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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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57th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 19th (Western) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-9th July : La Boisselle operations. Capture of La Boisselle on the 3rd-4th July. ******* 21st-31st July : Bazentin-le-Petit. Attacks of Intermediate Trench and Switch Line. ******* 22nd October - 30th November : Thiepval sector. Attack towards Grandcourt on the 13th November. Divisional front extended to the Ancre from the 14th November. Attack of Grandcourt on the 18th-19th November.
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3038 Corporal Walter Robert BARRICK Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery
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4415 Sergeant John Charles FAULKNER Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 31 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Henry Bertram William HATCH Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4468 Lance Corporal Fred HAWKINS Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery
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22112 Private Harry HILL Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26809 Private Ernest MERRICK Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Herbert Denis PHILLIPS Killed in action on the 24th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Stump Road Cemetery
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4508 Lance Corporal Arthur Alfred SHILLING Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 Rest in peace in Manchester Southern Cemetery
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