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6th DIVISION
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16th BRIGADE 753 names |
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1st The Buffs 195 names |
1st K.S.L.I. 110 names |
2nd York and Lancaster 220 names |
8th Bedfordshire 209 names |
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16th Machine Gun Company 17 names |
16th Trench Mortar Battery 2 names |
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18th BRIGADE 702 names |
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1st West Yorkshire 178 names |
11th Essex 208 names |
2nd Durham Light Infantry 138 names |
14th Durham Light Infantry 162 names |
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18th Machine Gun Company 15 names |
18th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
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71st BRIGADE 991 names |
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1st Leicestershire 211 names |
2nd Sherwood Foresters 232 names |
9th Norfolk 302 names |
9th Suffolk 230 names |
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71st Machine Gun Company 13 names |
71st Trench Mortar Battery 3 names |
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PIONEERS
11th Leicestershire
24 names
ARTILLERY
96 names
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Field Artillery 90 names |
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30 names |
29 names |
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21st Battery 42nd Battery 53rd Battery 87th (Howitzers) Battery |
110th Battery 111th Battery 112th Battery 43rd (Howitzers) Battery
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24th Battery 72nd Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
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Trench Mortar Batteries 2 names |
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Heavy |
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X6 No fatal casualties |
Y6 No fatal casualties |
Z6 No fatal casualties |
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6th Divisional Ammunition Column 4 names |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
27 names
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9 names |
2/2nd West Riding Field Company 8 names |
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5 names |
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS
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6th Divisional Train |
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17th H.T. Coy |
19th H.T. Coy |
23rd H.T. Coy |
24th H.T. Coy |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
8 names
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4 names |
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N°8 Sanitary Section |
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ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
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6th Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 6th DIVISION - SOMME 1916
August : In front of Beaumont-Hamel.
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11th-28th September : Ginchy/Lesboeufs sector. Attack and taking of The Quadrilateral (15th-18th September). Capture of Lesboeufs on the 25th September.
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9th-20th October : Lesboeufs/Gueudecourt sector. Operations in front of Le Transloy.
