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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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142nd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 47th (London) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 14th-20th September : High Wood. Capture of High Wood on the 15th September. Fighting for Starfish Line, Flers Trench, Drop Alley. ******* 28th September - 9th October : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector. Capture of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye (1st-3rd October). Attacks on The Butte de Warlencourt.
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23182 Private Thomas Martin BLABER Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery
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13698 Private William HUGHES Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10569 Private Robert Herbert LEACH Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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23184 Corporal Cecil Jack MATHERS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14829 Private David Lyell THOMSON Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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23220 Lance Corporal Henry William VICK Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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