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Northumberland Fusiliers

1st Battalion

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

9th Brigade / 3rd Division

 

8th July : Carnoy. Carrying parties to Montauban /Caterpillar Wood sector.

14th July : Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Grand.

19th July : Talus Boisé.

23rd July : Attack of Piccadilly.

26th July : Albert area.

*******

13th August : Meaulte area.

16th August : North-East of Maricourt.

18th August : Attacks on Lonely Trench.

20th August : Fricourt area.

*******

8th October : Mailly-Maillet.

12th October-12th November : Tours in line in front of Serre with rest periods at Courcelles and Louvencourt.

13th November : Attack of Serre (in support).

14th November : Louvencourt.

 

146 names

3321    Private

George Sharp

ALLEN, MM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17930    Private

Henry Hamilton

ALLEN

Died in service on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

3/3899    Private

Rennie

ALLINSON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23633    Private

James

ANDERSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23765    Private

George

APPLEBY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16594    Private

Frank

ARMSTRONG

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

21519    Private

Harry

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

348    Company Sergeant Major

James

BATES

Died of wounds on the 14th-18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

18194    Corporal

Thomas

BEALES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

19398    Private

William

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3412    Corporal

George

BLAND

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/9796    Private

Alfred

BOOTHROYD

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

267249    Private

William Stanley

BOSTOCK

Died of wounds as POW on the 23rd November 1916

Rest in peace in Ontario Cemetery

 

22197    Private

George Henry

BREEZE

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

20841    Private

Harry

BRIGGS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19170    Private

Charles

BROWN

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10113    Corporal

Hugh

BURKE

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

3/8816    Private

Rupert

BURKE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2554    Private

James

BURTON

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

18115    Private

Alfred

CAMPION

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Wednesbury Cemetery

 

13303    Private

Robert Bertram

CARR

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17478    Private

Alfred

CHILTON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14686    Private

Alfred Frederick

COCKAYNE

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

23507    Private

Thomas

COULTHARD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3649    Private

Albert Victor

COWLES

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17391    Lance Corporal

George

CRUDDAS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20459    Private

Frank

CULLEN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8993    Private

William

CURRAN

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

21473    Private

George Walter

CUTLER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

631    Private

Joseph

DALEY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19371    Private

Charles Edward

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21466    Private

Ernest Edward

DAVIS

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9663    Sergeant

Patrick

DEVINE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/8319    Private

Frank

DEVLIN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17196    Private

John

DIXON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/8318    Lance Corporal

John

DIXON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19241    Lance Corporal

Joseph Blankley

DODDS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/8394    Private

John

DOUGHERTY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9598    Private

George

DUELL

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13400    Private

William Alfred

DUNN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15297    Private

Thomas William

EADY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

1352    Sergeant

William

ELLINGHAM, DCM

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4758    Sergeant

Henry

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 45

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15457    Private

Joseph

FAIRBAIRN

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

291689    Corporal

Thomas

FARRELL

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23774    Private

Albert Edward

FIELDHOUSE

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21219    Private

Bernard

FIRTH

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19319    Private

Levi

FISHER

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Douglas Charles

FOX

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Peter Campbell

FRASER

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24050    Private

Alex

FRISBY

Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22598    Private

Andrew

FULLHAM

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4318    Private

Charles Edward

GIBSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31/39    Private

William Herbert

GLASGOW

Killed in action on the 9th November 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

3703    Lance Corporal

Victor James

GORTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16/940    Private

George Messinger

GRAHAM

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22658    Lance Corporal

Charles Henry

GRAVES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

465    Private

Isaac

GRAYSON

Killed in action on the 9th November 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

6453    Sergeant

Percy

GRUNDY

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8164    Corporal

Benjamin

HACKETT

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

9996    Private

A.

HALCROW

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

17910    Private

George William

HALL

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22741    Private

Robert

HANNAH

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

21210    Private

Randolph

HARDY

Killed in action on the 16th October 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

16522    Private

Thomas William

HARRIS

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

27732    Private

Harry

HARTLES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

38443    Private

John Henry

HARWOOD

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

19028     Private

John

HEFFERMAN

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18472    Private

Ernest Walter

HESSE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

21254    Lance Corporal

Albert Owen

HOOD

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

211    Sergeant

Thomas

HOPE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

2286    Private

John

HORSFIELD

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16311    Private

Iliffe Frank

HUBBLE

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18314    Private

John

HUBBLE

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8549    Lance Corporal

John

HUMPHRIES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16880    Lance Corporal

