BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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63rd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 63rd INFANTRY BRIGADE - SOMME 1916 With the 21st Division 1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt. ******* 12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July. ******* With the 37th Division 13th-18th November : Hamel / Beaucourt / Beaumont-Hamel heights operations. Taking of the Bois de Hollande.
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9 names (4 with the 21st Division, 5 with the 37th Division) |
5093 Private George BORMAN Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14816 Private Leonard BROWN Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5097 Private William DAND Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5109 Private Harry HAMER Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10703 Private Jonathan HODGSON Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8404 Private Frank HOWARTH Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5082 Corporal Richard ROBERTS Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5075 Sergeant James WILSON Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5083 Corporal Ernest WOOD Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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