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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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12th (EASTERN) DIVISION
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35th BRIGADE 985 names |
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7th Norfolk 191 names |
7th Suffolk 366 names |
9th Essex 238 names |
5th Royal Berkshire 184 names |
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35th Machine Gun Company 6 names |
35th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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36th BRIGADE 1 361 names |
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8th Royal Fusiliers 484 names |
9th Royal Fusiliers 497 names |
7th Royal Sussex 235 names |
11th Middlesex 127 names |
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36th Machine Gun Company 17 names |
36th Trench Mortar Battery 1 name |
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37th BRIGADE 870 names |
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6th The Queen's 147 names |
6th The Buffs 292 names |
7th East Surrey 137 names |
6th Royal West Kent 291 names |
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37th Machine Gun Company 3 names |
37th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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PIONEERS
5th Northamptonshire
53 names
ARTILLERY
48 names
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Field Artillery 40 names |
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27 names
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6 names
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3 names
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4 names Broken up on the 30th August 1916 |
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A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery (joined Brigade on the 11th October 1916) |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
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Trench Mortar Batteries 8 names |
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Medium
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Heavy (formed on the 31st July 1916) |
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7 names |
Y12 No fatal casualties |
1 name |
V12 No fatal casualties |
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12th Divisional Ammunition Column No fatal casualties |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
28 names
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8 names |
2 names |
14 names |
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12th Divisional Signal Company 4 names |
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS
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12th Divisional Train |
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116th H.T. Coy |
117th H.T. Coy |
118th H.T. Coy |
119th H.T. Coy |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
14 names
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7 names |
5 names |
2 names |
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23rd Sanitary Section |
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ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
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23rd Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 12th (Eastern) DIVISION - SOMME 1916
2nd-8th July : Attacks of Ovillers.
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20th-24th July : In front of Beaumont-Hamel.
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27th July-13th August : Operations between Ovillers and Pozieres. Fighting for Western Trench, Ration Trench, Skyline Trench.
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1st-19th October : Gueudecourt. Fighting for Rainbow Trench, Bayonet Trench, Grease Trench.
