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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

151st FIELD COMPANY

38th (Welsh) Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 38th (Welsh) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

5th-12th July : Mametz sector. Attack of Mametz Wood on the 7th July. Capture of Mametz Wood on the 10th-11th July.

 

6 names

67513   Sapper

Ernest John

BRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

103713    2nd Corporal

John Thomas

HEMPSALL

Killed in action on the 11th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

62768    Sapper

Timothy Melville

JONES

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

67333   Sapper

Albert Edward

PEARCE

Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

67369    Lance Corporal

Thomas Henry

POOLE

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

62758    Sapper

Alfred Tillin

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery