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Northumberland Fusiliers

13th Battalion

NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS

62nd Brigade / 21st Division

 

1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt.

4th July : Dernancourt.

*******

10th July : Meaulte.

11th July : Consolidation of Mametz Wood.

18th July : Buire-sur-l'Ancre.

*******

12th September : Dernancourt area.

15th September : Becordel-Becourt.

17th September : Montauban area.

18th September : In front line East of Flers.

22nd September : Fricourt area.

26th September : In front line East of Flers.

30th September : Longueval area..

1st October : Buire-sur-l'Ancre.

 

131 names

Lieutenant-Colonel

Harry

ALLARDICE

Detached from The 36th Jacob's Horse

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

14633     Private

George

ARMSTRONG

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

John Ismay

ATKINSON

Killed in action on the 29th June 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12502     Private

Benjamin

BANKS

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5685     Private

George

BARBER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

William

BARR

Killed in action on the 11th-18th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

5262    Private

William

BARROWS, MM

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20594    Private

Henry

BARRY

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28922    Private

Frank

BAX

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

15102    Corporal

Robert

BELL

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14993     Private

George

BENTLEY

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

9476    Sergeant

William

BETTERIDGE

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5632    Private

Richard

BLENKINSOP

Died of wounds on the 23rd June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery

 

15062    Private

Charles

BOAD

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Peter Dennison

BRADSHAW

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

 

31/24    Private

James

BRIGGS

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21904    Corporal

Reginald Myers

BUSTARD

Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

5698    Private

Donald

CAMERON

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

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

20330     Private

Charles

CAMPBELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22058     Private

John

CARTNER

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6016     Lance Corporal

Victor Emmanuel

CLEMENT

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6646     Private

John

CONNELLY

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10739     Private

Francis

CONNOLLY

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5843     Private

Griffith Nesbitt

COOK

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20783     Private

Stephen

COOPER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15524     Sergeant

Patrick

CRAUGHWELL

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11287     Private

Joseph

CRAVEN

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13215     Private

Mathew

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32/267    Private

Alfred

DAY

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22517     Private

Thomas

DEAN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20083     Private

Thomas

DONNELLY

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28/673    Private

Albert Henry

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27715     Private

Isaac

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26097     Private

Harry

ELLIS

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19072    Private

John

EWART

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11441     Private

Nicholas

FITZSIMMONS

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21915     Private

Alexander

FLETCHER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22591    Lance Corporal

Henry Bernard

FLOWER

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21927     Private

John George

GARRITY

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20310     Private

Frederick

GEORGE

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17636    Lance Corporal

Joshua

GLENDINNING

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

 

Captain

Hugh Gerald

GODBER

Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

15590     Private

Samuel

GOODALL

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5378     Private

Simeon

GOUGH

Detached from The 1/6th Northumberland Fusiliers

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

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

15556    Lance Corporal

Edward

GOULD

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

12825     Private

Samuel

GRANT

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

28/622    Private

George Robert

HALL

Died of wounds on the 16th December 1916

Rest in peace in Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery

 

22447     Private

John

HALL

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

32/90    Private

Thomas Hewitson

HALL

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

20834     Private

Robert William

HARLEY

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10836    Corporal

James Edward

HARTILL

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

28501     Private

Herbert

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20284     Private

Sydney

HATTON

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20328     Private

Thomas William

HAW

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32/495     Private

George King

HEATH

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5785     Corporal

Robert

HERON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5043     Private

John Edward

HILLABY

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24283    Private

Ernest Hardie

HODGSON

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Newburn (Lemington) Cemetery

 

10705     Private

Brayton Barrow

HOGG

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

13999     Private

William

HOPWOOD

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19049     Lance Corporal

Ernest

HORSMAN

Killed in action on the 13th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20307    Corporal

Frank

HOUSLEY

Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8775    Sergeant

Robert

HOWETT

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

18168     Private

John William

HUDSON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1422    Private

John Lancaster

IRVING

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

 

26118     Private

George Stinton

JAMES

Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6370    Lance Corporal

Sydney Thomas

KEELING

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

20442    Private

John

KING

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

15696     Private

Ernest

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17996     Private

George

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Alexander Torrance

LAING

Died of wounds (3rd July) on the 24th July 1916 - Age 227

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

32/230     Private

Albert

LANGSHAW

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10037     Private

James Joshua

LAY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18656     Lance Corporal

John

LAYCOCK

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15619    Company Sergeant Major

Robert

MAXWELL

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8319     Private

Thomas

MAXWELL

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7051     Private

Frank

McIVER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23082     Private

Robert

McQUEEN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11413     Private

William

MILLS

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

16/1785     Lance Corporal

Thomas

MITCHELSON

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28/166    Private

William

MOFFETT

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

7335     Private

Stephen

MOORE

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19145     Private

William Joseph

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20638    Private

James Hopper

NESBIT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22104     Private

Thomas

NESBIT

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14042     Private

Harry

NEWSTEAD

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26110    Private

Patrick

O'TOOLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22402     Private

Albert

PATTINSON

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6112    Private

Thomas James

PEACE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

30/356     Private

Harry

PLATT

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27701    Private

Stephen

POTTS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

34/4    Private

William

POULSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14545    Private

James Herbert

PUNTON

Died of wounds on the 24th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

27303    Private

Richard

RAWSON

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

599     Private

William

READMAN

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12025    Private

Frederick Albert

RICHARDSON

Killed in action on the 1st-3rd July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

5790    Private

Leonard

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28944    Private

Lawrence

ROBSON

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20295    Private

Reuben James

ROPER

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27770     Private

James Wealleans

RUTHERFORD

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32/295    Private

Edmund Clifford

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18239    Private

Albert Edward

SHEARING

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13884     Private

Percy

SHEPHERD

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12913    Private

Harold

SIMPSON

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

16/28    Private

Henry

SMITH

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18616     Private

Keats Thomas

SMITH

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11729     Private

Robert

STEPHENSON

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20536     Private

William Alexander

STEWART

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 15

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

6597     Private

Andrew

STOBBS

Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

27833     Private

Thomas Henry

SUMMERSKILL

Died of wounds on the 20th July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

28/681     Private

John

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 26th October 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery

 

20400     Private

John George

TAYLOR

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

37817     Private

Thomas Francis

TENNICK

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27709     Private

John

THISTLEWOOD

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

37855     Private

Ralph

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7785     Private

James

TRAVERS

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14632     Private

John William

TURNBULL

Died of wounds on the 26th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

18632     Private

Norman

TURNBULL

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

32/464     Private

Joe

TURNER

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6152     Sergeant

Herbert

WADDINGTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27762    Private

William

WALTON

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

15471     Sergeant

Arthur Joseph

WARRILLOW

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5868    Private

Thomas Walter

WATERS

Died of wounds on the 28th June 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

5090     Sergeant

James

WELLS

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

20329     Private

Arthur

WHEAT

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4683     Private

Gardner

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28701     Private

John

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18/1764     Private

William Alexander

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24241     Private

James

WINTER

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28921     Private

Oliver

WOOD

Killed in action on the 22nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

35350     Private

Harry

WOOLDRIDGE

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

90

Heilly Station Cemetery

7

Dartmoor Cemetery

5

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

4

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

4

St Sever Cemetery

4

Delville Wood Cemetery

2

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery

2

Gordon Dump Cemetery

2

Wallsend (Church Bank) Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery

1

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Etaples Military Cemetery

1

Grove Town Cemetery

1

London Cemetery and Extension

1

Meaulte Military Cemetery

1

Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Newburn (Lemington) Cemetery

1

Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

1

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

 

6130  Private

Louis George

WOOD

10th K.O.Y.L.I.

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery