BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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46th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY

 

15th (Scottish) Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 15th (Scottish) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

8th August-14th September : Operations in front of Martinpuich. Fighting for Switch Line and Intermediate Trench.

15th-18th September : Capture and consolidation of Martinpuich.

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8th October-3rd November : Le Sars sector.

 

4 names

Lieutenant

Hugh Morton Gairn

BRICKMAN

Detached from The Cameronians

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

13416   Private

William

GIBB

Detached from The 6th/7th Royal Scots Fusiliers

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

Second Lieutenant

William Whitson

MYLES

Detached from The 10th Cameronians

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

8671    Sergeant

William

ORCHARD

Detached from The 10th Cameronians

Died of wounds on the 14th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial