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Durham Light Infantry

1/7th Battalion

DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY

Pioneers of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division

 

Late August : Becourt.

Works in Becourt, Contalmaison and Mametz Wood areas.

14th September : Fricourt.

15th September-Early October : Works in Bazentin-Martinpuich sector.

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Late October-November : Works in Martinpuich / Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.

 

65 names

2399    Private

William

ALDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2368    Private

Andrew

ATKINSON

Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Harold James Thomas

BANNEHR

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2995    Private

John Williamson

BENISON

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4004    Private

David

BENNETT

Killed in action on the 7th October 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

3446    Private

Frank

BRACK

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

3958    Private

George Shiels

BRACKENBURY

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

1755    Sergeant

George Armstrong

CAMPBELL

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

3347    Private

Thomas

CHEAL

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2953   Private

David

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3702   Private

David

CORNELL

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4332    Private

Thomas Joseph

COUTTS

Killed in action on the 28th September 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Adanac Military Cemetery

 

1595    Corporal

John

COXON

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

275398    Private

Alexander

CRUTE

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2566   Sergeant

Albert

DAVEY, MM

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2769    Private

William

EMMERSON

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1590    Private

James

GAUGHAM

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2270    Private

James Arthur

GRAHAM

Died of wounds on the 9th October 1916

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

3021    Private

William

GRANT

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

Second Lieutenant

John Frettiam

GREEN

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1581    Private

Henry

HAGEL

Killed in action on the 14th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

276032    Private

William Hills

HANSON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2721    Corporal

John

HARLE

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3175     Corporal

George Thomas

HARRIS

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military  Cemetery

 

3927    Private

John William

HILL

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

714227    Private

John

HOWARD

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

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4729     Private

John

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4054    Private

Alexander

KNIGHT

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

4034    Private

John

LANDERS

Killed in action on the 10th September 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

276770     Private

Joseph Foster

LOGAN

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2946    Corporal

William

MALIA

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

2708     Private

Peter

MANCHESTER

Killed in action on the 28th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2988    Private

Robert

MARTIN

Died in service on the 28th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

7028    Private

Arthur Mosely

MAUGHAN

Died of wounds on the 6th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

William Robert

McCANN

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3577    Private

Peter

McMANN

Died of wounds on the 22nd September 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

1594    Private

George

MILBURN

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2796    Bugler

William

MILLS

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

4148    Private

Joseph

NICHOL

Died of wounds on the 8th November 1916

Rest in peace in South Shields (Harton) Cemetery

 

1866    Private

William Henry

OAKES

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4353    Private

James Henry

PEARCE

Died of wounds on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

73440    Private

Joseph

PRINGLE

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

5721    Private

Leonard Austin

RETALLACK

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Ste Marie Cemetery

 

2925    Private

Thomas

RICHARDSON

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

12766    Private

George

ROBERTSON

Died of wounds on the 30th October 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

3436    Private

Robert Lamb

RUSBY

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1797    Corporal

Robert William

SCOTT

Died of wounds on the 7th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

1416    Lance Corporal

John Clark

SCROWTHER

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

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

Captain

Norman Robinson

SHEPHERD

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

7030    Private

Ralph

SNOWDON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4388     Private

William

SWALES

Died of wounds on the 8th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Bois-Guillaume Communal Cemetery

 

2211    Private

Andrew

SWINNEY

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3044    Private

Robert

THEW

Died of wounds on the 25th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2967    Private

George

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in Peake Wood Cemetery

 

3219    Corporal

Ralph

THORNTON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

4380    Private

Mathew

THURSBY

Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

1870    Private

John William

WALKER

Died in service on the 21st November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

3508    Private

George

WALLER

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

3591    Private

Thomas

WALTON

Killed in action on the 30th October 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

2286    Private

James

WATSON

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1865    Private

John George

WILKIE

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19602    Private

Frederick

WILLIAMS

Detached from The 7th York and Lancaster

Died of wounds on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

2118    Lance Corporal

Samuel

WILSON

Killed in action on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

3041    Private

James

WRIGHTSON

Died of wounds on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery

 

 

7012    Private

George

WROE

Killed in action on the 23rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

 

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

2646    Private

John Robert

AGAR

15th Durham Light Infantry

Killed in action on the 17th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Arnold Leslie Leopold

POTTS

1/9th Durham Light Infantry

Killed in action on the 5th November 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial