BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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2nd Battalion DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY |
18th Brigade / 6th Division |
August : Tours in line and works in Hamel sector with rest periods in Mailly-Maillet Wood. ******** 12th September : Fricourt area. 14th September : South of Montauban. 15th-16th September : Attacks on The Quadrilateral. 16th September : Trônes Wood. 18th September : In reserve South of Guillemont. 19th September : Meaulte. 21st September : In line North-East of Ginchy. 24th September : Trônes Wood. 25th September : Attack and taking of the sunken road in front of Lesboeufs. 29th September : Meaulte. 30th September : Mericourt. ******** 7th October : Fricourt area. 8th October : In line near Gueudecourt. 9th October : Near Trônes Wood. 11th October : Gueudecourt sector. 13th October : In front line in Rainbow Trench. 15th October : Attack on Mild Trench and Cloudy Trench. 16th October : Near Montauban. 19th October : Fricourt area. 21st October : Mericourt.
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4/10201 Lance Corporal Bertie ALDERSON Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19/1028 Private William ALLAN Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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4/8231 Private Thomas APPLETON Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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28059 Private Arthur George AVIS Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9525 Sergeant Christopher BAINBRIDGE Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Harry BARCLAY Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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Captain Bertie Cecil BATY Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42513 Private John William BAXTER Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/8580 Private William BAXTER Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery
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3/9174 Private Thomas BENTHAM Died of wounds on the 22nd August 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery
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11015 Private Harry BIGGIN Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Leonard BIRTLES Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10448 Lance Corporal Ernest BLOWER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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22242 Private James Henry BOOCOCK Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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3/24094 Private Thomas William Johnson BOOTH Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery
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3/9888 Private Frederick BRADFORD Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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45404 Private Joseph BREWIN Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9768 Private Alfred BRIGGS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42507 Private Walter BROAD Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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45405 Private Alfred BROOKES Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/12234 Lance Corporal George Alfred BROWN Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8934 Sergeant John BRUCE Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11452 Private William BUSHBY Died of wounds on the 18th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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3/12171 Private Arthur CAMPBELL Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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8535 Private James CAMPBELL Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42521 Private Francis CARRUTHERS Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Frederick Whitmore CHAMBERLIN Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42522 Private John CLARK Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30385 Private William Alvin COPLEY Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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42515 Private Thomas COULBECK Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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32108 Private James CRAGGS Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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27045 Lance Corporal John DANIELS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27997 Private Herbert DENNISON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/12085 Lance Corporal James DONNELLY Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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45420 Private Ernest DOWNING Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42528 Private Charles FAIRBANKS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21418 Private James FALLON Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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27945 Private James FORCER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22078 Private John Wheatley FOSTER Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9243 Lance Sergeant Percy William FOSTER Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30540 Private Theodore FRANCIS Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30569 Private John George GARGETT Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19365 Private Robert Thomas GIBBISON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13581 Private Norman GIBSON Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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27498 Private Thomas GILFELLON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25292 Private Robert GILMOUR Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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4/8747 Private Thomas James GOODWIN Killed in action on the 23rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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32141 Private Henry GOUNDRY Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/11019 Private James GRAHAM Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 Rest in peace in Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery
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4/8492 Private John GRAHAM Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42531 Private Hewson GRANTHAM Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Cuthbert GREEN Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27801 Private John William GREEN Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9091 Private William HAGAN Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25417 Private John HALL Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9733 Private Samuel HARDY Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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4/8472 Corporal Dennis HARRINGTON Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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42533 Private William HEMPSALL Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/9871 Private Andrew HENERY Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Harry Neale HEYWARD Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery
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27073 Private George Victor Sidney HILL Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19643 Private Albert Whitfield HODGSON Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21316 Private Joseph HOWARD Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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Captain Edward HUGHES Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery
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19/1036 Private Norman HUMBLE Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30495 Private Charlton INNES Died of wounds on the 26th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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4/9761 Lance Corporal George JACKSON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9608 Sergeant George Fey JAMIESON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Samuel Fox Armitage JARRETT Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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22565 Private Llewellyn JONES Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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33131 Private Walter KELLY Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/7246 Private George KING Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/10411 Private William LAKEY Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20967 Private George LAMB Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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18/537 Private Arthur LEE Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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8473 Private Henry LEES Died of wounds on the 17th October 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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11540 Private Charles LEMMON Died of wounds on the 29th October 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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30759 Private George LOCKYER Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42544 Private James MAJOR Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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4/7857 Private John MANNION Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery
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3/27318 Private Michael McCABE Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery
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30101 Private Wilfrid McCRICKARD Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27320 Private James McGEENEY Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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Second Lieutenant Robert Jardine MEIKLE Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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32125 Private Edmond METCALFE Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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15369 Private Thomas MIDDLEMAS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9891 Private William Fenwick MIDDLETON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42543 Private Matthew MILLER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Rest in peace in Bienvillers Military Cemetery
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4/8371 Private Watson MILLS Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/11913 Corporal John MILNE Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27961 Private Benjamin MOSEY Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27449 Private Owen MURRAY Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery
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22118 Private William NEIL Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Frederick Lisle NEWSTEAD Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery
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42547 Private Frank NORTH Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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21942 Private John OLIVER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant John Stanley PALMER Died of wounds on the 18th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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3/12021 Sergeant John William PARKER, MM Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 35 Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery
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45401 Private Thomas PARTON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 38 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23796 Private John William PATTON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7203 Sergeant Harry POTTER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/12320 Private Charles READ Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9991 Private Michael RICHARDSON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/9713 Private Edward RILEY, MM Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/10268 Lance Corporal Norman RYAN Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10978 Lance Sergeant George SHRIMPTON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27868 Private William Gilbert SIMM Died in service on the 4th August 1916 Rest in peace in Amplier Communal Cemetery
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45432 Private Harold William SMITH Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20966 Private William SMITH Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19858 Private Fred SNAITH Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 40 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26165 Private Thomas SOMERVILLE Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9203 Private James Chapple STEPHENSON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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30757 Lance Corporal Joseph Septimus STEPHENSON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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11780 Private Matthew STOREY Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25420 Private Richard SUMNER Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/10105 Private George TALLET Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21333 Private Ralph THOMPSON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8488 Private John TOMLINSON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/8958 Private Frank TRODDEN Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/9036 Private Benjamin TUMILTY Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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32665 Private Fred TURTON Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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32580 Private John Robert URWIN Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/10087 Private Charles VEST Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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32717 Private Henry Lloyd WALKER Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27780 Private John Skede WALKER Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27338 Private Robert WALLER Died of wounds on the 20th October 1916 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
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3/12303 Private Frederick WARD Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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22160 Private Robert WATKINS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/8606 Corporal Thomas WHITCOMBE Killed in action on the 13th September 1916 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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32136 Private Robert WHITWELL Died of wounds on the 18th October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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3/10291 Lance Sergeant Charles Henry WIGHTMAN Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27516 Private John WILLIS Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/8765 Private Joseph William WILSON Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21/130 Private Daniel WINTERBOTTOM Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30748 Private Herbert Edward WOOD Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/9237 Private Robert WOODHAMS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4/8684 Corporal Ernest WOODS Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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26048 Lance Corporal Wilfred WOODWARD Killed in action on the 15th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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