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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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56th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 19th (Western) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-9th July : La Boisselle operations. Capture of La Boisselle on the 3rd-4th July. ******* 21st-31st July : Bazentin-le-Petit. Attacks of Intermediate Trench and Switch Line. ******* 22nd October - 30th November : Thiepval sector. Attack towards Grandcourt on the 13th November. Divisional front extended to the Ancre from the 14th November. Attack of Grandcourt on the 18th-19th November.
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23569 Private Thomas EVANS Detached from The 6th Dorsetshire Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
18082 Private William KAY Detached from The 7th Royal Lancaster Died of wounds on the 10th December 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension |
3371 Corporal George NASH Detached from The 7th Loyal North Lancashire Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
