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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
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OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July. ******* 12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench. ******* 18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.
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2725 Sapper Edwin CARR Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916 Rest in peace in Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension
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1387 Lance Corporal Frederick Henry CAVE Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 39 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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1699 Sapper George Henry Grenville DICKINSON Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 Rest in peace in Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension
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2451 Sapper Archibald Gordon FORD Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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2521 Sapper Frederick Percy William HALLS Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. n°1
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Second Lieutenant John HOWARTH Died of wounds on the 10th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated in Tideswell (St John the Baptist) Chuch.
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2960 Sapper George KNAPTON Killed in action on the 21st July 1916 Rest in peace in Hamel Military Cemetery
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3367 Sapper Benjamin MARSH Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 - Age 34 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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3506 Sapper Charles QUANTOCK Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery
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Lieutenant James Hawthorne SIMPSON Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 37 Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery
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