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70th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

 8th Division / 23rd Division (from the 16th July)

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 8th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (with the 70th MG Coy)

   1st-2nd July : Attack of Ovillers.

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (with the 70th MG Coy)

26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres.

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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.

 

22 names (13 with the 8th Division, 9 with the 23rd Division).

36374    Private

George

ANDREW

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916

Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension

 

8754    Private

Walter

ARCHER

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

5598    Private

Charles John

BARNES

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35108    Private

George

BEAVER

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

5780    Private

William

BIDLES

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

5779    Private

Henry Malcolm

BLACK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10532    Private

David

BLACKMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

34974    Private

Amos

CROMPTON

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5689    Private

Herman Douglas

EVISON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5720    Corporal

William George

FLUSKEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22091    Private

William

GREEN

Killed in action on the 28th June 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William Orr

HAMPTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

12554    Corporal

Robert

HARROD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8156    Private

James Henry

HAYWARD

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11507    Private

William

LYNN

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22088    Private

Joseph Arthur

NADIN

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

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

36305    Private

Reginald

NICHOLLS

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

5718    Private

James Reuben

PROWSE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8160    Private

John Henry

STEVENSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8157    Private

George Ernest

SWIFT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5772    Private

Charles

TALMER

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Lee (St John The Baptist) Churchyard

 

 

 

5776    Private

Leslie Eteson

WORMALD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial