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45th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

15th (Scottish) Division

 

August : In front of Martinpuich.

17th-18th August : Attacks of Switch Line.

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6th-14th September : In front of Martinpuich.

15th September : Attack of Martinpuich (in reserve).

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October : Eaucourt-l'Abbe / Le Sars sector.

 

19 names

5597    Private

Alfred William

ANDREWS

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Etaples MIlitary Cemetery

 

6343    Private

Sidney Herbert

BARRETT

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Millencourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3193    Private

Harry

BURTON

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Eric Percival St George

CARTWRIGHT

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

44629    Private

Albert

CHAPMAN

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3159    Sergeant

Thomas Aloysius

CRAIG

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

44663    Private

William

DEAN

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

43869    Private

Sydney Albert

EDWARDS

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3218    Corporal

Arthur Ernest

FLETCHER

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22280    Private

John

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20739    Private

George Edgar

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20715    Corporal

Henry

HOWES

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

3255    Private

William

MARCH

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

44076    Private

James Edward

MYATT

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

7960    Private

Albert

RIMMER

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22683    Private

John

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11390    Private

Samuel

THORPE

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36850    Lance Corporal

Griffith

WHITE

Died in service on the 1st November 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

 

45248    Private

Joseph

WHITEHOUSE

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial