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Durham Light Infantry

11th Battalion

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

Pioneers of the 20th (Light) Division

 

Late July - August : Works in Mailly-Maillet / Colincamps / Hebuterne area.

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20th August : Morlancourt.

21st August : Fricourt area.

23rd August : Trônes Wood sector.

Works in front line in front of Guillemont and Arrow Head Copse.

3rd September : Consolidation of Guillemont.

5th September : Mericourt.

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17th September : Bernafay Wood.

Works in Trônes Wood and in front of Lesboeufs.

20th September : Meaulte area.

Late September-Early October : Works in Maltz Horn Valley, Longueval-Ginchy area and Gueudecourt sector.

8th October : Waterlot Farm.

9th October : Ville-sur-Ancre.

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18th October : Fricourt area.

1st November : Dernancourt.

 

58 names

12204    Private

John

ATKINSON

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

23295    Private

Harry

BARKER

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

33026    Private

William

BARKER

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17203     Private

Robert David

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25721     Private

George

BLACKBURN

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32862    Private

Richard Nicholson

BOND

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

12199    Private

James

BROUGHTON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14966    Private

Francis

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

18420     Private

Joseph

BROWN

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11498    Sergeant

Henry Andrew

CLASPER

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

16202    Private

Patrick

CONNOLLY

Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16233    Private

John James

CORNISH

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

16984    Private

John George

CUMMINS

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

20879     Private

Stephen

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

16046    Private

Joseph William

DAVISON

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

45832     Private

James Henry

ELLIS

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

20993    Private

Ralph

GRAY

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

25199    Sergeant

John

GRIFFIN

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

16228    Private

Charles

HARGREAVES

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

18276    Private

James

HINKSMAN

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

17019    Private

David John

HOWELLS

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

20731    Private

John

IVISON

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

30839    Private

Herbert Ewart

JOBES

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

25272    Private

Francis

KEEGAN

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

18920     Private

William

LAWS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

16026    Lance Corporal

John

LIDDLE

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

25745    Private

John

LISTER

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

30817    Private

Joseph

LOGAN

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

25276    Private

James

McCARTHY

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

14805    Private

Thomas

McKIE

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

15081    Private

Albert

McLEAN

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

16723    Private

Thomas

McLEAN

Killed in action on the 5th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16579    Private

Thomas J.

MESHAM

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

25277    Private

John

MILLIGAN

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15220    Private

Robert

MOHUN

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

30335    Private

Charles Henry

MUDD

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

13781    Private

John

NOBLE

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

23525    Private

Robert Benjamin

PARKER

Killed in action on the 10th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25279    Private

Herbert

PLAICE

 Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

22506    Lance Corporal

Charles Robert

POTTER

Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

32765    Private

Thomas

POUNDER

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

21837    Private

Charles Albert

RAMSEY

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

18952    Private

John George

ROLFE

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

23513     Private

George

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

14810     Private

Francis

SHANLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16818     Private

William

SHEENAN

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17553    Private

Alexander

SMITH

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17561    Private

Robert

SUDDICK

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

12291    Private

James Martin

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16685     Private

John

THROWER

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17471     Private

James

TRAYNOR

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

21022    Lance Corporal

James Cuthbert

UNSWORTH

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

17968    Private

Fergus William

URWIN

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

21346    Private

Isaac

WALTON

 Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

16653    Private

Thomas

WELCH

Died of wounds on the 9th September 1916 - Age 44

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

17467     Private

Albert

WILSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/10828     Private

John

WILSON

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

15343     Private

John William

WILSON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial