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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
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OPERATIONS OF THE 6th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 August : In front of Beaumont-Hamel. ******* 11th-28th September : Ginchy/Lesboeufs sector. Attack and taking of The Quadrilateral (15th-18th September). Capture of Lesboeufs on the 25th September. ******* 9th-20th October : Lesboeufs/Gueudecourt sector. Operations in front of Le Transloy.
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Second Lieutenant Roy Leslie BOX Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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2146 Sapper Arthur GAMBLE Died of wounds on the 18th October 1916 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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2093 Sapper Irwin HOLDSWORTH Killed in action on the 11th October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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1896 Lance Corporal James Edward SCANLON Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2903 Sapper Reginald Donald SMITH Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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965 Sapper Arthur WELTON Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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2446 Sapper Fred Stanley WHITHAM Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3664 Sapper Walter WILDSMITH Died of wounds on the 17th October 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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