BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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1/5th Battalion |
DUKE OF CORNWALL 'S LIGHT INFANTRY |
Pioneers of the 61st (South Midland) Division |
November : Works in Thiepval, Contalmaison and Pozieres areas.
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6 names |
2240 Private Percy ANDREW Died of wounds on the 24th November 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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3160 Private William POOLEY Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1381 Private John ROWE Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery
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3450 Private Aaron SPRAY Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery
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2491 Corporal Norman THOMAS Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Regina Trench Cemetery
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3166 Private Edgar VANSON Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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MEN DETACHED TO OTHER UNITS |
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Second Lieutenant Edwin BLACKMORE Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
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Second Lieutenant Charles Percy EVERSON Unknown unit Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |