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7th Battalion

KING'S OWN (YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY)

61st Brigade / 20th (Light) Division

 

Late July - early August :Tours in line in front of the Redan Ridge.

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Late August - early September : in reserve and in support during the operations of the Division at Guillemont.

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16th September : attached to the Guards Division for the attack of Lesboeufs.

18th September : in support at Lesboeufs with its Division.

Late September : Morval-Gueudecourt area.

7th October : Capture of Rainbow Trench and Cloudy Trench (East of Gueudecourt).

 

 143 names

14564  Private

Henry Dickson

APPLEYARD

Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

11379  Private

Thomas William

ARMITAGE

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11130  Private

Frank

BALL

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25090  Private

James

BARBER

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

Captain

William Gordon

BARNABY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26470 Private

George Edward

BARNES

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25872  Lance Corporal

Albert

BARNETT

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27159  Private

Joseph

BARON

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

12182 Private

John Edward

BATTYE

Killed in action on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

15014  Lance Corporal

James

BEARD

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

18880 Private

Willie

BINNS

Died of wounds on the 26th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

15574  Lance Corporal

Ernest

BLYTH

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

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

35244  Private

William Henry

BONSER

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35205 Private

Frank Fellows

BOWYER

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

3/1891  Lance Sergeant

Joseph

BRADLEY

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26543   Private

Sydney

BROOMFIELD

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12225   Private

Frank

BROOMHEAD

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7/18066   Private

Arthur

BROUGHTON

Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

35086  Private

Ernest Benbow

BULLOCK

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

711879  Private

George Alfred

BURKINSHAW

Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

12339  Private

William

BURTON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35099 Private

William George

CAMERON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16878  Private

John

CAMPBELL

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

16551 Private

Harold

CARR

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

13043  Private

Thomas

CARR

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35105  Private

James Sydney

CHANDLER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22166 Private

Albert Edward

CLARE

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22054 Private

John

CLARE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15470  Company Quatermaster Sergeant

Enoch

CLAY

Died of wounds on the 30th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

19225  Private

Albert Edward

COLE

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

35093 Private

William James

COLLIER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19942 Private

Thomas David

COOPER

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

3/1554  Private

Vernon

CORBRIDGE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/2979  Private

Leonard

CRANE

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/1856  Corporal

Harry

CROOKES

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15179  Lance Corporal

Albert Edward

CROSSLEY

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

24991  Private

Albert

CROOKS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Dromesnil Communal Cemetery

 

17008  Private

Matthew

D'ARCY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14294  Private

Fred

DAWSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26356  Private

Horace

DEALTRY

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13492  Sergeant

Joshua

DEAN

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35107  Private

Frederick Thomas

DEELEY

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35115  Private

Charles William

DETTMAR

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

35118  Private

William Harry

DUKE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13009  Private

Martin

DURKIN

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11748  Private

Thomas

EATON

Died of wounds on the 5th November 1916

Rest in peace in Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery

 

12052  Private

Arthur

ELLIS

Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 2

Rest in peace in Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Ernest

ENGLAND

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35124  Private

Robert

FEAKINS

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17525  Private

James

FERRIS

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15028  Private

Thomas

FINNIGAN

Died of wounds on the 9th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

15053  Sergeant

James

FLINT

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11867  Private

Frederick Arthur

FLOWER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35125  Private

Alfred John

FORD

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19947  Private

Leonard

FORD

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15255  Company Quatermaster Sergeant

Dick

FOX

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

11714  Private

Walter Robert

FRARY

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard

 

35127  Private

Lawrence Reginald

FRASER

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15661  Lance Corporal

Roland

FREEAR

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext

 

Captain

Alfred

FURZE

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11872  Private

Thomas

GARVIN

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

14385  Private

Ernest

HALL

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

35159  Private

William John Thomas

HALL

Killed in action on the 31st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6828  Corporal

George

HARRISON

Died of wounds on the 5th September 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery

 

19591  Private

James William

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35186  Private

Joseph

HEDLEY

Died of wounds on the 12th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

263889  Private

George William

HEPWORTH

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18834  Private

George Fredrick Flathers

HETHERINGTON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15191  Private

Charles William

HIGGINS

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20089  Private

Frank

HIGGINS

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

John Rowland

HILL

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

Rest in peace in Sucrerie Military Cemetery

 

12334 Private

Thomas Henry

HOBSON

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18774  Corporal

Joe

HOLDEN

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

25616  Corporal

James William

HOLLAND

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13321  Private

George

HORROX

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19106  Private

Joseph

HORSFALL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26386  Private

Herbert

HOULT

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18792  Lance Sergeant

William

HUNSLEY

Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

16533  Private

William

JOBBURNS

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. n°1

 

35266  Private

John

KELLY

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24049  Corporal

Alfred

KING

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26278  Private

Fred

KIRBY

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

12352  Private

Sydney

LAWRENCE

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35225  Lance Corporal

Joseph

LISTER

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15116  Private

Ralph

MADDISON

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22406  Private

William

MARPLES

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11209  Private

Thomas

McMANUS

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

3/3131  Private

Thomas

McNAMARA

Killed in action on the 20th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20174  Private

William

McNULTY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25527  Private

Wilfred

MIDGLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/2353  Private

Charles

MITCHELL

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Francis Hirst

MOORE

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery

 

28168  Private

Rowland

MOSS

Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12349  Private

Lawrence W.

MOUNTCASTLE

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12366  Private

Albert Edward

MULLINS

Died in service on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21590  Private

John Charles

PARROTT

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

 

35150  Private

John

PETERS

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19906  Private

William

PHILLIPS

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery

 

18874 Private

Ernest

PICKLES

Killed in action on the 27th August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

21048  Private

Austin

PINCHES

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12159  Private

Charles

POPPLETON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35246  Private

Daniel

PRICE

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35152  Private

Walter

RADNOR

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11492  Private

Richard Nicholson

REDMAN

Killed in action on the 23rd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12079  Private

Norman

RENTON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24053  Private

William

RICHMOND

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

35184  Private

James

ROBSON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood  Cemetery

 

15777  Private

Robert

SHANDLEY

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16796  Corporal

John

SHAW

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13978  Private

Lewyn

SHAW

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal  Cemetery Extension

 

35136  Private

George

SHEPHERD

Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25622  Private

Fred

SHUTT

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13390  Lance Sergeant

John William

SILCOCK

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

15561  Private

Joshua

SIMPSON

Died of wounds on the 21st September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor  Cemetery

 

19819  Private

Charles

SMITH

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Leslie Tilden

SMITH

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11992  Private

Maurice

SMITH

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

Rest in peace in Delville Wood  Cemetery

 

13980  Private

William

SMITH

Died of wounds on the 24th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

11813  Private

George

SOUTHWICK

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20074  Private

Walter

SPENCER

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

27017  Private

Joseph Jevons

STONE

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11059  Corporal

Clifford Charles

SUMMERBY

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19293  Private

John Thomas

TALBOT

Killed in action on the 19th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18822  Private

Herbert William

THOMAS

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21072  Private

Arthur Ernest

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 27th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20182  Private

Richard Francis

WADE

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17828  Private

Seth

WALKER

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

24019  Private

Thomas

WALKER

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20420  Private

Alfred

WALTON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26284  Lance Corporal

Arthur Edward

WATSON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35248  Private

Ednett

WATSON

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20447  Private

Cecil Augustus

WELCH

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35228  Private

Henry Frank

WELLS

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

12643  Lance Corporal

George

WESLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15505  Private

Harry

WEST

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11417  Private

Harold

WHITEHEAD

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

25283  Private

Albert

WHITHAM

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

Rest in peace in Delville Wood  Cemetery

 

27145  Private

Samuel

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 3rd October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

12017  Private

Charles William

WILSON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3/2963  Private

John Henry

WINTER

Killed in action on the 26th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19072  Private

Charlie

WOOD

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

19007  Private

Thomas Frederick

WOODRUFF

Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 - Age 1

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

35264  Private

William Ashton

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Thiepval Memorial

94

Grove Town Cemetery

7

Carnoy Military Cemetery

4

Delville Wood Cemetery

3

Heilly Station Cemetery

3

Sucrerie Military Cemetery

3

Bancourt British Cemetery

2

Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

2

Couin British Cemetery

2

Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

2

Dartmoor Cemetery

2

Etaples Military Cemetery

2

Guillemont Road Cemetery

2

Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

1

Bradford (Undercliffe) Cemetery

1

Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

1

Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension

1

Dive Copse British Cemetery

1

Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension n°1

1

Dromesnil Communal Cemetery

1

Etretat Churchyard

1

Flatiron Copse Cemetery

1

Liverpool (Kirkdale) Cemetery

1

London Cemetery and Extension

1

Mont-Huon Military Cemetery

1

St Pierre Cemetery

1