BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Light Trench Mortar Batteries

 

189th 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.

 

7 names

Tyneside Z/6544    Able Seaman

Gabriel

BIRD

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

London Z/966    Able Seaman

Horace

COOPER

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Hawke Battalion

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Tyneside Z/6289    Able Seaman

John

DICKINSON

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

Clyde Z/1388    Able Seaman

Robert

McFARLANE

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Hawke Battalion

Died of wounds on the 18th December 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Wimereux Communal Cemetery

Clyde Z/3575    Able Seaman

James

STEWART

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Hawke Battalion

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

Mersey Z/70    Leading Seaman

Frank

WHEELER

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Detached from The Howe Battalion

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

London Z/949    Able Seaman

Stanley

WOODING

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial