BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1/6th (Rifle) Battalion

THE KING'S

(Liverpool Regiment)

165th Brigade / 55th (West Lancashire) Division

 

28th July : Bois des Tailles.

30th July : Fricourt area.

1st August : Carnoy area. Working parties to Trônes Wood.

5th August : Montauban area.

7th August : In front line in Maltz Horn Farm sector.

8th and 9th August : Attacks South of Guillemont.

12th August : Talus Boisé.

13th August : C Company in support of the attack of the 1/9th Liverpool of Cochrane Alley.

14th August : Ville-sur-Ancre.

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30th August : Dernancourt.

4th September : In front line between Delville Wood and High Wood.

6th September : Bombing attacks along Wood Lane.

7th September : Montauban Alley.

9th September : Attack of Wood Lane.

10th September : Becordel-Becourt.

11th September : Buire-sur-l'Ancre.

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16th September : Dernancourt.

17th September : In line East of Flers.

18th September : South of Delville Wood.

20th September : Montauban area.

23rd September : North-East of Delville Wood.

24th September : In line North-East of Flers.

25th September : Attack and taking of Gird Lines and Factory Corner.

26th September : South of Delville Wood.

28th September : Buire-sur-l'Ancre.

 

131 names

2732     Lance Corporal

Charles Fredrick

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3812     Rifleman

James

ALLAN

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

3609     Rifleman

Robert William Henry

AMBROSE

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3589     Rifleman

Harold Edmund

ANNISON

Died of wounds on the 10th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

4154     Rifleman

Robert Henry

ARGUE

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1869     Lance Corporal

Francis Slater

BAINES

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Great Cosby (St Luke) Churchyard

 

2392     Rifleman

Walter Sanders

BAKER

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2037     Rifleman

Ernest Alfred

BARBER

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

241456     Rifleman

Frederick James

BARKER

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241815    Rifleman

William James

BLUNDELL

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4636     Rifleman

John

BLYTHE

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

2390     Lance Corporal

William

BOLTON

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Reginald Herbert Swinton

BOULT

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1863     Sergeant

Egbert

BRIGGS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2061     Corporal

William Cropper

BROSTER, DCM, MM

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

3513     Rifleman

Albert Howard

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

3970     Rifleman

John

BROWN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

Captain

Edmund Cecil Gladstone

BUCKLEY

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

1675     Sergeant

Arthur

BUSHELL

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Henry

BUTTERY

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4424     Rifleman

Charles

CASTLE

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4309     Rifleman

James Edward

CAUNCE

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

242124     Rifleman

Thomas George

CHAMBERS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2820     Corporal

Alfred Henry

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4433     Rifleman

William Killip

CLEATOR

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1469     Lance Corporal

Laurence Bernard

COCKBURN

Died of wounds on the 10th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3934     Rifleman

Percy

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2063     Rifleman

Robert

CURWEN, MM

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

3366     Rifleman

John Glynn

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

241992     Rifleman

William Herbert

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3892     Rifleman

Bernard

ECKFORD

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

William Laurence

EVANS

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

240571     Corporal

Charles Henry

FERGUSON

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3769     Rifleman

John Walter

FINDLOW

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

242098     Rifleman

Robert

FINNEGAN

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241908     Rifleman

Thomas

FISHER

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

242074     Rifleman

Frederick Newman

FORD

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

243623     Rifleman

James Oliver

FOSTER

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1587     Rifleman

Fred

FOULKES

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4072     Rifleman

Edgar Johnstone

GAUNTLETT

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

927     Sergeant

Arthur

GRIFFITHS

Died of wounds on the 9th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery

 

3666     Rifleman

Sydney

GUILBERT

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3518     Rifleman

Stanley

HARDMAN

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4096     Rifleman

Charles

HARE, served as AYRE

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4168     Rifleman

Ernest

HARRISON

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240606     Rifleman

Percy Harold

HARWOOD

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2895     Rifleman

Arthur Newey

HENDERSON

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Captain

Ernest

HERSCHELL

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4215     Private

Charles Douglas

HILL

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241609     Rifleman

Norman George

HILL

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2421     Lance Sergeant

Thomas Reginald

HILL

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4491     Private

Mark

HODGSON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241362     Rifleman

Reuben

HOOSE

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240995     Rifleman

Benjamin Rowland

HOUGHTON

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4277     Rifleman

Frederick Tibbot

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

240907     Lance Corporal

Thomas Alfred

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3468     Lance Corporal

Innes Eldon

IRWIN

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

4351    Rifleman

Ellis

JEVONS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

4603    Rifleman

Ernest

JONES

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

241557     Rifleman

Ernest Beresford

JONES

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2192    Rifleman

Griffith

JONES

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1230    Rifleman

Robert Lloyd

JONES

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2165     Corporal

Stanley

JONES, MM

Died of wounds on the 20th October 1916

Rest in peace in Halewood (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

242043    Rifleman

Herbert Joseph

KEEGAN

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240452    Lance Corporal

Charles Kenneth Nuthall

KEMP, MM

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4051     Rifleman

Henry

KIRKLAND

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

241939    Rifleman

Arthur Hermon

LAWES

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2563    Rifleman

George Henry

LENNIE

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240534    Rifleman

John Robert

LITCHFIELD

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4307    Rifleman

Arthur Millwood

LONGSTAFF

Died of wounds on the 10th September 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

4275    Rifleman

Harold Joseph

LOVETT

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4646    Rifleman

Joseph

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240565    Lance Corporal

Harry Leonard

MANSELL

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

241964    Rifleman

Charles Algernon

MARSTON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3178    Rifleman

Charles

MARTEN

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241635    Rifleman

Richard Leonard

MAYBURY

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3082    Rifleman

Herbert

McALLISTER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

1673    Rifleman

Brian Elstob

McBEATH

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

1076    Sergeant

Edward

McGILL

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2137     Rifleman

John Joseph

McGRATH

Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

242045    Rifleman

John

MILLINGTON

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4787    Rifleman

T.

MORREY

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916

Commemorated in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4417    Rifleman

William

MORTON

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2261    Rifleman

Charles

ODDY

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3773    Rifleman

Joseph Wyndham

ONIONS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

3895     Rifleman

William Bernard

PARKINSON

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated in Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

241128    Rifleman

Edgar

PARRINGTON

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1276    Lance Sergeant

William Lawrie

PATON

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3923     Rifleman

Andrew Victor

PEARSON

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

1658     Rifleman

Mortimer

PIM

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4457    Corporal

John

PLUMER

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1643    Corporal

William

PORTEOUS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

4255    Rifleman

Harold Morris

PORTER

Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

1967    Lance Corporal

Percy

POSTLETHWAITE

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240665     Rifleman

John Charles

POTTER

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1737    Rifleman

Walter Meredith

PROUDLOVE

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4048    Rifleman

Robert Edward

RAILTON

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3529    Rifleman

Arthur

RIDER

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241799    Rifleman

John George

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1471    Corporal

William

ROBERTSON

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

3792    Rifleman

John

RUSSELL

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

2270    Sergeant

Edmund Douglas

SAVAGE

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4423    Rifleman

Christopher

SEILER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3522    Rifleman

James Norman

SKELDON

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4593    Rifleman

Douglas

SMITH

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4137    Rifleman

Archibald Gilbert

SPEED

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4407    Rifleman

Thomas Harold

SPENCER

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Edgar

ST GEORGE

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

3742    Rifleman

Thomas

STEADMAN

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

3507    Lance Corporal

John

STRUTT

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3758    Rifleman

Arthur Watts

SWINNERTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241906     Rifleman

John

TEECE

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240340    Rifleman

Marmaduke

THEAKSTONE

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

2239     Rifleman

William Harold

THOMAS

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4380     Rifleman

William

THOMPSON

Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4345     Rifleman

William

TOWERS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4432     Rifleman

Bernard James

TYSON

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3979     Rifleman

Thomas

WAINWRIGHT

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3860     Rifleman

Thomas Dean

WELLS

Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

3935     Rifleman

Francis Allan

WESTRAY

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4503     Rifleman

Arthur Spencer

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4667    Rifleman

Frank

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

2841     Rifleman

John Lloyd

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 9th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

241736    Rifleman

Robert Charles

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

2045     Corporal

William Glynn

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2279    Rifleman

William Roberts

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

3820     Rifleman

Eric

WILSON

Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1575    Rifleman

Henry

WILSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

Captain

Douglas Henry David

WOODERSON

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Second Lieutenant

George

WRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

 

1686    Rifleman

Sydney William

YOUNG

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery