BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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42nd MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

14th (Light) Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 14th (Light) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

12th-31st August : Delville Wood.

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14th-17th September : Operations North-East of Delville Wood.

 

10 names

42708    Private

Thomas

BRADY

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

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19893    Private

Charles Douglas

GILES

Died of wounds on the 18th September 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

19972    Corporal

Charles Frederick

HEARN

Died of wounds on the 22nd August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Lieutenant

Thomas

McCORMACK

Killed in action on the 15th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19945    Private

Charles

SLINN

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916

Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery

 

42250    Private

Herbert Askew

SMITH

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 32

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

19917    Private

William

SMITH

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19940    Sergeant

Herbert

THOMPSON

Killed in action on the 17th September 1916 - Age 21

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

19886    Private

Sydney

WHILEY

Died of wounds on the 16th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

 

 

8312    Private

Edward Walter

WRIGHT

Died of wounds on the 17th September 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery