BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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89th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

30th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 30th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Montauban operations. Capture of Montauban on the 1st July.

8th-13th July : Attacks of Trônes Wood.

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22nd-31st July : South of Longueval / Trônes Wood. Attacks of Guillemont.

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10th-18th October : Operations East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

 

27 names

43341    Private

Harry

ASTBURY

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

7180    Private

Arthur Edward

ATKINS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9683    Private

John

BLAND

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36402    Private

Pierce

BOLGER

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7536    Private

John Alfred

BRADLEY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7222    Lance Corporal

John

BURDEN

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

7132    Sergeant

George

CHRISTMAS, MM

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7243    Private

Henry William

COOMBS

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10506    Private

James

DUNLOP

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35152    Private

John

ELLISON

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

43251    Lance Corporal

Percy David

FEAVER

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

7143    Sergeant

George Eli

GEARY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7245    Private

Charles

GOODWIN

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

7235    Corporal

Duncan Brown

GRANT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7182    Lance Corporal

Joseph

HOBBS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Janion

LAINE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7195    Corporal

John Peachy

LEWIS

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

7256    Lance Corporal

Hugh

McCAIG

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

Port WilliamWar Memorial

7196    Private

John William

MILLINGTON

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

21561    Private

Arthur H.

MORRIS

Detached from The 19th Liverpool

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

42473    Private

James

ROSS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22806    Private

George Edward

SHEPHERD

Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7213    Private

William James

SPRIGGS

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 40

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

7198    Private

Samuel

WHITTINGHAM

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7227    Private

Alfred John

WILKINSON

Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

9732    Lance Corporal

John Laurence William

WOODHOUSE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22842    Lance Corporal

John

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial