BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Light Trench Mortar Batteries

 

188th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY

Royal Naval Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION - SOMME 1916

Early October : Redan Ridge sector.

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30th October - 12th November : Hamel sector.

13th-16th November : Attack and capture of Beaucourt.

 

5 names

Tyneside Z/6561    Able Seaman

William

CLARK

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Howe Battalion

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

Kitchener P/100   Able Seaman

James

LYTH

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Anson Battalion

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

Sub Lieutenant

Joshua Lawrence

OATES

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Kitchener P/442   Leading Seaman

George

SPENCER, MM

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

Tyneside Z/7022    Able Seaman

John

WHITECROSS

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial