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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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6th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 2nd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 25th-27th July : Delville Wood/Waterlot Farm. Capture and consolidation of a great part of Delville Wood. Attack towards Guillemont from Waterlot Farm. 8th-10th August : South of Longueval. Attacks on Guillemont. ******* 19th August - 19th September : Hebuterne sector. 1st-8th October : Hebuterne /Serre sector. 17th-22nd October : Serre sector. ******* 11th-16th November : Redan Ridge operations.
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Second Lieutenant Colin Boyd CAMPBELL Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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52538 Private John CARTMELL Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°1 |
17114 Private Reginald Albert DURRANT Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Mailly Wood Cemetery
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29634 Private Ivor FROST Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery
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16056 Private Francis Frank JAMES Killed in action on the 13th September 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery
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17122 Private John JEFFRIES Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916 Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery
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9204 Private Thomas JOYCE Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery
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15959 Private Michael McCUSKER Killed in action on the 27th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11195 Private Malcolm McGREGOR Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17077 Private Sydney Alfred PALMER Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17081 Private Thomas Henry SPRUCE Killed in action on the 28th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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37143 Private Frank William WALL Died in service on the 29th October 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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12162 Private George Kirby WILSON Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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