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64th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

21st Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 63rd INFANTRY BRIGADE - SOMME 1916

With the 21st Division

1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt.

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12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July.

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17th-30th September : East of Flers. Fighting for Gird Trenches. Capture of Gueudecourt on the 25th-26th September.

 

39 names

5397    Private

George Vevers

BANNISTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5377    Private

Thomas Alfred

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36542    Private

Arthur James

BIRCH

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8101    Private

Sidney Thomas

BURGESS

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Oxford (Botley) Cemetery

 

14165    Private

Robert

BUSH

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Joseph Patrick Aloysius

CALLAGHAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

George Herbert

COLDHAM

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

5433    Corporal

Henry

DRAPER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28957    Private

Harold

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8764    Sergeant

John

FENEMORE, MM

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

22116    Private

Frank

GLASBY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

5342    Corporal

Arthur

GOLDER

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

6235    Private

Arthur

GRANT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

11956    Private

William

GREENSHIELDS

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6236    Private

Frederick Osborne

GREENSLADE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5389    Private

John

HARTLAND

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

5369    Private

Charles John

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5388    Private

William

HOMER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5399    Sergeant

Albert

HOVELL

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22117    Private

John David

JAURDEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

14471    Private

Jeremiah

JENKINS

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13366    Private

Daniel

MILLWARD

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

George Ewart

MOCKRIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

34933    Private

Arthur

MOORE

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27617    Corporal

Wilfred

MORAN

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

42239    Sergeant

Victor George Llelwelyn

MORGAN

Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

12528    Private

Alfred Ernest

MULLISS

Killed in action on the 17th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

5432    Private

Edwin Alfred

PARKER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5392    Private

Sydney

RATCLIFFE

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

10727    Corporal

Sam Chidler

RAVENHALL

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Andrew

SHANLEY

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

George Arnold

SIMPSON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30768    Lance Corporal

Gordon

SPENCER

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5344    Lance Corporal

James

SUTHERLAND

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5403    Private

Richard

WALSH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11589    Lance Corporal

William

WALSHE

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Samuel Meredith

WATSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

5347    Lance Corporal

Arnold

WHEATLEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5384   Lance Corporal

Walter Cyril

YOUNG

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery