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Border Regiment

1/5th Battalion (Cumberland)

BORDER REGIMENT

151st Brigade / 50th (Northumbrian) Division

 

10th September : Becourt Wood. Works in Fricourt area.

15th September : Mametz Wood / Bazentin-le-Petit area.

16th September : In front line at The Bow (East of Martinpuich). Attack of Starfish Line and Prue Trench.

18th September : Attack of Prue Trench.

19th September : West of High Wood.

20th September : Mametz Wood.

24th September : West of High Wood.

28th September : East of Martinpuich.

29th September : In support of the 1/8th D.L.I. in a attack on Flers Trench near Le Sars.

1st October : Attack and taking of a part of Flers Trench.

2nd October : West of High Wood.

3rd October : Becourt Wood.

4th October : Henencourt.

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23rd October : Becourt.

25th October : Mametz Wood.

3rd November : Le Sars sector.

5th November : In front line in front of the Butte de Warlencourt.

6th November : Mametz Wood.

 

107 names

2046    Lance Corporal

George Benson

AIREY

Died in service on the 16th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery

 

271    Company Sergeant Major

Thomas

AITKEN, DCM

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4426    Private

Harry John

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2908    Private

George

ATKINSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4275    Private

Thomas Percival

BARNES

Died of wounds on the 31st December 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Manchester Southern Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Rowland Percival

BAXTER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3327    Private

John Ford

BIRD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3453    Private

George Cannon

BIRKETT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2197    Private

Peter Joseph Ritson

BIRKETT

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4117    Private

Nicholas William

BRADDOCK

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

240804    Private

Joseph

BROWN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3823    Private

Albert Edward

CALDER

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1402    Private

Joseph

CARSON

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2693    Private

Henry

CASSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

1875    Private

George

CLARK

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4279    Private

Harry

COBB

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Allan George

CONDI

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

3892    Private

William McIntyre

DAVIDSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

George Hugh

DAWES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

4281    Private

Richard

DENT

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

2662    Private

James Ernest

DIXON

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

2261    Private

Christopher

DOCKWRAY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1858    Private

William

DODD

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3809    Private

Elliot

EGGLESTONE

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

4282    Private

Fred William

EMMITT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

1688    Private

Joseph

FEE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Alan

FEETHAM

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

241768    Private

James

FOWLER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4126    Private

Isaac

GARRETT

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2184    Private

John Henry

GATE

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2556    Private

Anthony

GRAHAM

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4390    Private

George

GRAYBURN, served as GRABURN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

2682    Private

Thomas

GREARS

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

4206    Private

George

GREEN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2687    Private

Robert

GREGG

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4334    Private

Fred

HAIGH

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

James

HAMILTON

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

241883    Private

James

HARDEY

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1929    Private

Robert

HEWITT

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3128    Sergeant

John Francis

HIGHMOOR

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

241927    Private

Richard Arthur

HILL

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3506    Private

Robert

HIND

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

3419    Private

Joseph William Morris

HODGSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

3486    Private

William

HOLMES

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2267    Private

Harold

HOODLESS

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241707    Private

James

HOOKS

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4386    Private

Reginald Precious

HOWDEN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

2733    Private

John Thomas

HULLY

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4333    Private

Fred Langton

HUNTER

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

240537    Corporal

Henry

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4392    Private

Francis Herbert

IBBITSON

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Maurice Paterson

INGLIS

Royal Army Medical Corps

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

3352    Private

Joseph

IRVING

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1677    Private

William

IRVING

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3346    Private

Hubert

JACKSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3330    Private

Leonard

JENKINSON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1348    Private

Alfred

JENNS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

241885    Private

Frank

JOHNSON

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery

 

2122    Private

Joseph Smith

JOHNSTON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3446    Private

William J.

JOHNSTON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

1662    Corporal

Joseph William

KELLY

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

4294    Private

Walter

LONGLEY

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4400    Private

Walter Henry

MAGEE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

4374    Private

Thomas

MAHONEY

Died of wounds on the 7th November 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4176    Private

Alfred

MAYFIELD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2217    Private

Robert

McGREAVY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

2732    Private

Felix

McGUINNESS

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

1793    Private

James

McNICHOLAS

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916

Commemorated in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1815    Private

Daniel

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

241936    Private

Charley

MULVY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2362    Private

Alexander

MUNRO

Killed in action on the 7th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2527    Private

George Henry

NICHOLSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

3343    Private

Richard

NICHOLSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3731    Private

Wilson

NICHOLSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4348    Private

George

O'HARA

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241938    Private

Stanley Train

OSBOURNE

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3181    Private

John

PATTINSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2284    Private

Joseph Benjamin

PATTINSON

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4268    Private

Frederick Tomlinson

PIGOTT

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3059    Private

Albert

ROBSON

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

5550    Private

Charles William

SHARP

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

241989    Private

John Victor

SIMMONDS

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4481    Private

Albert

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4179    Lance Corporal

Ernest Edward

SOWERBY

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1915    Sergeant

Robert Henry

SOWERBY

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3516    Private

Warwick James

STEEL

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4302    Private

James Henry

STONES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2088    Private

Benjamin

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2371    Lance Corporal

Patrick

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1905    Corporal

Thomas

TEMBERLEY

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4161    Private

George

TENNICK

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3456   Lance Corporal

Edward

THOMAS

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Millencourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1904    Private

James Alexander

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

1973    Private

Frank Hutchinson

THWAITE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4486    Private

James Alexander

TOUGH

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3054    Private

Charles

WADE

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

242016    Private

Frank

WALDOCK

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3370    Private

Walter

WANNOP

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

3383    Private

John

WARD

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

2922    Private

Thomas

WATSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Henry Carlyle

WEBB

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

242011    Private

Corrie

WEBSTER

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2416    Private

Joseph

WESTNEDGE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2718    Lance Corporal

James Graham

WILKINSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4413    Private

Thomas William

WILSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3035    Private

William

WILSON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

 

 

1679    Corporal

Robert James

WREN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

MEN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

3937   Private

William Edward

BLAYLOCK

8th Border

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3986   Private

George

MOORE

8th Border

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial