BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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British Divisions

6th DIVISION

16th BRIGADE

753 names

1st The Buffs

195 names

1st K.S.L.I.

110 names

2nd York and Lancaster

220 names

8th Bedfordshire

209 names

16th Machine Gun Company

17 names

16th Trench Mortar Battery

2 names

18th BRIGADE

703 names

1st West Yorkshire

179 names

11th Essex

208 names

2nd Durham Light Infantry

138 names

14th Durham Light Infantry

162 names

18th Machine Gun Company

15 names

18th Trench Mortar Battery

1 name

71st BRIGADE

991 names

1st Leicestershire

211 names

2nd Sherwood Foresters

232 names

9th Norfolk

302 names

9th Suffolk

230 names

71st Machine Gun Company

13 names

71st  Trench Mortar Battery

3 names

PIONEERS

11th Leicestershire

24 names

ARTILLERY

96 names

Field Artillery

90 names

II Brigade

32 names

XXIV Brigade

30 names

XXXVIII Brigade

29 names

21st Battery

42nd Battery

53rd Battery

87th (Howitzers) Battery

 

110th Battery

111th Battery

112th Battery

43rd (Howitzers) Battery

 

24th Battery

72nd Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

2 names

Medium

Heavy

X6

No fatal casualties

Y6

No fatal casualties

Z6

No fatal casualties

W6

2 names

6th Divisional Ammunition Column

4 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

27 names

12th Field Company

9 names

2/2nd West Riding Field Company

8 names

1st London Field Company

5 names

6th Divisional Signal Company

5 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

6th Divisional Train

17th H.T. Coy

19th H.T. Coy

23rd H.T. Coy

24th H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

8 names

16th Field Ambulance

3 names

17th Field Ambulance

4 names

18th Field Ambulance

1 name

N°8 Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

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.