BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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2nd Battalion EAST LANCASHIRE REGIMENT |
24th Brigade / 23rd Division and 8th Division |
4th July : Dernancourt. 6th July : Shelter Wood sector. Attack towards Contalmaison. 8th-10th July : Shelter Alley. 12th July : Bresle. ******** 15th July : Transferred to the 8th Division. ******** Mid-October : Montauban. 18th October : In front line East of Gueudecourt. 23rd October : Attack and taking of Mild Trench. 30th October : Montauban. 31st October : Meaulte. 5th November : Bernafay Wood. 6th November : In front line in Lesboeufs sector. 8th November : Carnoy. November : Tours in line in Gueudecourt sector.
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149 names (64 with the 23rd Division, 85 with the 8th Division) |
10098 Corporal Robert ADAMSON Died of wounds on the 17th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery
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21758 Private Jack ALLAN Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22757 Private Samuel ALMOND Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21224 Private George APPLETON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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6790 Lance Corporal Thomas ASHBY Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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6141 Lance Corporal William ASHWORTH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23643 Private Pearce ATHERTON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Guy Cheselden Renell ATKINSON Died of wounds on the 30th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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6987 Private Hugh ATKINSON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19541 Private James BARNES Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16712 Private John BARNES Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery
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23759 Private Richard BARNES Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 37 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Ernest Isaac BARROW Detached from The South Lancashire Regiment Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Luton War Memorial |
19029 Private Richard BOND Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13210 Private John Samuel BOTTOMLEY Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 38 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10313 Private Percy BRIDGES Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5532 Private Harry BRIGHT Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9881 Private Richard BROOKS Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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7500 Private Herbert BROWN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 40 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9948 Sergeant Alfred Frank BULLEN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23865 Private George BURGIN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19440 Private James CHADWICK Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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6563 Private Thomas CHANEY Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in St Pancras Cemetery
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10254 Corporal Thomas Postlethwaite CHORLEY Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10700 Private George Blucher Knowles CHRISTMAS Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9381 Private Joseph CLARKE Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23625 Private Walter COLLINGE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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5713 Private John CONLAN Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21145 Private Valentine CONNOR Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Neil Grant CRAWHALL Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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34536 Lance Corporal Arthur Frederick CRISP Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6515 Private Thomas CRONAN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7962 Private Frank CROSSLEY Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Eyre Bolton Massy DELMEGE, MC Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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19574 Private James DEVANEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21137 Private Ivan Edward DIXON Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension
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23096 Private John DIXON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23650 Private Herbert DOOLEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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23857 Private Thomas DOOLEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9834 Private Nicholas DOYLE, MM Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6187 Regimental Sergeant Major Frederick DUCKWORTH, MC Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery
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23843 Private William Arthur John DUNHAM Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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21135 Private Thomas William EYERS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Leonard FARTHING, MC Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground
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12237 Private John FISH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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24095 Private Arthur FRAZER Killed in action on the 5th-10th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground
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21116 Private Charles Frederick GARNER Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5760 Private Samuel GOTHORP Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18401 Private Gilbert Edwin GRAY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5242 Private John GREGSON Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19580 Private J. GRIFFIN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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12519 Private Daniel HALSTEAD Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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8877 Private William HARGREAVES Killed in action on the 5th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6406 Lance Sergeant Edwin Owen HARRISON Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18326 Private James HARTLEY, served as WOOD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26985 Private John HARTLEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19489 Private William HARTLEY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9769 Private Robert E. HATCH Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10889 Private Joseph Hartley HEAP Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18285 Private John W. HEATHCOTE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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8597 Corporal Henry Alfred HEWISH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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6692 Private James HILL Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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23624 Private George Marshall HINDLE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18205 Private Nelson HOLDING Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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10434 Private Albert William HOLFORD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Peake Wood Cemetery
