BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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118th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

39th Division

 

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.

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October/November : Thiepval sector. Capture of Schwaben Redoubt on the 14th October and taking of Stuff trench on the 21st October.

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Late October/ November : Ancre Valley. Capture of St Pierre-Divion on the 13th November.

 

8 names

21927    Private

Reginald

ARCHER, MM

Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21895    Private

Harry

GOSLING

Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery

 

22001    Private

John

GOW

Killed in action on the 14th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

2241    Private

Louis

HADFIELD

Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery

21909    Private

Harold

RUSSELL

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

21915   Private

John

SINGLETON

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

53108    Private

Harold

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916

Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery

 

 

 

21923    Private

Harry

WILSON

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery