BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

202nd (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.

 

12 names

83280    Lance Corporal

John

ARNETT

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

81376    Sapper

Joseph William

ASHLEY

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

81683    Sapper

James

CLOUGH

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

140442    Sapper

Frank

CRABTREE

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

81492    Sergeant

Stanley

DALE

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

81787    Sapper

Frederick Charles

DOBBS

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Preston (New Hall Lane) Cemetery

 

81830    Sapper

Thomas Taylor

FELTON

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

83243    2nd Corporal

Harold

GRINTER

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

81875    Sapper

James Leslie

HOWARD

Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

81986    2nd Corporal

Edwin

PLATT

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial

 

37549    Sapper

Joseph William

SEARBY

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

81905    Sergeant

William Patrick

TOBIN

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial