BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Light Trench Mortar Batteries

 

95th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY

 

5th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 5th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

19th July - 2nd August : Longueval / Delville Wood.

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26th August - 6th September : South of Guillemont. Taking of Wedge Wood (3rd September) and Falfemont Farm (5th September).

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18th-26th September : East of Ginchy. Capture of Morval on the 25th September.

 

2 names

Second Lieutenant

Walter Harry

CHURCH

Detached from The 1st Duke of Cornwall's L.I.

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

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Samuel Ernest

HOCKINGS

Detached from The 1st Devonshire

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery