BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

1/1st LOWLAND FIELD COMPANY

1st Division

 

1st Division operations.

14th-26th July : Operations West of Bazentin-le-Petit/South of Pozieres (Attacks of Switch Line and Munster Alley).

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16th-26th August : Operations North of Bazentin-le-Petit/West of High Wood.

27th August-10th September : High Wood operations.

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22nd-27th September : Operations North-West of Flers. (Attack of Flers Trenches).

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Mid-November : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.

 

5 names

4053   Sapper

Henry

BRODIE

Died of wounds on the 20th August 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

2362   Sapper

James

DUNN

Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

1922  Sapper

T.W.

MICHAEL

Killed in action on the 11th September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3894 Sapper

Patrick

MYLES

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

3483 Sapper

George

RIXTON

Killed in action on the 16th September 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial