BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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1/7th Battalion (Leeds Rifles) Prince of Wales's Own (WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT) |
146th Brigade / 49th (West Riding) Division |
1st July : Thiepval Wood. In support of the 36th (Ulster) Division in action in Schwaben Redoubt. 2nd July : Aveluy Wood. 3rd July : Martinsart Wood. 7th July : Aveluy Wood. 8th-15th July : Tours in line in Leipzig Salient. Attack on the 14th-15th July. 16th July : Campbell Post. 21st July : Martinsart Wood. 24th July : Forceville. 3rd-17th August : Tours in line in Leipzig Salient. 18th August : Acheux. 26th August : In front line in Thiepval sector. 28th August : Martinsart Wood. 2nd September : Aveluy Wood. 3rd September : In reserve in Thiepval Wood. 4th September : Martinsart Wood. 7th September : Forceville. 18th September : Hedauville. 20th September : In front line Thiepval sector. 27th September : Mailly-Maillet Wood. 29th September : Raincheval. ******* October-November : Tours in line in Foncquevillers sector.
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141 names |
4318 Rifleman Thomas ABBOTT Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3221 Rifleman George Armitage AIREY Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 43 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery
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4121 Rifleman William ALDERSON Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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266222 Rifleman Thomas ASHBY Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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265560 Rifleman Walter BARKER Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4186 Rifleman Harry BARNES Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3324 Rifleman Ernest BELL Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6025 Rifleman Walter Edward BLOOMFIELD Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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265737 Corporal Harold BRADSTOCK Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Edward BRANNIGAN Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 40 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1541 Rifleman Arthur BRIERLEY Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery
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5300 Rifleman Arthur BROWN Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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265828 Rifleman Walter BROWN Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4383 Rifleman Albert BUCKLE Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3540 Lance Corporal John CABLE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Reginald Cullen CALVERT Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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5204 Rifleman Edward CANTRAL Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4219 Rifleman Harold CARLING Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Leeds (Burmantofts) Cemetery
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6138 Rifleman James Henry CARRUTHERS Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 31 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2619 Rifleman John CAUFIELD Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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4006 Rifleman Samuel CHAFER Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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3280 Lance Corporal Rowland Hill CLAPHAM Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2057 Rifleman Ernest Albert CLARKE Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4309 Rifleman William Edward CLARKE Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2528 Rifleman John William CLARKSON Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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6558 Lance Corporal John Albert Victor CONNELL Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1512 Lance Corporal John William COOPER, MM Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 Rest in peace in Leeds (Beckett Street) Cemetery
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5015 Rifleman Harry CORY Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Alfred Reginald COY Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6150 Rifleman Stephen COYLE Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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6555 Rifleman Joseph CUMPSON Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4279 Rifleman Walter DAVIS Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4016 Rifleman Frederick DAWES Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6028 Rifleman Richard DOYLE Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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2763 Lance Sergeant Ernest DRAKE Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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4503 Lance Corporal Albert DRURY Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Charles ELAM Detached from The 12th York and Lancaster Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground |
2206 Lance Corporal Herbert EXLEY, MM Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery
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3756 Corporal George William FARRAR Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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265245 Rifleman John Edward FARRELL Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4578 Rifleman Edwin FISHER Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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3601 Lance Corporal George FLINT Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery
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1660 Lance Corporal Frank FOGGITT Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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265267 Rifleman Ernest FROBISHER Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2329 Sergeant Walter GAUNT Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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266032 Rifleman Walter GELDERD Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6193 Lance Corporal George Sidney GODFREY Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3311 Rifleman Harry GOLDTHORP Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3748 Lance Corporal William GOODSON Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3947 Rifleman Squire GRANT Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 39 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4445 Rifleman Thomas Henry GROVER Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4389 Rifleman Tom HAIGH Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Leeds (Hunslet Old) Cemetery
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2925 Rifleman George HAMPSON Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3987 Rifleman George HARGREAVES Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Edgar Brooks HARRISON Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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4473 Rifleman Harry HEADLAM Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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5235 Rifleman James Ernest HOLMES Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery & Ext.
