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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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168th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 56th (London) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st July : Attack of the Gommecourt salient. July-August : Hebuterne sector. ******* 5th-27th September : Combles Operations. Capture of Combles with the French on the 26th September. ******* 1st-9th October : Lesboeufs sector. Fighting in front of Le Transloy.
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24157 Private Frederick Gordon BEST Killed in action on the 9th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42614 Private George James DOBSON Killed in action on the 18th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24063 Lance Corporal Walter HAMMOND Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Reginald Bodman NEWMAN Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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36961 Private James SCHOONER Killed in action on the 7th October 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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