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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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24th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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23rd Division / 8th Division (from the 16th July) |
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OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (With the 24th Machine Gun Coy) 3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July.
OPERATIONS OF THE 8th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 (With the 24th Machine Gun Coy) 21st October-18th November : East of Gueudecourt.
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7 names (3 with the 23rd Division, 4 with the 8th Division) |
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19680 Private John Foster BULLIMORE Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19586 Private John EDWARDS Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19654 Lance Corporal Reginald FOSTER Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 Rest in peace in Méricourt-l'Abbé Communal Cemetery Ext.
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19609 Corporal William Henry PERRY Died in service on the 13th July 1916 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery
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35343 Private Ernest ROBINSON Killed in action on the 23rd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19665 Private Lewis SALMON Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19700 Private Algie James SLEET Killed in action on the 8th November 1916 - Age 25 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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