Henry Hodges

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24203    Private

Stanley

JENSEN

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

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

16367    Private

Samuel

JINKS

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

23288    Private

James

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24016    Private

Robert

JORDAN

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

2162    Bandsman

William

KELLY, DCM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22928    Private

George

KIDD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Z/517    Private

John

KIRKPATRICK

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

20554    Private

James

KNEELING

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4777    Private

Herbert Henry

KNIGHT

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

2199    Private

Joseph Edward

LANGFORD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24789    Private

Joseph

LAVERY

Died of wounds on the 10th November 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

3307    Private

Harold

LEGGE

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22963    Private

Alfred

MAGUIRE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

14690    Corporal

Thomas Oswald

MARSH

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28/60    Private

Thomas Lawson

MARSHALL

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21180    Lance Sergeant

Joseph

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4097    Private

Mark

McKINLEY

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

7303    Private

Leonard

MILLER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28/315    Private

Blayney

MOORE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15234    Sergeant

Harold

NEWTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4647    Private

William

NEWTON

Died of wounds on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

7890    Sergeant

Joseph

O'NEILL

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

14708    Private

Joseph

OLIVER, MM

Died of wounds on the 14th November 1916

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

31/70    Private

Joseph

OUGHTON

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23702    Private

Henry Walter

PARSONS

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11125    Private

Francis

PICKERING

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3510    Private

Joseph

PICKERING

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

220    Private

Francis

PIPER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17405    Private

Edwin

POWELL

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21260    Lance Corporal

Edward

PRATT

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14605    Lance Corporal

Thomas

PRESTON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9323    Lance Sergeant

John

RAPER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Edwin

REDPATH

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4412    Lance Corporal

Nicholas

REED

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19/1035    Private

Robert

RIDDLE

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

24053    Private

John

RILEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15236    Private

John

RITCHIE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16/1716    Private

Thomas

ROBERTSON

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

28/207    Private

Robert

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22217    Private

Charles

ROBSON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8633    Private

John Walter

ROBSON

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

21393    Private

George William

RUTLEDGE

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

8327    Lance Corporal

James

SANDERSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21461    Private

Albert

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 27th July 1916

Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

18174    Lance Corporal

Albert William

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

17877    Private

George Edward

SHELTON

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23077    Private

Samuel

SMITH

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3595    Private

Sydney Herbert

SMITH

Killed in action on the 9th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

3621    Private

Walter Harry

STEARN

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

9342    Corporal

Thomas

STIMSON

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17894    Private

Fred

STINSON

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

17784    Corporal

Charles

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 11th November 1916

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

13559    Sergeant

Charles

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/8540    Private

Joseph

THOMPSON

Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

16/1677    Private

William

TINDALL

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

9966    Private

Thomas Sanders

TULLY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16930    Private

Joseph

TURNER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6062    Private

Thomas Edward

VALLANCE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17050    Private

Charles

VOASE

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23/800    Private

William

WAITE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

23236     Private

Edward

WALKER

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

985    Private

George

WATSON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9415    Private

Mark

WATSON

Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17815    Private

Frederick Charles

WESTON

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17946    Private

William

WHARTON

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19016    Private

Arthur John

WILDIG

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27767    Private

George William

WOOD

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

22657    Private

Arthur

WRIGGLESWORTH

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17353    Private

William Henry

WRIGHTSON

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

 

 

Second Lieutenant

Frank Irvin

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 24th-25th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

Thiepval Memorial

93

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

7

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

6

Euston Road Cemetery

6

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

3

Dive Copse British Cemetery

3

La Neuville British Cemetery

3

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

2

Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

2

Couin British Cemetery

2

Guillemont Road Cemetery

2

Quarry Cemetery

2

Varennes Military Cemetery

2

Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

2

Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

1

Carnoy Military Cemetery

1

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Delville Wood Cemetery

1

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

1

Heilly Station Cemetery

1

Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Ontario Cemetery

1

Puchevillers British Cemetery

1

St Sever Cemetery

1

Wednesbury Cemetery

1

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

18/1690    Private

Nathaniel Long

ELLIOTT

9th Trench Mortar Battery

Died of wounds on the 16th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

Lieutenant Colonel

Charles Edward

FISHBOURNE

8th Northumberland Fusiliers

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 47

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

9418    Private

Frank

McMAHON

Unknown unit

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial