BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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East Surrey Regiment

9th Battalion

EAST SURREY REGIMENT

72nd Brigade / 24th Division

 

Early August : Meaulte area.

10th August : Talus Boisé.

12th August : Works in front line in Trônes Wood sector.

13th August : In front line near Arrow Head Copse.

16th August : Attack on Guillemont.

17th August : Montauban.

18th August : Attack on Guillemont (in support).

21st August : In front line in front of Guillemont.

22nd August : Fricourt area.

25th August : Dernancourt / Ribemont.

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30th August : Montauban.

1st September : Eastern edge of Delville Wood.

3rd September : Attack of Ale Alley and Beer Trench.

5th September : Fricourt.

6th September : Dernancourt.

 

161 names

8916    Private

Joseph

ANNING

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/18045    Private

Arthur Frederick

ARBOURNE

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

8193    Private

George

ARDOUIN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7081    Private

George

BAILEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/690    Private

Edward Henry

BAINES

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

2140    Sergeant

Reginald William

BAKER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Frank Granville

BALL

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4700    Private

Charles Henry

BARNES

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/642    Sergeant

Walter Edwin

BARRETT

Died of wounds on the 15th August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

4125    Private

William

BEADLE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6537    Private

William James Henry

BEASLEY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4439    Lance Corporal

Victor Humphrey

BENISON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4175    Private

John

BERRY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1413    Private

George

BETTELL

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

15975    Private

Nicholas

BOLTON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2922    Corporal

Charles H.

BOSTON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

7135    Private

Henry Frederick

BOSTON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/17346    Private

Leonard

BOWLER

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

8866    Private

Thomas

BREEWOOD

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4359    Lance Corporal

Herbert Alfred

BREWER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17342    Private

Ernest Edwin

BRIDGER

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2919    Private

William

BRIGDEN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

20630    Private

Walter

BROOKS

Killed in action on the 24th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2515    Private

William

BUDGEN

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6703    Private

Augustin

BURKE

Died of wounds on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

16236    Private

Bertram Claude

CAME

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6648    Corporal

John Thomas

CASELEY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2763    Lance Corporal

Herbert Sidney

CASSIDY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5751    Private

Frank

CHAPMAN

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

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

2526    Private

Frank

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

13817    Private

Herbert

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22940    Private

Leonard Drage

CLIPSON

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17314    Private

Reginald Herbert

COLEMAN

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4445    Private

Percy James

COLES

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1939    Private

Charles William

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8197    Corporal

Harry

COOMBES

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2764    Private

William Henry

COPUS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9152    Private

William Henry

COXHILL

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8137    Corporal

Arthur Bertie

CUMBERS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2289    Private

Samuel Charles

CURRIER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Charles Louttit

CUTHBERT

Died of wounds on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

9558    Private

Samuel

DALE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4567    Private

Thomas Edmund Patrick

DALTON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

7187    Private

Edward

DICKASON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9208    Private

Lionel

DOWDING

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8241    Private

Henry

DOWLING

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

1084    Private

Alfred William

ELSEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9078    Private

William Ernest

FAULKNER

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

9032    Private

George Lynn

FEWELL

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Chichester Cemetery

 

2043    Corporal

Edward

FRIDAY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1926    Private

John Albert William

FROST

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1040    Private

Herbert Charles

GAME

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8303    Sergeant

Thomas Charles

GERRISH

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2793    Lance Corporal

Francis William

GILL

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

1424    Private

Ben Ernest

GOVIER

Killed in action on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4007    Corporal

David Herbert

GRAVES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8058    Private

Herbert

GREGORY

Died of wounds on the 2nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Ernest Andrade

HAINES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1858    Corporal

Arthur

HALEY

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

2487    Corporal

Francis William

HALLIDAY

Died of wounds on the 16th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1017    Private

Charles Nathan

HAMMOND

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1901    Private

Richard

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

3524    Private

Albert

HAWKINS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4156    Private

John

HAYES

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1816    Private

Frederick

HILL

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2014    Lance Corporal

Frederick

HINE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1484    Private

Edward Ernest

HOOPER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/6086    Private

William Robert

HORNETT

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

1748    Private

James

HORTON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8686    Private

Frank Harold

HOWES

Died of wounds on the 28th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

1433    Private

Albert Edward

HULL

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Captain

Frank Ridley

INGRAMS, MC

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4192    Private

George Ivan

JENNER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

8324    Private

Frederick

JEWSON, DCM

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2166    Private

William

JOYCE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11761    Private

James

KELLY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4200    Private

Arthur James

KENWARD

Killed in action on the 5th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

6733    Private

John Richard

KIRK

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

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

17505    Lance Corporal

Reginald Stuart

LANGE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Joseph Reginald Mark

LAWRENCE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

3568    Private

Albert

LEGOOD

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

961    Private

Charles Samuel

LING

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

9308    Private

Charles Edward

LLOYD

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

G/17963    Private

William James

MACRO

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

5746    Private

Charles James

MANNING

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

1514    Private

Albert

MARTIN

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/6230    Private

Alfred William

MARTIN

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery

 

Second Lieutenant

Homer Lindsay

MATHESON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Alfred Apsley

MATTHEWS

Died of wounds on the 12th September 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

1895    Private

Victor James

MAYLAND

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6464    Private

William

McAULIFFE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Wilfred Charles

METCALFE

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

8855    Lance Corporal

Albert Victor

NEWMAN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1686    Private

George

NOBLE

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8851    Private

Arthur

NOWLAND

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6464    Private

Francis Pat

O'BRIEN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/985    Private

Francis N.

O'CONNELL, DCM

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

Rest in peace in Cork (St Joseph's) Cemetery

 

Major

Glendower George

OTTLEY

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1833    Private

James

PARKER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1900    Corporal

Frank

PEARCE

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

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

2486    Private

Percy Henry

PEASE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16208    Private

Alfred James

PITMAN

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4741    Private

Frederick

POCKNEE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery

 

2446    Lance Corporal

Frederick Charles

PORTER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18112   Private

Alfred John

POTTER

Died of wounds on the 30th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Godstone (St Nicholas) Churchyard

 

1602    Private

Horace Henry

POTTS

Killed in action on the 12th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6671    Private

Thomas Frederick

PRICE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/18121    Private

Victor Herbert

PRIDDY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

8813    Private

Tom

RADFORD

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6674    Private

Walter

RAPLEY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8700    Corporal

William Benjamin

RILEY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

George Claude

RIVERS

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18175    Private

George William

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

28104    Sergeant

Jacob

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8144    Private

Charles Ellis

ROGERS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

7266    Private

Walter Alfred

SADLER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

2293    Private

William

SAUNDERS

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

4030    Private

Walter Frederick

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5531    Lance Corporal

William Alfred

SHAW

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8571    Private

Alfred

SMITH

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

11828    Private

George

SMITH

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8225    Private

Henry

SMITH

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9379    Corporal

Ernest

SNAZLE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4423    Private

Ernest

SOLLY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8395    Private

George

SOUTH

Killed in action on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

953    Private

James

SOUTHGATE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

4425    Private

James

SPEED

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

951    Private

William Alfred

SPOONER

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

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

1843    Lance Corporal

William

SPRAY

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Harry Stephen

SPURLING

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

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

17371    Private

Alfred Ernest

STAINER

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery

 

14829    Private

Arthur George

STANNARD

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2031    Private

William

STANNARD

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15992    Lance Corporal

Herbert

STEVENS

Died of wounds on the 2nd September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

4589    Sergeant

Alfred Ernest

STONE

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

17369    Private

Robert William

TANNER

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4751    Private

William Ernest

TANNER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2237    Private

Frank Edwin

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

9053    Private

James

THOMAS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Oscar Arthur

URBAN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18263    Private

Sinclair Arthur

VARNHAM

Killed in action on the 11th August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

Captain

John Lyndhurst

VAUGHAN, MC

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4154    Private

Albert Victor George

VINER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/17372    Private

William Thomas

WALKER

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

17692    Private

Frederick

WARD

Killed in action on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

17470    Private

Thomas Henry

WARNER

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5105    Private

Frederick

WEBB

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

8667    Private

Astley Peregrine

WHEELER

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1436    Private

Ernest

WHITE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

812    Company Sergeant Major

Walter William

WHITE, MM

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5800    Private

William Thomas

WIGGINS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3087    Private

Harry Herbert

WILKINSON

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

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

18163    Private

Harold Angus

WILLIAMSON

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3127    Lance Corporal

Frederick

WILLIS

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

6242    Private

Walter Henry

WILLIS

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

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

4758    Private

Frederick Albert

WINFIELD

Died of wounds on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5557    Private

Leslie

WOOD

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1727    Private

William Walter

WRIGHT

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

S/1262    Private

Frederick William Thomas

WYE

Died of wounds on the 7th September 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

18118    Lance Corporal

Roland Sounes

YEOMAN

Killed in action on the 16th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

1398    Private

Allen George

YOUNG

Died of wounds on the 16th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

 

MEN SERVING IN OTHER UNITS

17776    Private

William Fredrick

BARNETT

20th Manchester

Died of wounds on the 31st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Etaples Military Cemetery

G/15867    Private

Albert Harry

CLARKE

8th The Queen's

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916

Commemorated on La Neuville British Cemetery

17755    Private

John

DOUGHTY

20th Manchester

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

G/16234   Private

Albert Edward

FRANCIS

8th The Queen's

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Corbie Communal Cemetery Ext.

17780    Private

William Henry Robert

NUTKINS

8th The Queen's

Killed in action on the 6th September 1916

Commemorated on Delville Wood Cemetery

17657    Private

Rollo Peter

STEELE

20th Manchester

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/784    Lance Corporal

George

WERNHAM

72nd Trench Mortar Battery

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916

Commemorated on La Neuville British Cemetery