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2148 Corporal John HUDSON Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1972 Sergeant Frank IBBETSON Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2771 Lance Sergeant Harry INGLEBY, DCM Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery
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4263 Rifleman Walter JACKSON Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1692 Lance Corporal John William JENNINGS Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2644 Rifleman Frank JOHNSON Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4140 Rifleman Joseph JOHNSON Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery
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3400 Rifleman Ernest JONES Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2324 Rifleman James KELLETT Killed in action on the 5th August 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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2927 Rifleman James KENDELL Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 39 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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3000 Lance Corporal Lawrence KIRK, MM Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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3660 Rifleman John LALLY Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 39 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2796 Rifleman Harry LAWRENCE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6164 Rifleman Robert William LAWRIE Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery
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266302 Rifleman Arthur LEE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2986 Lance Corporal James LEE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Alfred Sunderland LERESCHE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 39 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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2625 Lance Corporal Walter MAKIN, DCM Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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265092 Rifleman Richard MANN Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2127 Lance Sergeant Ernest MARSDEN Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 Rest in peace in Leeds (Lawns Wood) Cemetery
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2716 Lance Corporal George MARWOOD Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2071 Rifleman Ernest MEEK Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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2959 Rifleman Harry MERSON Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery & Ext.
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4476 Rifleman Peter METCALFE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4090 Rifleman Charles Arthur MICKLETHWAITE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6136 Rifleman George MOLE Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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265543 Rifleman Clifford MOORE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3453 Rifleman Walter NOWELL Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 4 Rest in peace in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery
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266965 Rifleman Edward OLIVER Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5011 Rifleman Edward PENNY Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3351 Rifleman George PETCH Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 37 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5299 Rifleman Thomas PHELAN Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6174 Rifleman William Henry POPLE Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4113 Rifleman Christopher POTTER Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Chapel Allerton (St Matthew) Old Chuch.
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2086 Sergeant Walter POWELL Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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6035 Rifleman Samuel Edward PRITCHARD Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3678 Rifleman Arthur RAMSDEN Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2736 Rifleman Fredrick RAWNSLEY Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6135 Rifleman Thomas William ROBSON Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4795 Rifleman Edward ROSE Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 - Age 38 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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3969 Lance Corporal Jacob ROSENDALE Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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2620 Rifleman Charles Robert RYALL Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery
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Captain Robert SALTER Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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2731 Rifleman Edward SCATCHARD Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1729 Rifleman George SCOFIELD Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1823 Rifleman James SCHOLEY Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5266 Rifleman James SCHOLEY Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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590 Company Sergeant Major William Edward SCOTT Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5500 Rifleman Horace SHIELDS Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery
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3047 Lance Corporal Charles SMITH Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4482 Rifleman James SMITH Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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265638 Rifleman Joseph SMITH Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4550 Rifleman Thomas Henry SMITHSON Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery
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265246 Lance Corporal Albert STANDAGE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5016 Rifleman Harold Kay STEAD Died of wounds on the 30th October 1916 Rest in peace in Leeds (Holbeck) Cemetery
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800 Company Quatermaster Sergeant William Mallinson STEAD Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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3241 Corporal Jeremiah STEPHENSON Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6132 Rifleman Ralph STEVENS Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4244 Rifleman Harry SUMMERSCALES Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4639 Rifleman George TATE Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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4596 Rifleman Sydney TEALE Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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3084 Rifleman Clifford TERRY Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5241 Rifleman Ernest THOMPSON Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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1571 Lance Corporal Sydney THOMSON Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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1581 Corporal James TOUGH Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4512 Rifleman John William TOWNEND Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery
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2889 Lance Corporal James TURVER Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3942 Rifleman Harry VARLEY Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery
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3520 Rifleman Harold WADDINGTON Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4621 Rifleman William WALKER Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2196 Rifleman Clifford WALLIS Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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3589 Rifleman John Arthur WALTON Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5328 Rifleman Richard WATERWORTH Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 43 Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery
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731 Sergeant Arthur WHEELHOUSE Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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1703 Corporal Samuel WHISTON Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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2659 Rifleman William WHITE Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4435 Rifleman Alfred WILKINSON Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 37 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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2612 Rifleman Arthur WILSON Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Norman WILSON Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery
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265344 Rifleman Herbert WILSON-HOBSON, served as WILSON Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4436 Rifleman George WOOD Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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3899 Rifleman Alfred WORMALD Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2714 Lance Corporal John Abson WRIGGLESWORTH Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Alexander WYLLIE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Aveluy Wood Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Alcwyn Morland GIBSON Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
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2110 Rifleman John Frederick WESLEY Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |