BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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8th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

3rd Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 3rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916

8th-17th July : North-West of Montauban. Taking of Bazentin-le-Grand on the 14th July.

In line between Bazentin-le-Grand and Longueval.

18th-19th July : Attacks of the Northern part of Longueval and Delville Wood;

20th-25th July : Longueval / Waterlot Farm. Attack of Delville Wood on the 23rd July.

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14th-21st August : Operations South of Guillemont.

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October / November : Serre / Redan ridge sector. Attack of Serre on the 13th November.

 

11 names

17526    Private

Arthur

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12165    Private

Albert

BURGESS

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

36656    Private

Henry

CONNOR

Killed in action on the 31st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36678    Private

Reginald Bruce

FRANKLIN

Killed in action on the 27th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17466    Private

Edward

FRIER, MM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37138    Private

Frederick Charles

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15257    Private

Robert

OWEN

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12164    Private

James Arthur

REEVES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9948    Private

Edgar Haydon

WATKINS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10094    Private

George

WEBSTER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

43760    Private

George Pearson

WOODALL

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial