BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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117th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 39th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 2nd September-Mid October : North of the Ancre front line. Attack on the 3rd September near the Ancre River. ******* October/November : Thiepval sector. Capture of Schwaben Redoubt on the 14th October and taking of Stuff trench on the 21st October. ******* Late October/ November : Ancre Valley. Capture of St Pierre-Divion on the 13th November.
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26199 Sergeant William BAXTER Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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31995 Private William Walter CLARK Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11817 Private Albert Harry CROSS Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 29 Rest in peace in Doullens Communal Cemetery Ext. n°1
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11978 Sergeant Alfred GRAY Died of wounds on the 1st November 1916 - Age 30 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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11996 Private Frank HARDY Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Cuthbert James PEARCE Killed in action on the 4th September 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery
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