BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1/7th Battalion

ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT

143rd Brigade / 48th (South Midland) Division

 

1st July : In front line South-East of Hebuterne.

4th July : Couin area.

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13th July : Near Albert.

14th-15th July : Attacks on Ovillers.

16th July : Albert.

18th July : In line in Ovillers sector.

19th July : Bouzincourt.

22nd July : East of Albert. Carrying parties to Ovillers sector.

24th July : In line East of Ovillers.

27th July : Bouzincourt.

28th July : Mesnil / Domqueur.

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14th August : Bouzincourt.

16th August : In line North of Ovillers.

18th-19th August : In action at Leipzig Redoubt.

22nd August : Bouzincourt.

26th August : In line North of Ovillers.

28th August : Bois de Warnimont.

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Early October : Hebuterne sector.

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26th October : Becourt.

2nd November : Albert.

3rd November : Contalmaison area.

10th November : In line in Le Sars sector.

12th November : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.

15th November : Bazentin-le-Petit Wood.

 

145 names

3233    Private

Thomas

ACKFORD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2998    Private

Roland Brookes

ANDERSON

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1939    Private

Samuel George

ASHFIELD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4599    Private

Thomas

AYRES

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4768    Private

Roland Huntley

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 5th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4754    Private

George Edwin

BAKER

Died of wounds on the 25th December 1916

Rest in peace in Birmingham (Witton) Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Walter Percy

BAKER

Detached from The Dorsetshire Regiment

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

2506    Sergeant

Oliver

BATES

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Calais Southern Cemetery

 

265959    Private

George

BEARLEY

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4544    Private

Ernest Charles

BEAUMONT

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery

 

5069    Private

Charles

BENNETT

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3123    Private

Fergus John

BENSON

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

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

 

1625    Corporal

George Cyril

BIGGS

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1944    Private

Frank

BIRD

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2539    Lance Corporal

Hubert Fred

BIRDSEY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2912    Lance Corporal

Walter

BODIN

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

2877    Corporal

Albert Edward

BREWER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4730    Private

Albert

BRIDGES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1941    Lance Corporal

Horace Henry

BRIGGS

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

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

266522    Corporal

William

BROMAGE

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4753    Private

Alfred Clarence

BROOKS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

308    Company Sergeant Major

William John

BRYANT

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 42

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Henry Acton Linton

BULLOCK

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2290    Private

Edward Harley

BURDEN

Died of wounds on the 8th November 1916

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

2416    Sergeant

John Whaton

BURTON

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

4161    Private

Francis William

CARPENTER

Died of wounds on the 28th June 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Beauval Communal Cemetery

 

5044    Private

Charles Henry James

CASE

Killed in action on the 12th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Martinpuich British Cemetery

 

2383    Corporal

Robert

CHAPMAN

Died in service on the 8th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

4302    Private

Joseph Turton

CLEAVER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

265814    Private

Albert Henry

COLLETT

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5243    Private

Lewis

COLWELL

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1487    Private

Daniel

COMPTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20757    Private

Alfred

COSFORD

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

4515    Private

Lawrence Cecil

COX

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4894    Private

Albert Oliver

DADGE

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4537    Private

Ernest William

DARVILL

Killed in action on the 27th November 1916

Rest in peace in Martinpuich British Cemetery

 

4531    Private

Walter

DENNY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4504    Private

Herbert

DOWSWELL

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4669    Private

John James

DRAKE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4762    Private

Ernest

DUCKETT

Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

20758    Private

Sidney Alfred

DURRANT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4435    Private

Alfred Samuel

EAGLES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

266713    Private

John William

EARDLEY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1778    Private

Harold

EAVES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Philip Eric

EDKINS

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2532    Private

Percy

ELLIMAN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3898    Private

John

FARAGHER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2568    Private

Arthur

FARDON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

3261     Private

Leonard

FAULKS

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4783    Private

Thomas

FELLOWS

Killed in action on the 4th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4852    Private

William

FORD

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4447    Private

John Edwin

FORDER

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Hurworth (All Saints) Churchyard

 

Second Lieutenant

Francis

FORMAN

Detached from The Devonshire Regiment

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

2020    Private

William Alfred

FOTHERGILL

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Edward Wareham

FOWLER

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4338    Private

Edward Hedley

FRISBY

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

2516    Private

William

GAISFORD

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2510    Private

Thomas

GARDENER

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

2025    Corporal

Henry Victor

GARDNER

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

265499    Private

Frank

GAYTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1651    Private

Thomas Joseph

GODFREY

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Arthur

GODFREY-PAYTON

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

20821    Private

Ernest William

GRAY

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4525    Private

William

GREENGRASS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 41

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20797    Private

Albert Walter

HALL

Killed in action on the 11th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Martinpuich British Cemetery

 

3402     Private

Ralph Edward

HAMMOND

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4495     Private

Walter

HARBORNE

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4512     Private

Alfred Thomas

HATTON

Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

1810     Private

Edward

HEBBLETHWITE, MM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harold Leofric

HELSDON

Killed in action on the 26th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2553     Private

William Henry

HEWITT

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1118     Sergeant

Harold Jarvis

HEXTALL

Died of wounds on the 24th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

20798    Private

Fred

HILL

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20772    Private

Walter

HITCH

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20802    Private

Tom

HOBBS

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

4458     Private

Thomas

HOGAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1523    Private

Frederick

HOLLINS

Died of wounds on the 25th June 1916

Rest in peace in Couin British Cemetery

 

4345     Private

Harold

HOPKINS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2399    Private

William Henry

HORTON, MM

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

3075     Private

Victor

HOUGHTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2447    Corporal

Herbert

HUBBARD

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

1571     Sergeant

William George

HUNT

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

927     Corporal

Edward George

ILIFF

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2626     Private

Albert

JEFFS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4522     Private

Walter

JENNINGS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3843    Private

Harold Randall

JONES

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

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

John Victor

JONES

Detached from The Dorsetshire Regiment

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

5115    Private

Tudor Stanley

JONES

Killed in action on the 23rd November 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4367    Private

William Henry

JONES

Killed in action on the 24th June 1916

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

3068     Private

William Henry

JONES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4816    Private

William

JUKES

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3936    Private

Frederick Richard

KEEFE

Died of wounds on the 22nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

2096    Sergeant

Roland Isaac

KENNEY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

4303     Private

Reuben

KIMBERLEY

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 6 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1620    Private

Bernard William

LAPWORTH

Killed in action on the 30th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

4727    Private

Walter

LAWRENCE

Died of wounds on the 5th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

4243    Private

William

LEE

Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

2965    Private

Harry

LLOYD, DCM

Killed in action on the 26th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Alan Percy Charles

LOVEITT

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 2

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2595    Lance Corporal

Frederick

LUCAS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

2646    Private

Lawrence

LUDFORD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1634   Private

Arthur Sydney

MARSHALL

Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

265877    Private

Albert

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5203    Private

Bertram

MATTHEWS

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

4956    Private

Charles Frederick

McLEOD

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1754    Lance Corporal

Leonard

MORRIS

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Norman Cairns

MURRAY

Killed in action on the 30th June 1916

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

5000    Private

Joseph

NAYLOR

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2091    Private

Christopher

NEWCOMBE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1622    Corporal

Cyril Morson

PAGE, MM

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2529    Private

Henry

PAGETT

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

1862    Private

William James

PALMER

Died of wounds on the 29th September 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

4705    Private

Henry Albert

PICKERING

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

470    Sergeant

Alfred Higham

POTTER

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1828    Sergeant

John

REDDINGTON

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4733    Private

Alfred

REEVES

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3770    Private

Harry

RODDY

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4908    Private

William Thomas

ROLLASON

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2404    Private

Howard

ROUND

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5062    Private

Frederick Thomas John

SANIGAR

Killed in action on the 26th-28th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4424    Private

William Charles

SHEWARD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 44

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3067    Private

Albert James

SLADE

Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

4865    Private

Enoch

SMITH

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2610    Lance Corporal

James Thomas

SPENCER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2191    Private

William Edward

SPENCER

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

1518    Private

Jack

TAYLOR

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2598    Corporal

Thomas

TAYLOR

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

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

2386    Sergeant

William Albert

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1773    Private

Ernest Edward

WARING

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2270    Private

Arthur James

WATSON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

4663    Private

Frederick

WEST

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Hebuterne Military Cemetery

 

4572   Private

Andrew

WHETSTONE

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

2261    Corporal

William Thomas

WHITE

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1875    Lance Corporal

James Thomas

WHITTAKER

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

676    Private

James William

WILCOX

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5299   Private

Robert

WILDE

Died of wounds on the 28th November 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension

 

2397    Private

Horace Llewellyn

WILSON

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

267192    Private

William John

WILSON

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8    Company Sergeant Major

William Henry Croft

WOOD

Died of wounds on the 24th July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4527    Private

William

WOODMAN

Killed in action on the 25th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

265948    Corporal

Reginald Joseph

WOODWARD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4573    Private

Alfred Thomas

WORRALL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4481   Private

Herbert George

WRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery

 

1879    Corporal

Frank

WYKES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

20841    Lance Corporal

Charles

WYMAN

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

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

 

 

 

MAN SERVING IN AN OTHER UNIT

 

266318    Private

Herbert

BROWN

143rd Machine Gun Company

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial