BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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British Divisions

7th INFANTRY DIVISION

20th BRIGADE

997 names

2nd Border

183 names

2nd Gordon Highlanders

275 names

8th Devonshire

185 names

9th Devonshire

346 names

20th Machine Gun Company

8 names

20th Trench Mortar Battery

no fatal casualties

22nd BRIGADE

965 names

2nd Royal Warwickshire

181 names

2nd Royal Irish Regiment

235 names

Left in October and replaced by

1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers

226 names

20th Manchester

285 names

 

2/1st H.A.C.

12 names

 

22nd Machine Gun Company

26 names

22nd Trench Mortar Battery

no fatal casualties

91st BRIGADE

895 names

2nd The Queen's

160 names

1st South Staffordshire

238 names

21st Manchester

192 names

22nd Manchester

291 names

91st Machine Gun Company

14 names

91st  Trench Mortar Battery

no fatal casualties

PIONEERS

24th Manchester (Oldham)

40 names

ARTILLERY

158 names

Field Artillery

148 names

XIV Brigade (Royal Horse Artillery)

56 names

XXII Brigade

45 names

XXXV Brigade

47 names

F Battery (R.H.A.)

T Battery (R.H.A.)

D (Howitzers) Battery

 

104th Battery

105th Battery

106th Battery

35th (Howitzers) Battery

 

12th Battery

25th Battery

58th Battery

31st (Howitzers) Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

6 names

Medium

Heavy

X7

no fatal casualties

Y7

3 names

Z7

no fatal casualties

V7

3 names

7th Divisional Ammunition Column

4 names

ROYAL ENGINEERS

22 names

54th Field Company

9 names

95th Field Company

1 name

1/3rd Durham Field Company

7 names

7th Divisional Signal Company

5 names

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

7th Divisional Train

39th H.T. Coy

40th H.T. Coy

42nd H.T. Coy

44th H.T. Coy

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

8 names

21st Field Ambulance

6 names

22nd Field Ambulance

No fatal casualties

23rd Field Ambulance

2 names

N°10 Sanitary Section

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

12th Mobile Veterinary Section

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 7th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Mametz operations. Capture of Mametz on the 1st July. Attacks towards Mametz Wood.

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13th-20th July : Bazentin / High Wood operations. Capture of Bazentin-le-Grand and Bazentin-le-Petit on the 14th July. Attacks on High Wood and Switch Line.

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26th August - 7th September : Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm. Attacks on Ginchy, in Delville Wood and of Brewery Trenches.

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Late November : Beaumont-Hamel / Beaucourt sector.