BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

1/1st CHESHIRE FIELD COMPANY

3rd Division

 

Operations of the 3rd Division

8th-13th July : Montauban sector.

14th July : Taking of Bazentin-le-Grand.

18th-25th July : Longueval / Delville Wood.

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15th-21st August : Guillemont South sector.

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13th November : Attack on Serre.

 

17 names

Lieutenant

Thomas Rex

CHALLONER, MC

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery

 

1377 Sapper

Albert Edward

CLEMENT

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 43

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1368 Sapper

Frederick William

CUMPSTY

Died of wounds on the 9th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

1376 Sapper

George

DEVANEY

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1106 Sapper

Alexander

HAGGART

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 36

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1309 Sapper

Edwin or Edward Victor

HATCH

Died of wounds on the 25th July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1239 Sapper

Norman

HINDSON

Died of wounds on the 4th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery

 

657 Lance Corporal

Edward Waring

JONES

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban

 

1382 Sapper

Robert William

MATTHEWS

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext

 

149 Sapper

John Arthur

PASSEY

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1303 Sapper

George William

PENNY

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1130 Sapper

James Walter Harvey

PERKINS

Killed in action on the 27th October 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Euston Road Cemetery

 

1288 Sapper

Charles William Reginald

PRITCHARD

Killed in action on the 24th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1281 Lance Corporal

William J.

RIVINGTON

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1085 Sapper

Phillip

SHONE

Killed in action on the 4th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Courcelles-au-Bois Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

1111 Sapper

Edwin Vessey

WAKE

Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Varennes Military Cemetery

 

 

Second Lieutenant

Cyril Richard

WARD

Detached from 3rd/1st East Lancs Field Coy

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban