BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

201st (County Palatine)

FIELD COMPANY

30th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 30th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-5th July : Montauban operations. Capture of Montauban on the 1st July.

8th-13th July : Attacks of Trônes Wood.

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22nd-31st July : South of Longueval / Trônes Wood. Attacks of Guillemont.

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10th-18th October : Operations East of Eaucourt-l'Abbaye.

 

6 names

81921    Sapper

Eden

CAIN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

81621    Sapper

Henry

HAYERS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

99797    Sapper

Percy

MASSEY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Philip Frederick

MURPHY

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

99754    Sapper

Herbert

SNAITH

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

134679    Sapper

William

WALSH

Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery