BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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British Divisions

3rd DIVISION

8th BRIGADE

1 094 names

2nd Royal Scots

261 names

1st Royal Scots Fusiliers

208 names

8th East Yorkshire

291 names

7th K.S.L.I.

319 names

8th Machine Gun Company

11 names

8th Trench Mortar Battery

4 names

9th BRIGADE

884 names

1st Northumberland Fusiliers

146 names

4th Royal Fusiliers

144 names

13th Liverpool

327 names

12th West Yorkshire

240 names

9th Machine Gun Company

25 names

9th Trench Mortar Battery

2 names

76th BRIGADE

1 223 names

(H.Q. 1 name)

2nd Suffolk

331 names

1st Gordon Highlanders

332 names

8th Royal Lancaster

217 names

10th Royal Welsh Fusiliers

333 names

76th Machine Gun Company

10 names

76th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

PIONEERS

20th King's Royal Rifle Corps

72 names

ARTILLERY

96 names

Field Artillery

83 names

XXIII Brigade

25 names

XL Brigade

32 names

XLII Brigade

27 names

107th Battery

108th Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

 

6th Battery

23rd Battery

49th Battery

130th (Howitzers) Battery

 

29th Battery

41st Battery

45th Battery

129th (Howitzers) Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

2 names

Medium

Heavy

X3

No fatal casualties

Y3

1 name

Z3

No fatal casualties

V3

1 name

3rd Divisional Ammunition Column

11 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

56th Field Company

10 names

 

1st/1st Cheshire Field Company

17 names

 

1/1st East Riding Field Company

4 names

 

3rd Divisional Signal Company

4 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

3rd Divisional Train

15th H.T. Coy

21st H.T. Coy

22nd H.T. Coy

29th H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

28 names

Medical services staff

1 name

7th Field Ambulance

6 names

8th Field Ambulance

8 names

142nd Field Ambulance

13 names

N°5 Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

11th Mobile Veterinary Section

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 3rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916

8th-17th July : North-West of Montauban. Taking of Bazentin-le-Grand on the 14th July.

In line between Bazentin-le-Grand and Longueval.

18th-19th July : Attacks of the Northern part of Longueval and Delville Wood;

20th-25th July : Longueval / Waterlot Farm. Attack of Delville Wood on the 23rd July.

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14th-21st August : Operations South of Guillemont.

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October / November : Serre / Redan ridge sector. Attack of Serre on the 13th November.