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Royal Sussex Regiment

9th Battalion

ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT

73rd Brigade / 24th Division

 

8th August : Fricourt area.

10th August : Montauban area.

11th August : Carnoy area.

17th August : La Briqueterie.

18th August : Attack on Guillemont (The Quarry).

20th August : Carnoy area.

22nd August : Meaulte area.

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30th August : North of Delville Wood.

31st August : German attack.

3rd September : In support line in Delville Wood.

4th September : Montauban area.

 

99 names

G/3226    Private

Charles

ALLFREY

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4115    Lance Corporal

Victor

BARRATT

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7927    Private

Sydney

BEDFORD

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

G/7233    Private

Maurice Henry Reginald

BEETON

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5739    Private

William Charles Henry

BOND

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

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

G/5669    Private

Harold William

BONES

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/1545    Lance Sergeant

Murray James

BONIFACE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8021    Private

James William

BOUCHER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4251    Private

James

BRADSHAW

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 33

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Kenneth Coldwell

BRIGHT

Detached from 2nd Royal Sussex

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

G/5086    Private

Henry

BROWN

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 37

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/11191    Private

Herbert

BURTON

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3728    Sergeant

George

BUTLER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3113    Private

Edgar Arthur

CARR

Killed in action on the 4th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3151    Private

Charles Frederick

COMBER

Died of wounds on the 22nd August 1916

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/8886    Private

Charles Albert

COOK

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/8399    Sergeant

James William

CORNFORD

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8826    Private

George Walter

CUDDINGTON

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/10406   Private

George Edward

CURTIS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

G/4830    Private

Thomas

DACEY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 34

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/7683    Private

John

DAY

Killed in action on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

G/5789    Private

Charles

DIVALL

Died of wounds as POW on the 3rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Niederzwehren Cemetery

 

G/5437    Private

Frank

ELDRIDGE

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3198    Private

Theodore Beresford

FULLER

Died of wounds on the 6th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

G/508    Private

George

GARDNER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4859    Private

Harry

GEARING

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4109    Private

Ralph

GRANT

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

G/7947    Private

Joseph

GRIST

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

G/8086    Private

Reginald Arthur

HAMES

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7743    Private

Peter James

HARROD

Killed in action on the 15th August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

SD/5196    Private

Henry

HAYLER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7667    Private

Charles

HEMSLEY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/2952    Sergeant

George

HINGSTON

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8014    Private

Albert William

HOLCOMBE

Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

G/7649    Private

Arthur

HOLLOWAY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 18

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

GS/403    Lance Corporal

Thomas

HOLMES

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 38

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8214    Lance Corporal

George Thomas

HOPE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

G/6864    Private

Felix James

HOPKINS

Died of wounds on the 31st August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

G/3058    Sergeant

William Charles

HUGHES, DCM

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3537    Private

John

JAMES

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3216    Sergeant

George

JERROLD

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4990    Private

Alfred

JONES

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 17

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7752    Private

William John

JONES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3238    Sergeant

Mervyn George Crisp

JUPP, DCM

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5256    Lance Corporal

Alfred George

KELLY

Killed in action on the 31st Aug.-3rd Sept. 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4275    Lance Corporal

Stanley Gordon

KENT

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8184    Private

George

LONGHURST

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5766    Private

Alfred

MANVILLE

Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8186    Private

Harold John

MARDEN

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

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/3376    Private

John

MARTIN

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5832    Private

William

MASON

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4936    Private

Ernest John

MATON

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

G/3753    Lance Corporal

Ernest William

MAY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8378    Private

James

MEREDITH

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 31

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

GS/489    Sergeant

Walter John

MITELL

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/428    Lance Corporal

Lawrence

NEWMAN

Died of wounds on the 19th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/1230    Private

William George

OLIVER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/6975    Private

John Henry

OVERY

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 43

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3457    Private

Ernest Clarence

OWEN

Killed in action on the 8th August 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8402    Corporal

Richard William

PARRIS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8987    Private

John William

PERKINS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/4956    Private

Arthur Charles

PETTITT

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3038    Private

Henry

PIERCE

Detached from The Sussex Yeomanry

Killed in action on the 30th August 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Second Lieutenant

Claude Melnotte

PRINCE

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

SD/3170    Private

Hubert Cyril

PRYOR

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

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/4894    Lance Corporal

Frederick Alexander

RADFORD

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/7843    Private

George Henry

RANDALL

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5736    Private

Percy Edgar

RIDDLES

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

Captain

Ernest Sidney

ROGERSON

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 - Age 28

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3520     Private

Albert James

ROUSE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

SD/5681    Private

John William

SAGE

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3414    Private

Edward William

SANDERS

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

170380   Private

Walter Edward

SCOBLE

Detached from Sussex Yeomanry

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

SD/5683    Private

Thomas

SHERWOOD

Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

G/1663     Private

John

SMITH

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3775     Private

Herbert Archer

SOPP

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in London Cemetery and Extension

 

SD/5614    Private

Arthur

STAGLES

Died of wounds on the 4th September 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

3292     Private

Charles

STANDEN

Detached from Sussex Yeomanry

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

G/8598    Private

James Philip

STANDEN

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/5437    Private

Frederick Charles

STANLEY

Died of wounds on the 21st August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery

 

G/3261    Private

Frederick George

STEDMAN

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3207    Private

James R.

STILWELL

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3673    Private

William James

STOCKFORD

Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/3066    Sergeant

Thomas

STREET

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Bulls Road Cemetery

 

G/3639     Corporal

Ernest

STUNELL

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

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

G/8269     Private

Frederick Stephen

STURMEY

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

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

G/5556     Private

William Goss

TAPPER

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

L/10749     Private

George

TURNER

Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

2990     Private

Edwin George

VOKES

Detached from Sussex Yeomanry

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

L/9124     Lance Corporal

Walter George

WALTER

Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916

Rest in peace in Fairwarp (Christ Church) Churchyard

 

G/7319     Lance Corporal

Arthur James

WHITE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Serre Road Cemetery n°2

 

G/5726    Private

Francis

WHITE

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8217    Private

George

WHITE

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3683    Lance Corporal

Laurence

WILLSON

Died of wounds on the 25th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

G/8003    Private

Charles

WINCH

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/8003    Private

Charles

WINCHESTER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/3677    Corporal

James

WINCHESTER

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

G/9042     Private

William

WINYARD

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension

 

G/3433    Corporal

Thomas

WYNNE

Killed in action on the 13th August 1916

Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery