BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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101st MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

34th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 34th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-3rd July : Attack of La Boisselle.

10th-17th July : Contalmaison sector. Attack of Pozieres on the 15th July.

31st July - 15th August : Bazentin-le-Petit sector. Attacks of Intermediate Trench.

 

21 names

Second Lieutenant

Geoffrey Roskell

BIBLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13584    Private

William Harry

BUSH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14993    Private

Arthur

CLARK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13684    Private

Luke

COUGHLIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Alfred Clarence

DORE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

14061    Sergeant

Maurice William

GALLON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13679    Private

James

HEFFERNAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13583    Private

Albert Louis

HOLTON

Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12760    Corporal

Ferdinand Major

JAMESON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35163    Private

Evan John

JONES

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36405    Private

John

LUDDY

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

 

13590    Private

Gifford

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13585    Private

John

MILES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18873    Private

George Hugh

MURRAY

Detached from The 16th Royal Scots

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

12783    Lance Corporal

Charles

RICHARDS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12784     Private

Elijah

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated in Hyde (St George) Churchyard

 

Lieutenant

John Edward Trench

STRICKLAND

Detached from The South Lancashire

Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

27774    Private

John Thomas

THORNLEY

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12711    Private

George Thomas

WALTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12791    Sergeant

Stanley Edmund

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12704    Private

Joseph

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial