BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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169th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 56th (London) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st July : Attack of the Gommecourt salient. July-August : Hebuterne sector. ******* 5th-27th September : Combles Operations. Capture of Combles with the French on the 26th September. ******* 1st-9th October : Lesboeufs sector. Fighting in front of Le Transloy.
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35594 Private Robert BARR Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant John Sherwin ENGALL Detached from The 1/16th London Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
27088 Lance Corporal William GOUCHER Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 Rest in peace in Combles Communal Cemetery Extension
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10020 Private Thomas MORRIS Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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300825 Rifleman Cedric Walter TALBOT Detached from The 1/5th London Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
Lieutenant Frederick Stanley THOMSON Detached from The 1/14th London Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |