BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

228th (Barnsley)

FIELD COMPANY

41st Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 41st DIVISION - SOMME 1916

14th-18th September : Flers sector. Capture of Flers on the 15th September.

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28th September-10th October : East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye. Fighting for Gird Lines and Bayonet Trench.

 

5 names

Captain

Edward Carleton

BAKER

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

104609    Sapper

Arthur

BOWLER

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

104573    Sapper

Frederick

FRANKLAND

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

104456    Sapper

Wilfrid

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

 

 

104531   Sapper

Charles Henry

STOWE

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial