BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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61st 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.

 

19 names

37358    Lance Corporal

Charles

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4830    Private

Arthur James

BARDRICK

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

45784    Private

Joseph

BARKER

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36583    Corporal

Henry

BARNES

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36972    Private

Frederick Charles

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

45756    Private

Harry Frederick

BRISTOW

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

45586    Private

Henry Gordon

BUCKERIDGE

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

45916    Private

Edward

DANIELS

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4920    Private

Jesse

EDMUNDSON

Died of wounds on the 8th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

45668    Private

Lionel Alfred

FULLBROOK

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

45672    Private

William Charles

GORDON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4855    Corporal

Frederick Charles

ILOTT

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4808    Sergeant

Alexander

McCASKILL

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4810    Sergeant

Edward

PURDY

Died in service on the 6th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Mailly-Maillet Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

9215    Private

John William

SALES

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

43909    Corporal

Alexander Reid

SMITH

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4880    Lance Corporal

Joseph

STEVENSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4934    Private

Ernest

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

31162    Private

Henry Walter

THRUSH

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial