BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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British Divisions

23rd DIVISION

Diisional Headquarters : 1 name.

24th BRIGADE

283 names

Transferred to the 8th Division on the 15th July 1916

1st Worcestershire

68 names

2nd East Lancashire

64 names

1st Sherwood Foresters

89 names

2nd Northamptonshire

59 names

24th Machine Gun Company

3 names

24th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

68th BRIGADE

635 names

10th Northumberland Fus.

136 names

11th Northumberland Fus.

154 names

12th Durham Light Infantry

194 names

13th Durham Light Infantry

145 names

68th Machine Gun Company

6 names

68th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

69th BRIGADE

766 names

11th West Yorkshire

165 names

8th Yorkshire

192 names

9th Yorkshire

205 names

10th Duke of Wellington's

182 names

69th Machine Gun Company

22 names

69th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

70th BRIGADE

274 names

(transferred from the 8th Division on the 16th July 1916)

11th Sherwood Foresters

85 names

8th K.O.Y.L.I.

90 names

8th York and Lancaster

40 names

9th York and Lancaster

50 names

70th Machine Gun Company

9 names

70th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

PIONEERS

9th South Staffordshire

32 names

ARTILLERY

107 names

Field Artillery

95 names

CII Brigade

20 names

 

CIII Brigade

37 names

 

CIV Brigade

27 names

 

CV Brigade

13 names

Broken up early September

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery (Howitzers from Sept.)

D (Howitzers) Battery

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

5 names

Medium

Heavy

X23

3 names

Y23

1 name

Z23

No fatal casualties

V23

1 name

23rd Divisional Ammunition Column

7 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

10 names

101st Field Company

2 names

102nd Field Company

1 name

128th Field Company

5 names

23rd Divisional Signal Company

2 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

23rd Divisional Train

190th H.T. Coy

191st H.T. Coy

192nd H.T. Coy

193rd H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

12 names

69th Field Ambulance

9 names

70th Field Ambulance

3 names

71st Field Ambulance

No fatal casualty

40th Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

35th Mobile Veterinary Section

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916

3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July.

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26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres.

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19th September-9th October  : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.