BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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1st MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

1st Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 1st DIVISION - SOMME 1916

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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Late November : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.

 

26 names

20435    Sergeant

John

AGG

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22182    Private

Henry John

AUSTIN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42936    Private

George Thomas

BOSHER

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20377    Lance Corporal

David

CLYNE

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

20477    Sergeant

Alfred Thomas

COLLINS

Killed in action on the 21st September 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16315    Private

Frederick

DEFEW

Died of wounds on the 2nd August 1916

Rest in peace in Hickling (St Mary) Churchyard

 

22174    Private

Thomas

FLEMING

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

8258    Private

Thomas

FOX

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20373    Sergeant

Hugh

FRASER

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

8616    Private

William Thomas

GARRATT

Died of wounds on the 17th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

42939    Private

Frederick James

GOODMAN

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

20467    Private

Horace Henry

HILLYER

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 30

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3890    Corporal

George Wallace

HUBBARD

Killed in action on the 23rd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6264    Private

Patrick

KEEGAN

Killed in action on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

22170    Lance Corporal

David

KELLOCK

Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

8618    Private

Arthur

LILLEY

Killed in action on the 18th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22177    Private

James

LINDSAY, MM

VKilled in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

20461    Sergeant

Thomas

MORAN

Killed in action on the 14th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20388    Private

William

MURRAY

Killed in action on the 19th August 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

23186    Lance Corporal

Frederick William

PARKINSON

Died of wounds on the 9th October 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery

 

20370    Sergeant

Walter

REDPATH

VKilled in action on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

20399    Private

George Patterson

SCOTT

Died in service on the 4th August 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery

 

42230    Private

Sidney

SMITH

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery

 

12592    Corporal

Allan

STONE

VKilled in action on the 31st August 1916

Rest in peace in Flatiron Copse Cemetery

 

42540    Private

Hugh

WALKER

VKilled in action on the 29th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

20431    Private

Arthur

WHYTOCK

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial