BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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21st TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY

 

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.

 

5 names

Second Lieutenant

Henry James

CORDON

Detached from The 2nd Wiltshire

Died of wounds on the 17th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Aldershot Military Cemetery

Captain

Henry Thorne

KNIGHTS

Detached from The 2nd Yorkshire

Killed in action on the 19th October 1916 - Age 30

Rest in peace in Warlencourt British Cemetery

12714     Private

John Thomas

LLOYD

Detached from The 19th Manchester

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

16855     Private

James

MASSAM

Detached from The 18th Liverpool

Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Liverpool (Yew Tree) Rom. Cath. Cem.

 

Second Lieutenant

Willougby Wellard

SMITH

Detached from The 19th Manchester

Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery