BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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60th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

20th (Light) Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 20th (Light) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

Late July-Mid August : Serre / Redan ridge sector.

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22nd August - 4th September : Guillemont sector. Attacks of Guillemont. Capture of Guillemont on the 3rd September.

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16th September - 8th October  : Flers / Gueudecourt sector.

 

8 names

27030    Private

Keith Clarke

BARRETT

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

15722    Private

Henry

BARRON

Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

45785    Private

Harold

GRIMSHAW

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4720    Corporal

Arthur William

HOOTON

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6669    Private

George

JONES

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20321    Private

Thomas Henry

NEWMAN

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4739    Private

Robert

PLUMBRIDGE

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

22208    Private

Charles

RAY

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery