BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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86th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

29th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July.

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12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench.

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18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.

 

11 names

35913    Private

Robert

ASHBY

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

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

20909    Private

Hugh

BARLOW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

 

20948    Private

Bernard

CRANIE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20970    Sergeant

William

DUNN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11643    Private

Norman

FULTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10342    Private

William

GIBBS

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20978    Private

Francis

LENNIE

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

Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery

 

20920    Corporal

Arthur William

LOVELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20955    Private

Robert

McINTYRE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20975    Private

Charles

MORGAN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

20979    Lance Corporal

Harold

SHAW

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial