BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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56th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 19th (Western) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-9th July : La Boisselle operations. Capture of La Boisselle on the 3rd-4th July. ******* 21st-31st July : Bazentin-le-Petit. Attacks of Intermediate Trench and Switch Line. ******* 22nd October - 30th November : Thiepval sector. Attack towards Grandcourt on the 13th November. Divisional front extended to the Ancre from the 14th November. Attack of Grandcourt on the 18th-19th November.
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21647 Private William BRADSHAW Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15079 Private William BULL Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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28989 Corporal John GORDON Killed in action on the 7th November 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6196 Private Ronald GRANT Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery
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6197 Private Frank Henry HAYWOOD Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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434 Private John HEATH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4292 Corporal Charles Arthur HISCOCK Killed in action on the 5th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4297 Private William HOLLAND Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42156 Private Eric Walter HOWES Killed in action on the 2nd November 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Mill Road Cemetery
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23294 Sergeant James JOLLY Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 Rest in peace in Grandcourt Road Cemetery
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36729 Private George KEITH Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Frank KEMP Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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35230 Private Robert LESLIE Died of wounds on the 9th November 1916 Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery
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Lieutenant Andrew MURRAY Killed in action on the 19th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7974 Private Tom PLESTED Killed in action on the 5th July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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43396 Private Arthur William PLUMRIDGE Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery
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26359 Private Edward Henry Burt SAUNDERS Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4386 Private Henry George SMITH Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery
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35710 Private Herbert James STOKES Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery Ickwell Green and Northill/Caldecote War Memorials |
4278 Company Sergeant Major George Iredale WARNEFORD Died of wounds on the 11th August 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Sheffield (Burngreave) Cemetery
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35293 Private John William Devonport WILD Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4402 Private Frank WILSON Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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31058 Private Thomas WILSON Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4403 Private Albert WOOD Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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