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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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3rd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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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). ******* 16th-26th August : Operations North of Bazentin-le-Petit/West of High Wood. 27th August-10th September : High Wood operations. ******* 22nd-27th September : Operations North-West of Flers. (Attack of Flers Trenches). ******* Late November : Eaucourt-l'Abbaye sector.
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Brimfield BAKER Died of wounds on the 26th September 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.
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45926 Lance Corporal Leonard George BROOKS Killed in action on the 29th September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19381 Private Arthur Henry CORMACK Killed in action on the 7th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8057 Private Daniel Howard DALTON Died of wounds on the 15th July 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery
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21238 Private Albert Robert DREW Killed in action on the 20th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18368 Private John FAIRGRIEVE Killed in action on the 17th July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19383 Private Reginald HISCOCKS Killed in action on the 17th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19340 Private Patrick KEILLER Killed in action on the 6th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Ernest Richard LEARY Detached from The York and Lancaster Regiment Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in St Pierre Cemetery |
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26886 Private Charles LEGG Killed in action on the 25th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19425 Private Patrick Brimfield O'CALLAGHAN Died of wounds on the 23rd August 1916 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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9723 Private Arthur Frank PRIOR Detached from The 1st Leicestershire Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext. |
