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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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59th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 20th (Light) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 Late July-Mid August : Serre / Redan ridge sector. ******* 22nd August - 4th September : Guillemont sector. Attacks of Guillemont. Capture of Guillemont on the 3rd September. ******* 16th September - 8th October : Flers / Gueudecourt sector.
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5266 Private Walter Harry BRIGHT Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916 - Age 17 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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8551 Private Edgar William BURN Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5241 Private Arthur DELWORTH Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5300 Private George DOWDEN Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6280 Private Albert DURRANT Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10506 Private John GAYNOR Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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8578 Private Frank GEORGE Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23131 Private William George HALL Died of wounds on the 9th October 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery
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35318 Private Cornelius John HARTSHORN Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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36647 Private Frank HITCHIN Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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7244 Private Charles William HOGARTH Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5294 Corporal James Thomas JACKSON Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5205 Corporal William Charles MATTHEWS Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5278 Private Lawrence MORGAN Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5297 Private Matthew PEACOCK Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5245 Corporal Charles Edward QUAY Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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11638 Private James ROACH Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8550 Private George TURNBULL Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12126 Private James WILSON Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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