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56th (LONDON) DIVISION
Divisional Headquarters : 1 name
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167th BRIGADE 1 143 names |
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1/7th Middlesex 323 names |
1/8th Middlesex 207 names |
1/1st London 344 names |
1/3rd London 250 names |
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167th Machine Gun Company 17 names |
167th Trench Mortar Battery 2 names |
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168th BRIGADE 1 340 names |
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1/4th London 268 names |
1/12th London 426 names |
1/13th London 221 names |
1/14th London 420 names |
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168th Machine Gun Company 5 names |
168th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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169th BRIGADE 1 888 names |
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1/2nd London 359 names |
1/5th London 600 names |
1/9th London 492 names |
1/16th London 424 names |
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169th Machine Gun Company 6 names |
169th Trench Mortar Battery 7 names |
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PIONEERS
1/5th Cheshire
122 names
ARTILLERY
96 names
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Field Artillery 78 names |
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(I City of London) 14 names |
(II City of London) 23 names |
(III City of London) 24 names |
(IV City of London) 19 names |
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A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery
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Trench Mortar Batteries 5 names |
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Medium |
Heavy |
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3 names |
2 names |
Z56 No fatal casualties |
V56 No fatal casualties |
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56th Divisional Ammunition Column 13 names |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
45 names
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13 names |
17 names |
12 names |
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56th Divisional Signal Company 3 names |
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS
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56th Divisional Train |
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213th H.T. Coy |
214th H.T. Coy |
215th H.T. Coy |
216th H.T. Coy |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
8 names
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4 names |
2 names |
2 names |
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N°56 Sanitary Section |
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ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
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1st London Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 56th (London) DIVISION - SOMME 1916
1st July : Attack of the Gommecourt salient.
July-August : Hebuterne sector.
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5th-27th September : Combles Operations. Capture of Combles with the French on the 26th September.
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1st-9th October : Lesboeufs sector. Fighting in front of Le Transloy.
