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King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Battalion

KING'S (SHROPSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY)

42nd Brigade / 14th (Light) Division

 

12th August : Fricourt.

17th-26th August : Delville Wood. Attacks on the 18th and 24th August.

26th August : Fricourt.

28th August : Delville Wood.

31st August : Fricourt.

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14th September : Montauban / Delville Wood.

15th September : Attack towards Gueudecourt.

16th September : Montauban.

17th September : Albert.

 

145 names

20065    Private

Edwin

ALLSOPP

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

11046    Private

Gilbert

ALLSOPP

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8528    Private

Alfred Thomas

AMOS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11619    Private

John

ANDREWS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

24071    Private

Frederick

APPERLEY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10044    Private

Christopher

ATTWOOD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

17534    Private

Frederick

AUSTIN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11054    Private

Phillip Edward

AUSTIN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26149    Private

Gilbert

AYLWIN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18127    Private

Edwin

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16058    Private

Jesse

BARNES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26170    Private

James

BATES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18159    Private

George

BAUGH

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

20007    Private

George

BECK

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24078    Private

Frederick

BEECH

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Philip Joseph

BELLASIS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24225    Private

Harry

BOSTOCK

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17382    Private

Thomas

BRAYNE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15944    Private

Albert Edward

BRUCE

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16454    Private

Harry

BRYCE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6337    Private

James

BUCKLEY

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

11045    Sergeant

William

BULLOCK

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6884    Sergeant

William

CHALLONER

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

7507    Private

Robert

CHEETHAM

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16168    Private

Walter George Francis

CLARK

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5905    Sergeant

Alfred Ernest James

CLARKE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18328   Private

Frank Stanley

CLARKE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10295    Lance Sergeant

William Thomas

CLARKE

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

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

8588    Private

Harry William

CLEMETT

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

8715    Lance Corporal

Frederick

COOK

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11060    Private

Cyril Perry

COURT

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18297    Private

Cedric

COWGILL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6623    Private

George William

CRADDOCK

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16044    Private

James

CRAWSHAW

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

15549    Corporal

William Henry

CUNNICK

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23928    Private

Harry

DALE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

18796    Private

John

DARBY

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17765    Private

Arthur John

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7612    Private

David Lewis

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20157    Sergeant

Edwin James

DAVIES

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

10636    Lance Corporal

John Thomas

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

20122    Private

Albert

DE VULDER

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

11317   Private

William John

DODD

Died of wounds on the 11th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Shawbury (St Mary) Churchyard

 

17666    Private

Richard

DOWNES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18182    Private

Charles Thomas

EATON

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22287    Private

Clifford

EDWARDS

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Robert Chambers Macdonald

ELLIOTT

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17570    Private

Edward

EWELL

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Walter Louis

FABER

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26228    Private

George

FAIREY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24110    Private

Richard

FELTON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9087    Signaller

Edwin

FEWTRELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17638    Private

Frederick James

FINCH

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19073    Private

William

FLETCHER

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

10873    Private

William Henry

FORRESTER

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11274    Private

Benjamin

GIGG

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5486    Private

Joseph

GOULDING, MM

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8627   Corporal

George

GOWER

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

10087    Private

Austin

GRADY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26214   Private

Gordon Fordyce

GRANT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17447    Private

Alfred

GREEN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18301    Private

George

GRIFFITHS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9695    Private

William Charles

GRIFFITHS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

17893    Private

Herbert Edward

HALLMARK

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26164   Private

George

HAMMOND

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17303    Private

William Ernest

HARDING

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17750    Private

Samuel

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17342    Lance Corporal

David

HARRY

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17894    Private

Sidney

HASSALL

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19083    Private

Aaron

HAYWARD

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

20212    Private

Richard

HEATON

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

17717    Private

William Gideon

HILL

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Vincent

HOLDER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10817    Private

John

HOWELLS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8068    Private

Henry

HUFFADINE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17265   Private

Thomas Henry

HUGHES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6228   Private

Thomas George

JENNINGS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18579   Private

Horace

JONES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17061    Private

Charles Clifford

JUDGE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11495    Lance Sergeant

Arthur

KING, MM

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20087    Private

William

LATHAM

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

Second Lieutenant

Rudolph Russell

LAWRENCE

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

Commemorated on Arras Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

John Arthur

LEE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11169    Private

Jabez

LEESE

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7996    Lance Corporal

Evan

LEWIS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

John Herbert

LLEWELLYN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

6446    Private

Richard

LLOYD, MM

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Maurice Irving

MACHELL

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14961    Private

Joseph

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26144    Private

Ernest

MITCHELL

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11255    Private

Archibald

MORGAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15889    Private

John

MORGAN

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19077    Private

Albert

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17260    Private

Charles

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24202    Private

Thomas

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

10741    Private

Harry

NUTT

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

9755    Private

Walter

O'NEILL

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17739    Private

John James

PAGE

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18046    Private

Edward

PARRY, MM

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17243    Private

Thomas Francis

PARRY

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

18330    Private

Robert Henry

PEARCE, served as ROPER.

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10148    Private

William Edward

POOLE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17988    Private

John

POWELL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10215    Private

Joseph

PREECE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11121    Private

Fred

RALPHS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18543    Private

James

REECE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13762    Private

Thomas

REES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18302    Private

George

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11034    Private

Thomas

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

20191    Private

Wilfred

ROBY

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18039    Private

John

ROWLANDS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

6483    Private

Christopher

RYAN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17741    Private

Thomas

SCHOLES

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Oswaldtwistle (Immanuel) Churchyard

 

6525    Private

Eli

SHENTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Victor James

SIMPSON

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6141    Private

Walter

SMITH, served as EVANS.

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6336    Private

William James

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

24318    Private

William Josiah

SOUTHERTON

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

17866    Private

Lawrence Henry

SPRAGG

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

17272    Private

Frederick George

STACEY

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

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

10507    Private

George

STOKES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17844    Private

John

STUART

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23956    Private

John

TAYLOR

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26185    Private

Joseph William

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6023    Private

Thomas

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26134    Private

William Leonard

TAYLOR

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17922    Private

Edgar Mark

THOMAS

Died of wounds on the 23rd September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

17951    Private

Harold Thomas

TYLER

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10185    Private

John Edward

VAUGHAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17435    Private

Richard

VAUGHAN

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15012    Private

Richard John George

VAUGHAN

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26245    Private

George Ernest

VINE

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

17920    Private

Frederick John

WACKETT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26212    Private

Richard

WALKER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17727    Lance Corporal

Charles

WATERTON

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16955    Private

Henry Arthur

WESTON

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

26124    Private

Bertie Clifton

WHITE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20279    Lance Corporal

Frederick

WHITE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9261    Lance Corporal

Bertie

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11044    Corporal

James

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15106    Private

Malcolm Buchanan

WILSHAW

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

23568    Private

James Albert

WILTSHIRE

Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

18324    Private

Harry

WOOD

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood  Cemetery

 

17950    Private

William Ambrose

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

16215    Private

Joseph

YATES

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial