BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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8th DIVISION
23rd BRIGADE 1 008 names |
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2nd Devonshire 235 names |
2nd West Yorkshire 224 names |
2nd Scottish Rifles 117 names |
2nd Middlesex 419 names |
23rd Machine Gun Company 10 names |
23rd Trench Mortar Battery 3 names |
24th BRIGADE 225 names Transferred from the 23rd Division on the 15th July 1916 |
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1st Worcestershire 53 names |
2nd East Lancashire 85 names |
1st Sherwood Foresters 37 names |
2nd Northamptonshire 45 names |
24th Machine Gun Company 4 names |
24th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
25th BRIGADE 916 names |
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2nd Lincolnshire 320 names |
2nd Royal Berkshire 266 names |
1st Royal Irish Rifles 131 names |
2nd Rifle Brigade 183 names |
25th Machine Gun Company 16 names |
25th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
70th BRIGADE 968 names (transferred to the 23rd Division on the 16th July 1916) |
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11th Sherwood Foresters 152 names |
8th K.O.Y.L.I. 304 names |
8th York and Lancaster 313 names |
9th York and Lancaster 185 names |
70th Machine Gun Company 13 names |
70th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
PIONEERS
22nd Durham Light Infantry
57 names
ARTILLERY
71 names
Field Artillery 67 names |
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V Brigade (Royal Horse Artillery) 13 names |
13 names |
41 names |
O Battery (R.H.A.) Z Battery (R.H.A.) D (Howitzers) Battery |
32nd Battery 33rd Battery 36th Battery 55th (Howitzers) Battery
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1st Battery 3rd Battery 5th Battery 57th (Howitzers) Battery |
Trench Mortar Batteries 3 names |
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Medium |
Heavy |
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U8 (disbanded on the 8th August 1916) |
X8 No fatal casualties |
1 name |
1 name |
1 name |
8th Divisional Ammunition Column 1 name |
ROYAL ENGINEERS
25 names
11 names |
3 names |
1/1st Home Counties Field Company 6 names |
5 names |
ARMY SERVICE CORPS
8th Divisional Train |
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41st H.T. Coy |
84th H.T. Coy |
85th H.T. Coy |
87th H.T. Coy |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
11 names
1 name |
4 names |
6 names |
N°14 Sanitary Section |
ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
15th Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 8th DIVISION - SOMME 1916
1st-2nd July : Attack of Ovillers.
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21st October-18th November : East of Gueudecourt.