BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS 98th FIELD COMPANY |
OPERATIONS OF THE 21st DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt. ******* 12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July. ******* 17th-30th September : East of Flers. Fighting for Gird Trenches. Capture of Gueudecourt on the 25th-26th September.
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Second Lieutenant Joseph William BULL Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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47409 Sapper Frederick William CLARKE Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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47202 Pioneer Percy Frank CORBIN Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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50601 Sapper John ROURKE Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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46236 Pioneer William SPEED Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 39 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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103759 Lance Corporal Richard Thomas TAYLER Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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36646 Sapper Thomas William Liggins WHITFIELD Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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