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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
105th FIELD COMPANY |
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OPERATIONS OF THE 25th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 3rd-8th July : Leipzig Salient / Ovillers. 9th-16th July : Ovillers sector. ******* 18th August-7th September : Leipzig Salient / North of Ovillers. Fighting for Hindenburg Trench and The Wonder Work. ******* 26th September-22nd October : Thiepval sector. Capture of Stuff Redoubt on the 9th October.
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57174 Lance Corporal John Thomas Roland BEARD Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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139809 Sapper James Bernard BURKE Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Aveluy Communal Cemetery Extension
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64332 Corporal James E. DRISCOLL, MM Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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65077 Sapper Claude Joseph Gibson HIGGINS Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Kenneth Mallorie PRIESTMAN Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery
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57243 Sapper Frank STEVENS Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension
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Major Reginald WALKER Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 39 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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