BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

98th FIELD COMPANY

21st Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 21st DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt.

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12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July.

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17th-30th September : East of Flers. Fighting for Gird Trenches. Capture of Gueudecourt on the 25th-26th September.

 

7 names

Second Lieutenant

Joseph William

BULL

Died of wounds on the 1st October 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery

 

47409    Sapper

Frederick William

CLARKE

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

47202    Pioneer

Percy Frank

CORBIN

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

50601    Sapper

John

ROURKE

Died of wounds on the 20th September 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

46236    Pioneer

William

SPEED

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 39

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

103759    Lance Corporal

Richard Thomas

TAYLER

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

36646    Sapper

Thomas William Liggins

WHITFIELD

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial