BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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53rd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 18th (Eastern) DIVISION - SOMME 1916 1st-7th July : Attack and operations West and North-West of Montauban. ******* 13th-17th July : Trônes Wood operations. Capture of Trônes Wood on the 14th July. 19th July-21st July : Longueval/Delville Wood (only 53rd Brigade). ******* 23rd September-7th October : Thiepval operations. Capture of Thiepval on the 26th September. Fight for Schwaben Redoubt. ******* 17th October / November : Courcelette / Mouquet Farm sector. Attack of Desire Trench on the 18th November.
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31239 Private Stanley Wentworth ALDERSON Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21680 Private Arthur James BARKER Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 40 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3925 Private John CASSELLS Killed in action on the 21st October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14519 Private James EVANS Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14974 Private George Charles FAIRHEAD Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Reginald William GILBERT, MC Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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3943 Private John William HENRY Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Dive Copse British Cemetery
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13493 Private George Henry HOPCROFT Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6668 Private Albert JACKSON Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Courcelette British Cemetery
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14528 Private John William JONES Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 36 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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29708 Private John E. MALONE Died of wounds on the 17th November 1916 - Age 33 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension
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3961 Private Walter Francis MISEMAN Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21672 Private Thomas POPE Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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44726 Private Joseph William SMITH Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Ext.
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6843 Sergeant Albert STREETER Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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35751 Private James Bertie SULLY Killed in action on the 16th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Harry TOWNSEND Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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XSecond Lieutenant William TULLOCK Killed in action on the 20th July 1916 Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery
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4002 Private Wilfred WINTER Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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4002 Private Wilfred WINTER Died of wounds on the 22nd July 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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