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12th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

4th Division

 

1st-20th July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of the Redan Ridge on the 1st July.

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9th-24th October : Operations in front of Le Transloy.

 

22 names

Lieutenant

Kenneth Franklin

BARRATT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16748    Sergeant

George Henry

BEEVER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22126    Private

Thomas

CAMPBELL

Died of wounds on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

15997    Private

Whittaker

CLEGG

2nd Duke of Wellington's

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

18794    Private

George Leonard

CORNALL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18837    Private

William

FENSOME

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31956    Corporal

Joseph

FERGIE

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18756    Private

Charles John

FULCHER

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

Second Lieutenant

Robert Stirling

GEDDES

Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Collin Lowther

KAY

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18737    Corporal

John

McKEOWN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18768    Private

Charles

McPHAIL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18808    Private

Henry

NOLAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18829    Lance Corporal

Daniel

NORMAN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18769    Private

William

OWENS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28067    Private

John

POLLOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13445    Private

Henry Joseph

PORTER

Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

18781    Sergeant

Frederick William

RAY

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916

Rest in peace in A.I.F. Burial Ground

 

8364    Private

Archibald

RICHARDS

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Kensall Green (All Souls') Cemetery

 

18859    Corporal

Arthur

SOUTHGATE, MM

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

18742    Lance Corporal

John Frederick

STOCKWELL

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

 

 

18734    Company Quatermaster Sergeant

Jesse

TAYLOR, MM

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Bertrancourt Military Cemetery