BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

130th FIELD COMPANY

25th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 25th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

3rd-8th July : Leipzig Salient / Ovillers.

9th-16th July : Ovillers sector.

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18th August-7th September :  Leipzig Salient / North of Ovillers. Fighting for Hindenburg Trench and The Wonder Work.

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26th September-22nd October : Thiepval sector. Capture of Stuff Redoubt on the 9th October.

 

21 names

67042    Sapper

Jonathan T.

AYSHFORD

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

66014    Sapper

Thomas

 BEAVER

Died of wounds on the 29th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

95619    Sapper

Albert

CARNILL

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

164766    Sapper

Robert

 DOBSON

Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

67938    Sapper

Leonard Mullard

DOVEY

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

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

98233    Sapper

Ernest Briggs

FOWELLS

Killed in action on the 29th August 1916

Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery

 

95580    Sapper

Charles

GILBERT

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

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Thomas

HIGGINS, MC

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

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

63812    Sergeant

Jesse Benjamin

JOHNSON

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 36

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

46359    Sapper

James

MACKIN

Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Regina Trench Cemetery

 

Captain

George Frederick Thomas

OAKES

Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 33

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

66398    2nd Corporal

Albert George

PARTRIDGE

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

67677    Sapper

Sidney

PLUMRIDGE

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

95176    Sapper

Richard Taylor

RANYARD

Died of wounds on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

Second Lieutenant

Robert Robertson

REID

Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

67019    Sapper

Mark

RIPLEY

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

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

139734    Sapper

Tom

ROBINSON

Died of wounds on the 29th August 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Puchevillers British Cemetery

 

65981    Lance Corporal

Robert

ROSS

Killed in action on the 2nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Blighty Valley Cemetery

 

65982    Sapper

Caleb Mower

STEDMAN

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916 - Age 46

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Stephen Frederick

WEEKS

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Ovillers Military Cemetery

 

67025    Sapper

Frederick James

WOODWARD

Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916

Rest in peace in Bapaume Post Military Cemetery