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Worcestershire Regiment

1st Battalion

WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT

24th Brigade / 23rd Division and 8th Division

 

4th July : Dernancourt.

6th July : In front of Contalmaison (Shelter Alley).

7th and 8th July : Attack of Contalmaison.

9th July : Lozenge Wood.

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15th July : 24th Brigade transferred to 8th Division.

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16th October : Meaulte area.

19th October : Lesboeufs-Gueudecourt sector.

20th October : In front line in Rainbow Trench and Shine Trench.

22nd October : In reserve near Flers.

23rd October : Attack of Mild Trench (in support).

25th October : In front line in front of Le Transloy (Shine Trench and Mild Trench).

30th October : Trônes Wood.

31st October : Meaulte area.

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5th November : Carnoy.

6th November : Guillemont.

8th November : Lesboeufs (Bennett Trench).

9th November : Montauban area.

13th-16th November : In line between Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt.

16th November : In support near Flers.

17th November : Carnoy.

17th November : Meaulte area.

 

121 names (68 with the 23rd Division and 53 with the 8th Division)

27920    Private

Cyril

ARBLASTER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11847    Private

Arthur

ASTON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21228    Private

William Albert

ATKINS

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11748    Private

Ernest

AVERY

Killed in action on the 29th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4481   Company Sergeant Major

Henry

BARKER

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13595    Private

Edward

BARLOW

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9498    Private

Frederick

BATES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42680    Private

Louis William

BAUGHAN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5940    Private

William

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18726   Private

Charles Stanley

BIDDLE

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30453   Private

Edwin

BLOOMER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

10656   Private

Harold

BRAIN

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10858    Private

Harold

BRATT

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23620   Private

Robert William

BRAY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Hugh Freeth Gilbert

BROOKSBANK

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William Beaumont

BURNS

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42642    Private

Leonard Harry

BUTCHER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26042    Private

Arthur William

CANTRILL

Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

12425   Private

William

CARTWRIGHT

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9375   Private

Allen

CASTLE

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9783    Lance Corporal

Thomas

CHANCE

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

30550    Lance Corporal

Albert Frank

CLARK

Killed in action on the 26th October 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

40563    Private

Fredrick Arthur

CLEMENTS

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27480    Private

Albert Henry

CLIFFORD

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9034    Private

Herbert

CORNFIELD

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23931    Private

Edric James

COUZENS

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

6263    Sergeant

Arthur

DAY

Killed in action on the 6th-10th July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42625    Private

George Edward

DAY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21447    Lance Corporal

Albert Ernest

DEAKIN

Killed in action on the 26th October 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42594  Private

Ernest

DEAN

Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Francis Bardon

DENHAM

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19986    Private

Fred

DYSON

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42681    Lance Corporal

John

FELLOWS

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

11857    Lance Corporal

Harry

FIRKINS

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14081    Private

Thomas

FLEMING

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

9968     Private

Stephen Charles

FOAT

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13808    Private

Albert Edward

FULCHER

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

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

 

21457    Private

George William

GILBERT

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42631    Private

Charles

GILES

Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

17426    Private

Herbert Harold

GWYNN

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17746    Corporal

Joseph

HAMPTON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26225    Private

Arthur Edward

HANNAFORD

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17782    Private

Henry John

HARPER

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24213    Private

Henry

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 29th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13503    Lance Corporal

Albert Edward

HAY

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

Rest in peace in Redditch (Plymouth Road) Cemetery

 

25758    Private

George Alfred

HEAD

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8271    Private

William

HILL

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13007    Private

William Christopher

HILL

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

21438    Lance Corporal

Frederick

HINE

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8924   Private

Leonard Daryl

HINGLEY

Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20

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

 

24550    Private

Harry

HORTON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42620    Private

Charles Richard

HORWOOD

Killed in action on the 27th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27639    Private

Alfred Herbert

HOUGHTON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19997    Private

Henry Walter

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21536    Private

James

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9638    Private

Thomas

HUGHES

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

6264    Sergeant

Benjamin William

HURST

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8534    Private

Charles

INGLES

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Arthur Whitmore

ISAAC

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12555    Private

Stephen

JACQUES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Meredith Charles Clifton

JAMES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15410    Private

Walter Ernest

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11323    Lance Sergeant

James William Edward

JONES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24515    Private

Allan

JORDAN

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8801    Private

Harry

KING

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21189    Lance Corporal

Edward William

KINGS

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22155    Private

William George

LANE

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 20

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

 

8605    Private

Louis Frederick

LARNER

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

30672    Lance Corporal

Edward

LEACH

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10198    Company Sergeant Major

William

LLOYD, MM and Bar

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7672    Corporal

Jesse

LUDLOW, MM

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26195     Private

Ernest

MARCHANT

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27484    Private

Alfred James

MASSEY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8897    Private

Daniel

MAYNER

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12772    Private

Frank

MEECHAM

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30411    Private

Albert Edward

MESSENGER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23497    Private

Joseph

MINTON

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42653    Private

Herbert Charles

MORTON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8673    Sergeant

Frederick

MUNDAY

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11309    Lance Corporal

William George

NASH

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

10327    Lance Corporal

William Edwin

NAYLOR

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10684    Private

Charles

NEWMAN

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8985    Private

Albert Henry George

PEARCE

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9769    Lance Corporal

George

PEMBERTON

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8201   Private

William Edward

PERRIN

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14638    Private

John Henry

PICK

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

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

9125    Private

Albert John

POTTER

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9123    Private

William George

POULTON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24092    Private

Alfred

POYNER

Killed in action on the 9th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42612    Private

Richard

PUDGE

Killed in action on the 27th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25992    Private

William Henry

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9532    Private

William

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 7th-8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23500    Lance Corporal

Samuel Ewart

ROGERS

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20404    Private

William

ROUSE

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

29800   Private

John Thomas

ROWLANDS

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

8739    Lance Corporal

James

RUSTON

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14631    Private

Thomas

SHENTON

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11797    Drummer

Charles Herbert

SKELTON

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21182    Private

Harold

SMART

Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

21904    Private

Frank

SMITH

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9089    Private

Frederick

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

15468    Private

Henry

SMITH

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12095    Private

Robert

SMITH

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20750    Corporal

Louis Henry

SPARROW

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42669    Private

Walter T.

SPOKES

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Montague

STEVENS

Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15683    Private

William

STYLER

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9291    Private

George Edward

SUTTON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21368    Private

Charles

THURSTON

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42624    Private

Arthur Eldred Floyd

TILBURY

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6682    Private

Joseph

TURNER

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24296    Private

Thomas

TWAITES

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

40682    Private

James

VANES

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16634    Private

Charles

WARD

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42635   Private

Albert Edward

WARNER

Killed in action on the 27th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42655    Private

Charles Vince

WESLEY

Killed in action on the 15th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14517    Private

Albert Henry

WHITE

Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14130    Corporal

Charles Henry

WHITLOCK

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

8470    Private

Charles

WITSEY

Died of wounds on the 6th November 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

22633    Private

Arthur

WOODHOUSE

Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

40284    Private

Robert Charles

WRIGHTON

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery