BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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98th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

33rd Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 33rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916

14th-22nd July : Attacks on High Wood.

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7th-29th August : High Wood sector / Longueval.

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September / October : Hebuterne / Foncquevillers sector.

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25th October - 7th November : Lesboeufs sector.

 

16  names

Second Lieutenant

Frank Esmond

ALEXANDER

Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

26543    Private

William

BLUNN

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Harry Horace

BOYNE

Detached from The 1/4th Suffolk

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

10856    Private

Cecil Vere

BYNOE

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

36361    Private

Henry Stanley

COOKE

Died of wounds on the 26th October 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

7571    Private

Thomas

DODDS

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

34174    Private

Aubrey James

FARNHAM

Killed in action on the 25th October 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10831    Private

Henry George

HARVEY

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13478    Private

Peter

HIGGINS

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

37188    Private

Harry

HUMPHREY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11444    Sergeant

David

McGREGOR

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11433    Private

William

NOCK

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42472    Private

Samuel

ROSS

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26547    Private

James

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 6th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Eric Clarence

SYMONS

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

 

 

22243    Private

Bernard Victor

WHITTINGHAM

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 17

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery