BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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63rd TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 21st DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt. ******* 12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July. ******* 17th-30th September : East of Flers. Fighting for Gird Trenches. Capture of Gueudecourt on the 25th-26th September.
OPERATIONS OF THE 37th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 13th-18th November : Hamel / Beaucourt / Beaumont-Hamel heights operations. Taking of the Bois de Hollande.
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3 names (2 with the 21st Division, 1 with the 37th Division) |
SR/6290 Sergeant Charles Henry DIPLOCK Detached from The 4th Middlesex Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
69557 Gunner William HILL Royal Field Artillery Killed in action on the 20th October 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext. |
Lieutenant Claude SYKES Detached from The 10th York and Lancaster Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |