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South Staffordshire Regiment

1/5th Battalion

SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT

137th Brigade / 46th (North Midland) Division

 

1st July : Attack of the Gommecourt salient (in support)

 

68 names

4992   Private

Edward

ADAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

4240   Sergeant

James David

ALDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Herbert

ALLEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201264   Private

Ernest

BAKER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9861   Corporal

Morris

BAKER

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200863   Private

Harold

BATES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9629   Private

Jesse

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200680   Lance Corporal

Harold

BILLING

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

814   Private

Arthur K.

BRADLEY

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

496   Private

George

BROWN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8878   Corporal

Herbert Edward

BROWN

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

201596   Private

Frank

BRUERTON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9683   Private

John

BURNS

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

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

201208   Private

Thomas

CHECKLEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

212   Private

Charles

CHERRINGTON

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

201157   Private

Charles

CHRISTIE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201180   Private

William

CHURCH

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200532   Private

Alfred

COPE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201495   Private

Enoch William

DAVIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1024   Private

John L.

DEGVILLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Humphrey William

DEVEREUX

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Humbercamps Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1324   Private

George

EDWARDS

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery

 

Captain

Ferdinand

EGLINGTON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Stanley John

ELLISON

Died of wounds as POW on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bailleul Road East Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Frank Aldridge

FAWCETT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

89   Private

Thomas

FEREDAY

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

9399   Corporal

Robert

FORD

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

9081   Private

John Thomas

GILL

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

9585   Private

Edward Fenn

GIRLING

Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

9761   Private

John

GREEN

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

444   Private

Thomas

GRUNDY

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200956   Private

John

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1106   Private

James

HAWKES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200547   Lance Corporal

Enoch

HAYWARD

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8817   Private

Richard William

HEMPSALL

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

880   Sergeant

Sydney

HIBBETT

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

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

201608   Private

Arthur

HILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

685   Private

William

HOPKINS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

730   Private

Joseph

HOPSON

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200804   Private

William

HUNT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200405   Corporal

Albert Edward

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1066   Private

Alfred Edward

JAMES

Died of wounds on the 24th June 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Gavin Tenison Royle

KNOWLES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9677   Private

Frank

LEACH

Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916

Rest in peace in St Souplet British Cemetery

 

201516   Private

Albert Henry

LUCKETT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

943   Private

Herbert

PETTET

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200528   Private

William

PINCHER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8840   Private

John Francis

PRICE

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8735   Private

Charles

PROFFITT

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

8173   Private

George

PURCELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200529   Private

William

ROBERTS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Thomas Rudolph

SANGER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9735   Private

Joseph

SELVEY

Died of wounds on the 12th July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Le Treport Military Cemetery

 

583   Private

Frank

SHAW

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200887   Corporal

David

SIDAWAY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8429   Private

Enos

SIDAWAY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

824   Private

Benjamin

SMITH

Killed in action on the 23rd June 1916

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

955   Private

Daniel

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery

 

8621   Private

John Parkes

SOMERFIELD

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

200987   Lance Corporal

John James

SPITTLE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200510   Lance Corporal

Thomas Henry Reuben

STACKHOUSE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201249   Private

Frederick William George

STEBBINGS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

John Parry

THORNE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

727   Private

Arthur

VENABLES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200971   Lance Corporal

Victor

WADDAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

200676   Private

Horace

WHITEHOUSE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

201148   Private

Walter

WILLIAMS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

9512   Private

George

WOOLDRIDGE

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

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

 

MAN DETACHED TO AN OTHER UNIT

 

1915   Private

Albert

ALLEN

10th Lincolnshire

Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial