BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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90th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

30th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 30th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Montauban operations. Capture of Montauban on the 1st July.

8th-13th July : Attacks of Trônes Wood.

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22nd-31st July : South of Longueval / Trônes Wood. Attacks of Guillemont.

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10th-18th October : Operations East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

 

31 names

8374    Private

Alfred Stewart

ADAMS

Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

22264    Private

Frank Gordon

BEDFORD

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11383    Sergeant

Andrew

BERGIN

Killed in action on the 14th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30861    Private

William

BOFFIN

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7269    Private

Ernest

BURGESS

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

James

COCKBURN

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7273    Private

Ernest George

COOPER

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31496    Private

Alfred John

DENNIS

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7277    Lance Corporal

Percy John

ELDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16712    Private

John Arthur

FACER

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 42

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

42633    Private

John Christie

FALCONER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30704    Private

Thomas William

FALSHAW

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7282    Private

James Henry

FELSTEAD

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Evelyn Francis

GARDINER, MC

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7288    Private

Joseph

GEORGE

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7290    Private

William

GROOMBRIDGE

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

40252   Private

David

HOOK

Detached from The 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

16994    Sergeant

Thomas Sharman

HUDSON

Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7297    Private

Albert Edward

KIRBY

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30705    Private

Charles Cuthbert

LEGGOTT

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30745    Private

Alexander

McDONALD

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42640    Private

James

McGREGOR

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13227    Private

Alvin Harker

MOHUN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

11211    Private

William

NAYLOR

Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16692    Private

Frederick Charles

NEAL

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35004    Private

Joseph

RAINE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10910    Lance Corporal

Frank

RINGWOOD

Killed in action on the 15th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8592    Private

John Allen

RUDD

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

30749    Private

Joseph

SULTAN

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22262    Private

Albert

WALTON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

7329    Corporal

Herbert George

WHITTRED

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery