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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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68th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July. ******* 26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres. ******* 19th September-9th October : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.
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6308 Private Fredrick Job AYLOTT Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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5507 Corporal William John GODWIN Killed in action on the 23rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5455 Private Joseph HUGHES Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24093 Private Stanislas Augustus MacINERNEY Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15611 Private Frederick Phillip SPAIN Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5488 Private James WILSON Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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