BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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North Staffordshire Regiment

1/5th Battalion

Prince of Wales's

(NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT)

137th Brigade / 46th (North Midland) Division

 

1st July : Attack of the Gommecourt salient (Second wave).

 

77 names

4992    Private

Edward

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

4240    Sergeant

James David

ALDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

3190    Private

Arthur

ALLPORT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4360    Private

Fred

ANCOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5112    Private

Oswald

ANTROBUS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5519    Private

Eli

BAGGULEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5405    Private

Ernest

BAKER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3501    Private

Reginald Thomas

BAKER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5222    Private

William

BIDDLE

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5391    Private

William

BOOLE

Died of wounds on the 29th June 1916

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

200640    Private

John Thomas

BOWERS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

William Aubrey

BOWERS

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

201286    Private

George

BRADBURY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

5156    Private

James

BROCKLEHURST

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2211    Lance Corporal

George

BUCKLEY

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

Lieutenant Colonel

William

BURNETT, DSO

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

4440    Private

William

CARR

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

4758    Private

John

CARTER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

3276    Corporal

Leonard

CARTLIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Arthur Donald

CHAPMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5494    Private

Elija

CHILTON

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5429    Private

Charles William

CHORLTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3028    Private

William

COLCLOUGH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1793    Private

Percy

COLEMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

4194    Private

Daniel

CORNWELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5499    Private

Arthur

DANIEL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5037    Private

John

DAVIES

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

5496    Private

John

DEVALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200250    Private

Fred Albert

EDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4899    Private

Henry

EDGELEY

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

 

5448    Private

Ernest Edmund

FEWTRELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 41

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

201393    Private

Louis

FLACKETT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Gilbert Harding

FLETCHER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

3903    Corporal

Samuel

GIBBINS

Died of wounds on the 27th June 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

5258    Private

Ernest

HANCOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4060    Private

John Arthur

HILL

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

4984    Private

Robert

HODGKINSON

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

200724    Private

Edward

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2167    Private

Ernest

JAMES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2209    Private

Henry

JAMES

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

4379    Private

Henry

JOHNSON

Died of wounds on the 24th June 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

5414    Private

John

KEMP

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

201515    Private

Joseph

KNAPPER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2655    Sergeant

Arthur

LATIMER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

5199    Private

Frederick

LAWTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4939    Private

Arthur

LOMAS

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2702    Private

Harry

LOWNDES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5493    Private

Harry Thomas

MALKIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

3780    Private

Albert John

MASSEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2988     Lance Corporal

Gilbert Edwin

MEIR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Richard Bartlett

MELLARD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

4315    Private

Joseph

MELLINCHIP

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5001    Private

Martin

OATES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2499    Private

John

PARRY

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

4949    Private

Alfred

PATRICK

Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

2286    Private

William Ernest

PLANT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

5053    Private

Ambrose Evelyn

PLATT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2219    Private

Arthur

PORTER

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

5348    Private

John

REGAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

3879    Private

Albert Henry

RHODES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2051    Sergeant

Alfred

RIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Eli

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2181    Private

Walter

RYLES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4480     Private

George

SAWYER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

5390    Private

Ernest

SHARRATT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5251     Private

Harold

SHENTON

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200368    Lance Corporal

John Anson

SMITH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241176    Private

Sidney

STEPHENS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4943     Private

John

STORER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

2486    Private

Harry

SWETMORE

Killed in action on the 25th June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

201621    Private

Thomas

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5117    Private

James

WALLEY

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Alfred Charles

WATKIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

2413    Private

John William

WHITTLE

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

 

4957    Private

Samuel

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

241349    Private

W.

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

 

 

4644    Private

William Henry

WILSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

28

Thiepval Memorial

28

Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

8

Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

7

Etretat Churchyard

3

Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1