BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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1st Battalion KING'S (SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY) |
16th Brigade / 6th Division |
10th August : Englebelmer. 15th August : In line in front of Beaumont-Hamel. 20th August : Mailly-Maillet. 27th August : Bertrancourt. ********* 12th September : Maricourt. 14th September : South-West of Guillemont. 18th September : Attack and taking of the Quadrilateral (Ginchy). 19th September : Morlancourt. ********* 21st September : Montauban area. 24th September : South-East of Ginchy. 25th September : Attack and capture of the Morval-Lesboeufs road. 27th September : Montauban area. 30th September : Meaulte. ********* 8th October : Trônes Wood. 9th October : South-East of Gueudecourt. 12th October : Attack of Zenith Trench (in support). 13th October : Ginchy area. 20th October : Meaulte.
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110 names |
7465 Private William Charles ANDREWS Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery
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7546 Private William APPERLEY Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 40 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9761 Private Charles Edward ARCHARD Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26731 Private Frank ASTON Killed in action on the 11th October 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10182 Private John BAKER Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19236 Private Herbert BEECH Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 39 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26738 Private John Hamilton BISSON Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9626 Private James BLOWER, MM Detached from 7th K.S.L.I. Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
69241 Private Percy Thomas BOURN Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
18945 Private Frederick William BOWERS Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 35 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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20016 Private Frederick Moore BRAMPTON Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13935 Corporal Leonard BRAY Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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18828 Private Herbert BROOME Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24643 Private George BROWN Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 29 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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17319 Private Herbert Edward BUCKLEY Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19567 Private Henry Richard BUTCHER Killed in action on the 19th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18994 Private Edward Walter BUTLER Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10105 Lance Corporal Ernest Samuel CANDLIN Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6100 Lance Corporal Thomas John CARTER Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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18848 Private Edwin CHADWICK Died of wounds on the 8th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26777 Private Albert CHECKLAND Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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17942 Private Frank CHESTERS Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5025 Private Albert CLARKE Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19365 Private Arthur George COLLINS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19301 Lance Corporal Albert CORDING Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18214 Private Charles Bertram DAKIN Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 17 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19329 Private Thomas DEVENPORT Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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18257 Private William George DODD Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 Rest in peace in Auchonvillers Military Cemetery
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24432 Private William Henry DUNNING Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26851 Private Arthur EDMONDSON Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5188 Private George EDWARDS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18567 Private John William EDWARDS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17585 Private Thomas EDWARDS Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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18308 Private Thomas James EDWARDS Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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26850 Private John ELLIS Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12369 Private Alfred Ernest EVANS Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18032 Private Thomas EVANS Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8480 Private Thomas EVANS Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14997 Private Bertie EWELL Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6222 Private William FEARNALL Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9956 Private John FITZHENRY Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19219 Private Arthur FOX Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26756 Private Edward GREEN Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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18754 Private Albert GROOM Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery
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9850 Private Edward GWILT Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15966 Private William Henry HALL Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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19587 Private John Albert HARRIS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 56 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19336 Private Albert HASTE Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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26797 Private Thomas HAWE Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5111 Corporal Henry HIGGINS Killed in action on the 13th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7311 Lance Sergeant Joseph HORDERN, MM Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17455 Private Ernest HUDMAN Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18879 Private William Robert HUGHES Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Thomas Lewis INGRAM, DSO, MC Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 41 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs |
26760 Private James IRVING Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Captain Eric Gwynne JAMES, DSO Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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2682 Private Joseph JONES Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15932 Private Willie JOWETT Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Eric Hanson LEE Died of wounds on the 19th September 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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11008 Private Wilfred LEWIS Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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16926 Private Charles Henry LOOSE Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23153 Private Hubert Stanislaus LOVELACE Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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19127 Private Arthur LUSCOTT Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 41 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery
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Captain Colin Johnston MACLAVERTY Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 37 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Richard Henry MARRIOTT, MC Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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26823 Private Percy MASON Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20252 Private William James MAY Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery
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6561 Private Charles Victor MAYO Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18220 Private Moses METCALF Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5609 Private John MOORE Died of wounds on the 2nd September 1916 Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. n°1
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22456 Private Lionel John MORLEY Killed in action on the 8th September 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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17384 Private Albert MORRIS Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8042 Private Walter MORRIS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant John Kingsford MYLIUS Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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13280 Lance Corporal Benedict OAKES Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10187 Sergeant Fitzgerald Stebbings PAGE Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery
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17217 Private James PAYNE Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery
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11437 Private Thomas PEARCE Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10673 Lance Corporal Edwin PEATE, MM Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22340 Private James PICKFORD Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19079 Private Thomas PLANT Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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7027 Private William POOLE Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17549 Private Herbert PRICE Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25315 Private John William PRICE Died of wounds on the 28th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Bois Guillaume Communal Cemetery
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8170 Private Harry PROBERT, MM Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Ronald George PUGH Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery
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9479 Sergeant Charles RIGBY Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10057 Lance Corporal Daniel RIGBY Killed in action on the 17th October 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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22912 Private Henry ROTHERHAM Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14960 Private Frederick SALMON Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11163 Private William SAWKINS Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11244 Private William John SEABOURNE Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19396 Private George Henry SHARRATT Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 29 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension
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6533 Private Christopher James SHELLAM Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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18239 Private Harold SHUKER Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7553 Private William Henry SPENCER Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23021 Private William STUBBS Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Frederick TAVERNER Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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9921 Private Joseph Evan THOMAS Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7084 Private Moses Rees THOMAS Killed in action on the 9th October 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17430 Private Richard William THOMAS Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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180101 Private John Herbert TURNER Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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17744 Lance Corporal Thomas WALKDEN Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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23673 Private Richard WEBB Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26838 Private Silas WELLS Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18362 Private William WHITEFOOT Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26864 Private George WILLIAMS Killed in action on the 12th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9017 Sergeant William Henry WILSON Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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18682 Private Charles WOOD Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery
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6574 Private William WOOD Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS |
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22841 Private George BATIN Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension |
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17138 Private Ernest HODGKISS Died of wounds on the 28th July 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension |