BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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70th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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8th Division / 23rd Division (from the 16th July) |
OPERATIONS OF THE 8th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (with the 70th MG Coy) 1st-2nd July : Attack of Ovillers.
OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (with the 70th MG Coy) 26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres. ******* 19th September-9th October : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.
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23 names (13 with the 8th Division, 10 with the 23rd Division). |
36374 Private George ANDREW Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension
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8754 Private Walter ARCHER Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916 Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery
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5598 Private Charles John BARNES Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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35108 Private George BEAVER Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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5780 Private William BIDLES Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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5779 Private Henry Malcolm BLACK Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10532 Private David BLACKMAN Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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34974 Private Amos CROMPTON Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5689 Private Herman Douglas EVISON Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5720 Corporal William George FLUSKEY Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22091 Private William GREEN Killed in action on the 28th June 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant William Orr HAMPTON Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery
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12554 Corporal Robert HARROD Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8156 Private James Henry HAYWARD Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Thomas Herbert KESBY Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension
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11507 Private William LYNN Killed in action on the 1st August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22088 Private Joseph Arthur NADIN Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery
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36305 Private Reginald NICHOLLS Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery
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5718 Private James Reuben PROWSE Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8160 Private John Henry STEVENSON Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8157 Private George Ernest SWIFT Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5772 Private Charles TALMER Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Lee (St John The Baptist) Churchyard
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5776 Private Leslie Eteson WORMALD Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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