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7520 Private William HOPWOOD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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34535 Lance Corporal John HORNER Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27174 Private Richard HOSKIN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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17754 Private George HOWARTH Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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23879 Private Thomas Robson IRWIN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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20219 Private Richard JARVIS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8127 Corporal Thomas JONES Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23104 Private Walter KAY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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10082 Private Richard KEEFE Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10529 Private James KELLY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7519 Private Seth KELLY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23846 Private William Herbert KELLY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23830 Private Joseph LOGAN Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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19499 Private Henry MADDOCKS Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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23740 Private Frederick MARGERISON Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant John Hamilton MARSHALL Detached from The 8th East Lancashire Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial Bedford Modern School War Memorial |
23847 Private Harold MARTIN Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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18430 Private Joseph Edward MATHER Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 37 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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12069 Private John MATTISON Killed in action on the 16th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27160 Private Irvin Thomas MAUDSLEY Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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23871 Private Cyril McCAIG Killed in action on the 5th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23540 Private John Albert McGRATH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20211 Private Frank McINTOSH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5181 Private Andrew McNAB Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19851 Private William MEERS Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Henry Eustace MOORES Detached from The South Staffordshire Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery |
21162 Private Walter MOORES Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7653 Private Thomas Brewer MOULDING Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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20116 Private William MULVEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5579 Private Albert MURRAY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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20153 Private Whitham ORMEROD Died of wounds on the 26th October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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20282 Private Edward PARK Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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9049 Private Charles PARKER Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23881 Private William PARKER Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18312 Private Edward PARR Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Fricourt British Cemetery
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10660 Private Benjamin PLACE Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18409 Private Absalom POLLARD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23088 Private Frederick POLLITT Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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12314 Private Benjamin POMFRET Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6500 Private Patrick PRIOR Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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19447 Private George PURSLOW Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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19407 Private George QUANCE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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23842 Lance Corporal John William RACE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Isaac ROBINSON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5485 Private Benjamin ROGERSON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25481 Private H.W. ROUSE Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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25419 Lance Corporal William SALT Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10465 Private Albert Edward SCHULTZ Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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23755 Private John Edward SCRIVENER Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Robert Francis SEWARD Detached from The Border Regiment Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
12363 Private James Albert SHAW Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26378 Private James SHUTTLEWORTH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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26351 Private John SHUTTLEWORTH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19266 Lance Corporal George SIMPSON Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground
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5679 Private William SIMPSON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Alexander Couper SMALL, MC Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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9552 Private William Henry SMITH Died of wounds on the 29th December 1916 Rest in peace in Musbury (St Thomas) Cemetery
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18495 Private Joseph Taylor STEVENSON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7542 Private James William TANNER Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23628 Private John TATTERSALL Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14014 Private George Frederick TAYLOR Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21110 Private Henry TAYLOR Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 36 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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12517 Private Harry TETLOW Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12243 Private John THISTLEWAITE Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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19555 Private Moses THOMPSON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Reginald THOMPSON Detached from The 7th East Lancashire Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
9456 Sergeant John TOOMEY, MM Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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23823 Sergeant Richard TOON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5572 Private Albert TURNER Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery
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10873 Private Frank UNSWORTH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Walter Thomas WAKEFORD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground
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23875 Private Edward WATSON Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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8563 Sergeant Henry William WEBB Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26383 Private Harry WENSLEY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in Bienvillers Military Cemetery
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26458 Lance Corporal John WHITTAKER Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21620 Private Moses WHITTAKER Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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10875 Private William WHITWORTH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9344 Private James Henry WILLIAMS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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18437 Private Lewis WILLSHAW Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23850 Private John WINSLOW Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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28305 Private Albert WITHENSHAW Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7984 Private George Henry YATES Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24886 Private Thomas YATES Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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23829 Lance Corporal John Vincent YOUNG Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS |
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Second Lieutenant Philip Emlyn FRIEND 24th Machine Gun Company Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery |
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8004 Private George Horne PRATT Unknown unit Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery |