BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

227th (Stockton-on-Tees)

FIELD COMPANY

39th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 39th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

2nd September-Mid October  : North of the Ancre front line. Attack on the 3rd September near the Ancre River.

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October/November : Thiepval sector. Capture of Schwaben Redoubt on the 14th October and taking of Stuff trench on the 21st October.

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Late October/ November : Ancre Valley. Capture of St Pierre-Divion on the 13th November.

 

2 names

104134    Sapper

Arthur

BLACKETT

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

 

101316    Sapper

John Henry

LOACH

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery