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Lancashire Fusiliers

18th Battalion

LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS

(1st South-East Lancashire)

104th Brigade / 35th Division

 

10th July : Aveluy Wood.

13th July : Happy Valley.

18th July : Talus Boisé.

20th July : In line in Trônes Wood and Maltz Horn Farm.

23rd July : Montauban.

24th July : Bernafay Wood.

25th July : In line in Trônes Wood and Maltz Horn Farm.

27th July : Minden Post (near Carnoy).

31st July : Happy Valley.

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18th August : Talus Boisé.

19th August : Montauban

22nd August : Arrow Head Copse.

23rd August : Angle Wood.

25th August : Billon Copse.

26th August : Fricourt area.

 

109 names

15715     Private

William Robert

ASPIN

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15848     Private

William

ATKINSON

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25418     Private

Herbert John

ATTWOOD

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

16689     Private

Arthur

BALL

Died of wounds on the 11th August - Age 29

Rest in peace in Coseley (Christ Church) Old Churchyard

 

15793     Private

Arthur

BARNISH

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26722     Private

Thomas

BLEASDALE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26694     Private

Henry

BLYTHE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33302     Private

Alfred

BONE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16021     Private

Edmund

BRADSHAW

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

16951     Private

William Harold

BREWSTER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25449     Private

George Alfred Thomas

BROWN

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25439    Private

Walter

BURTON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25457    Private

Joseph

CAIRNS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15730    Private

Walter

CARTWRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31604     Private

William

CHEW

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25479     Private

James

CLARK

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25430     Private

James

CLAYTON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

16899     Lance Corporal

James

CLEWORTH

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

33303    Private

Charles

COLLEY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31571     Lance Corporal

Albert

COOPER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25494     Private

George

COOPER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15829     Private

George Alfred

CROSBY

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26489     Lance Corporal

John

DALY

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15870     Private

Frederick

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26395     Private

Myles

DAWSON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16766     Private

John Henry

DAY

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25486     Private

Henry

DEARING

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

16805     Private

Thomas Arthur

DUTTON

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15699     Private

James

ELLIS

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31589     Private

Albert

ENTWISTLE

Died of wounds on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

Captain

Edward Herbert Sandford

EVANS

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

17050     Private

George

FISHER

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

25459     Private

Charles

FLETCHER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16670     Private

John

FOX

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

25492     Private

Albert William

GALE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16817     Corporal

William

GARTSIDE

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

16970     Private

Walter

GILDER

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15748     Private

William

GREEN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33289     Private

Frederick

GRITTY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16026     Private

Alfred

HALL

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15693     Private

William

HARDY

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

25497     Private

Reginald Palmer

HAWARD

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16598     Private

Harry

HAWKINS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25478     Private

Albert Edward

HEALEY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16441     Private

James William

HOLDEN

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

17034     Lance Corporal

William Thomas Benjamin

HOLTAM

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

15994     Private

Albert

HOMER

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16110     Corporal

Herbert Walter

HUCKFIELD

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25487     Lance Corporal

Edward Thomas

HYLAND

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33272     Private

Albert John

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15472     Private

James

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25451     Private

Richard Frederick

JENKINS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16082     Private

Charles Hugh

JONES

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

33269     Private

James

JONES

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26333     Private

Morris John

JONES

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26561     Private

Fred

JOWETT

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

16038     Private

Michael

KELLEHER

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

25489     Private

Charles James

KELLY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25475     Private

William

KELLY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

33270     Private

Harry

KIRBY

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25468     Private

James

LAING

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16117     Private

Fred

LANGFORD

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33290     Private

Joseph Henry

LAPSLIE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22223     Private

Richard Henry

LEE

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16407     Private

Walter

LEWIS

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16578     Sergeant

William Henry

LOWNDES

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery

 

23503     Private

Thomas

LYNCH

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16035     Private

James

McVAY

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15846     Private

William Henry

MITCHAM

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25442     Private

William

MOORE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33291     Lance Corporal

John Alfred

NEEDS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15812     Lance Corporal

John Robert

NUTTALL

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25462     Private

Louis

PHILLIPS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25466     Private

Arthur

PINBOROUGH

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25443     Private

Harry Adams

PLATER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15711     Sergeant

Harry Stuart

RILEY

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17038     Private

William

ROONEY

Died of wounds on the 13th August 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

33299     Private

Frederick Thomas

ROWELL

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16075     Private

James

RUSHTON

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33293     Private

William Charles

SANSOM

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25499     Private

Richard Philip William

SATCHELL

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25324     Private

Robert William

SEWELL

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33292     Private

David

SHUSTER

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25446     Private

Frederick

SIFFORD

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25455     Private

Robert Charles

SMALLPIECE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25463     Private

Charles

SMITH

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Frank Douglas

SOWERBY

Detached from The 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars

Died of wounds on the 1st August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

33300     Private

Walter

STUART

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

15684      Private

Herbert

SWINNERTON

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16489     Private

John Henry

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15738     Private

James

THORNBOROUGH

Died of wounds on the 26th July 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

25465      Private

Ernest George Penfold

THORNTON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16017      Private

William

TOMPKINS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15484      Private

William

TURNER

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

26687      Private

Robert

WADESON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25506      Private

William Samuel

WARD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25427      Private

George Frederick

WATTS

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25447      Private

Alfred William

WHITE

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28919     Private

John Willie

WHITE

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery

 

15923      Private

John Robert

WILD

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

16788      Lance Corporal

James

WILDE

Killed in action on the 22nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

James B.

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

25476      Private

Frederick

WILSHAW

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25437      Private

Frederick

WILSON

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25448      Private

Hubert William

WINTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25483      Private

Albert

WOODALL

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26336      Private

Joseph

WRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

25509      Private

William Albert Stanley

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

16366      Private

Joseph

YATES

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

 

MEN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

25503     Private

Horace Charles Durrant

LINSTEAD

18th Manchester

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

25512     Private

Alexander Thomas

SPINKS

18th Manchester

Killed in action on the 30th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial