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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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55th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 18th (Eastern) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-7th July : Attack and operations West and North-West of Montauban. ******* 13th-17th July : Trônes Wood operations. Capture of Trônes Wood on the 14th July. 19th July-21st July : Longueval/Delville Wood (only 53rd Brigade). ******* 23rd September-7th October : Thiepval operations. Capture of Thiepval on the 26th September. Fight for Schwaben Redoubt. ******* 17th October / November : Courcelette / Mouquet Farm sector sector. Attack of Desire Trench on the 18th November.
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Captain Ben Hilton GLOVER Detached from The 7th Royal West Kent Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery |
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Second Lieutenant Cyril Paul WRIGHT Detached from The 7th Royal West Kent Accidentally killed on the 25th June 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext. |