BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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British Divisions

55th (WEST LANCASHIRE) DIVISION

164th BRIGADE

884 names

1/4th Royal Lancaster

203 names

1/8th Liverpool

300 names

2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers

196 names

1/4th Loyal North Lancashire

161 names

164th Machine Gun Company

23 names

164th Trench Mortar Battery

1 name

165th BRIGADE

679 names

Brigade H.Q.    1 name

1/5th Liverpool

192 names

1/6th Liverpool

131 names

1/7th Liverpool

170 names

1/9th Liverpool

167 names

165th Machine Gun Company

17 names

165th Trench Mortar Battery

1 name

166th BRIGADE

485 names

1/5th Royal Lancaster

81 names

1/10th Liverpool

164 names

1/5th South Lancashire

137 names

1/5th Loyal North Lancashire

98 names

166th Machine Gun Company

5 names

166th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

PIONEERS

1/4th South Lancashire

63 names

ARTILLERY

65 names

Field Artillery

63 names

CCLXXV Brigade

(I West Lancs)

19 names

CCLXXVI  Brigade

(II West Lancs)

15 names

CCLXXVII  Brigade

(III West Lancs)

15 names

CCLXXVIII  Brigade

(IV West Lancs)

14 names

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

 

A Battery

B Battery

C Battery

 

Trench Mortar Batteries

Medium

Heavy

X55

No fatal casualties

Y55

No fatal casualties

Z55

No fatal casualties

V55

 

55th Divisional Ammunition Column

2 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

26 names

1st West Lancashire Field Company

3 names

2/1st West Lancashire Field Company

10 names

2/2nd West Lancashire Field Company

11 names

55th Divisional Signal Company

2 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

55th Divisional Train

95th H.T. Coy

96th H.T. Coy

97th H.T. Coy

98th H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

18 names

3rd West Lancashire Field Ambulance

10 names

2/1st West Lancashire Field Ambulance

4 names

2/1st Wessex Field Ambulance

4 names

N°55 Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

1st West Lancashire Mobile Veterinary Section

1 name

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 55th (West Lancashire) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

30th July - 15th August : Attacks on Guillemont.

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4th-12th September : Delville Wood/Longueval. Fight for the Brewery Trenches.

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18th-28th September : Flers sector. Attacks of Gird Lines to the West of Gueudecourt.