BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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6th Battalion DORSETSHIRE REGIMENT |
50th Brigade / 17th (Northern) Division |
1st July : Two companies in reserve in Bonté Redoubt. Two companies in front line in front of Fricourt in the afternoon (Attack North of Fricourt - attached to the 21st Division). 2nd July : Meaulte. Carrying parties to Fricourt sector. 6th July : In line North-East of Fricourt. 7th-8th July : Attacks of Strip Trench. 9th July : Attack of Quadrangle Support. 10th July : Meaulte. ********* 4th August : Pommiers Redoubt. 5th August : Longueval. Digging of Dorset Trench (North-West of Longueval). 9th August : Montauban. 11th August : Albert. 12th August : Dernancourt. ********* Mid August-Mid September : Tours in front line in Hebuterne sector. ********* 27th October : Carnoy area. 29th October : Trônes Wood. 30th October - 10th November : Tours in front line in front of Le Transloy with rest periods in Trônes Wood. 11th November : Fricourt area.
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95 names |
Lieutenant August AGELASTO, MC Detched from The 1st Dorsetshire Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs |
16878 Private Albert George ALNER Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban
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13649 Private Thomas APPLETON Died of wounds on the 11th November 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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15794 Private William BARLOW Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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13584 Private Walter Edward BARNETT Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/8903 Private Fred BARRATT Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16134 Private William Henry BEALE Died of wounds on the 6th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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15613 Private Albert William BENNETT Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 16 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17127 Private James BLANDAMER Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12830 Private Henry BROWN Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17706 Private Albert BURDEN Killed in action on the 7th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12957 Private Stephen BUTLER Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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10906 Private Kenneth Donald CAMPBELL Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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22387 Private Thomas Arthur CHASE Killed in action on the 9th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10228 Private Arthur John CLARK Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 36 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Walter Stanley Arnold CLARKE Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11261 Private Richard CLIFTON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11560 Lance Corporal Henry Alfred COLE Died of wounds on the 12th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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3/8108 Private Frederick William COLLINS Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13496 Private John Thomas CONNELLY Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22146 Private William Samuel COOKE Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/8051 Private George COPE Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22370 Lance Corporal Albert Edward CROSS Died of wounds on the 2nd November 1916 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Donald D'ALBERTANSON, MC Detached from East Surrey Regiment Died of wounds on the 8th August 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery |
Lieutenant Gerald Louis DAVIDSON, MC Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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12179 Private Henry Alfred DENNEY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16052 Private Percy Harold DOWN Killed in action on the 10th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9983 Private William DRAKE Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Joseph FLEMING Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery
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11198 Lance Corporal Walter Ernest FRYER Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban
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10587 Private Sidney Ernest GAWLER Died of wounds on the 9th November 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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22144 Private Herbert John GIBBINGS Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension
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13072 Private Sidney Thomas GIBBS Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 Rest in peace in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery
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11823 Private William George GIDDINGS Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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10971 Lance Corporal Peter GOLDING Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Cecil Clarence GOODALL Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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11732 Private Henry James GOODWIN Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11323 Lance Sergeant Charles Henry Enas GRAY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17209 Lance Corporal Walter James HAMMOND Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery
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12047 Corporal Alfred HARRIS Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11353 Lance Corporal Bernard Harry Keen HARRIS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11339 Private Francis George HARRIS Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 Rest in peace in Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery
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16860 Private Frank Arthur HARRISON Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 - Age 31 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial$
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13534 Private Joe HEPWORTH Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Major Denzil HUGHES-ONSLOW Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 52 Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery
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22357 Private Robert JAMES Killed in action on the 1st November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13130 Corporal Joseph JONES Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Rest in peace in Fricourt British Cemetery
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14852 Private Albert JOYCE Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 Rest in peace in Poole Cemetery
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12461 Corporal Robert Lambirth KING Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery
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14490 Private Harry Reader LAMBERT Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12795 Private John LAWRENCE Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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12733 Private Arthur Jack LIGHT Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Edwin LINDOW Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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15068 Private John MACEY Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13511 Private Horace Augustus MARPOLE Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11405 Private Frederick MARSHALL Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11024 Private Sidney Charles MARSHALLSAY Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13168 Private Harry MATTHEWS Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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14571 Lance Corporal George McINTOSH Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/7242 Private William Charles MERRITT Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11846 Corporal Fredrick William MILNER Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 - Age 36 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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22157 Private Roderick Cose MITCHELMORE Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Kenneth Hartley MOORE Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2
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13230 Private Albert William NESPOLA Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14471 Private Frank NEWMAN Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14573 Sergeant William O'BRIEN Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15389 Private Fred PALMER Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14501 Private Charles George PARSONS Killed in action on the 9th November 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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11440 Private Frederick John PAYNE Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7386 Sergeant William Henry PEDRICK Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11045 Private Horace Fred PIKE Died of wounds on the 4th July 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Ext.
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12042 Private John Frederick ROBERTS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12464 Private William John SALISBURY Died of wounds on the 9th November 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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12156 Lance Corporal James SALT Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Meaulte Military Cemetery
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11471 Private Frederick Charles SAUNDERS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10595 Private John Walter SCRIVEN Killed in action on the 6th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14356 Private Francis William SHERIDAN Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17115 Private Tom SHERRED Killed in action on the 9th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17277 Private Harold Sherlock SHETTLER Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery
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10256 Private Alfred SIMMONS Died of wounds on the 12th November 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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14623 Private Arthur James SPENCER Died of wounds on the 10th November 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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11174 Private Arthur SPRACKLING Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11929 Lance Sergeant Alfred SPRIGG Killed in action on the 31st October 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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13080 Private William STANTON Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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11473 Private William Charles STEVENS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3/5807 Private Henry James SUTTON Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12844 Private Albert John SYMES Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15854 Lance Corporal Reginald George SYMES Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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12154 Private George William Harold WALDRON Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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11485 Private Ernest WESTALL Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11844 Private Frank Foster WESTON Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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10806 Private Ernest John WHITE Killed in action on the 6th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12175 Private Thomas James WONTNER Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery
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6853 Private Joseph WOOD Killed in action on the 30th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11516 Private John YOUNG Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS |
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16480 Private Ernest ADAMS Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
7392 Private Sidney John BATCHELOR Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery |
15178 Corporal Frank BRAY Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery |
13180 Private Samuel Stephen CLARKE Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 - Age 41 Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery |
16871 Lance Corporal Felix Herbert DAVIS 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Killed in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery |
17211 Private Fred DAWE Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
16920 Private Wilfred William DURDEN Died of wounds on the 8th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery |
10142 Private Percy Haskett EASLEY Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
23569 Private Thomas EVANS Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
17121 Private John Mainwaring FURNIVALL 1st Wiltshire or 1st DCLI Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
12047 Corporal Alfred HARRIS 1st Wiltshire or 1st DCLI Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
16373 Private Sidney Percy HORDLE Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
15483 Private Alfred George JEANS Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery |
8045 Private Walter KITCHER Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 29 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery |
15205 Private Albert Sidney LANE Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery |
16855 Private Arthur Henry Thomas NORTHOVER Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery |
14860 Private John PRESTON Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
15665 Lance Corporal William Broad REAL Died of wounds on the 13th September 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery |
16921 Private Harold Frederick Charles SYMONDS Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
17135 Private Daniel WELLSTEAD 1st Wiltshire or 1st DCLI Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
17049 Private Walter Henry WHITE 1st Wiltshire or 1st DCLI Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
17460 Private James WILCOX 1st Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
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13208 Private Albert Edward YOUNG Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |