BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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91st MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

7th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 7th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Mametz operations. Capture of Mametz on the 1st July. Attacks towards Mametz Wood.

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13th-20th July : Bazentin / High Wood operations. Capture of Bazentin-le-Grand and Bazentin-le-Petit on the 14th July. Attacks on High Wood and Switch Line.

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26th August - 7th September : Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm. Attacks on Ginchy, in Delville Wood and of Brewery Trenches.

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Late November : Beaumont-Hamel / Beaucourt sector.

 

14 names

35105     Private

Sidney James

CHURCH

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7430    Private

John Henry

COPLEY

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35112    Private

George Arthur

DENNIS

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

7398    Private

Thomas

DUNCAN, MM

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

7476    Private

Hugh

DUNLOP

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10341    Private

Leonard Alfred

GARDNER

Died of wounds on the 30th June 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

7377     Private

Robinson

INGLE

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8689     Private

Charles

INNES

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7402    Private

Murray

JAMIESON

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

7396    Private

Frank

MANLEY

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7467    Private

Charles Alfred

PRITCHARD

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Robert Scovell

RICHARDSON, MC

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Edwin

RICKETTS

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

 

 

7409    Private

Frank Edward

WAKEFIELD

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial