW, MC

Detached from The 1st Scots Guards

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

6175   Private

Stephen

CALDWELL

Detached from The 2nd Irish Guards

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

9116   Private

William Colley

FOTHERGILL

Detached from The 1st Coldstream Guards

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

14571   Private

William

GREEN

Detached from The 1st Coldstream Guards

Died in service on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Bus-les-Artois Communal Cemetery

Lieutenant

Thomas Cecil

HIGGINSON

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Charles Francis

PURCELL

Detached from The 2nd Irish Guards

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

3795   Private

T.

REDMOND

Detached from The 2nd Irish Guards

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

Lieutenant

Gordon

STIRLING, MC

Detached from The Scots Guards

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

Captain

Mark

TENNANT

Detached from The Scots Guards

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

Lieutenant

Herbert Douglas

VERNON

Detached from The Grenadier Guards

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Graham Yuille Laundy

WALTERS

Detached from The 2nd Irish Guards

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs