BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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69th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916 3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July. ******* 26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres. ******* 19th September-9th October : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.
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5614 Private Fred AINGE Died of wounds on the 8th October 1916 Rest in peace in Becourt Military Cemetery
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5575 Corporal John Henry ANDERTON Died of wounds on the 14th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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5587 Private William BAUGH Died of wounds on the 7th August 1916 Rest in peace in Contalmaison Chateau Cemetery
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5651 Private William BELL Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23126 Private Thomas BOWMAN, MM Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5589 Private Thomas DALE Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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42775 Private Alfred Bramwell EVANS Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5622 Private George FENTON Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8397 Private William John JENKINS Died of wounds on the 5th July 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Francis Bedford MARSH Died of wounds on the 5th October 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.
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35962 Private William Leslie MAUNDERS Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5658 Sergeant Duncan McDOUGALL Killed in action on the 5th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6245 Private George MOXHAM Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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35898 Private Arthur PROCTOR Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant William Geoffrey Morris RIGBY Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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35758 Private Frank SCHOFIELD Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5628 Lance Corporal George SHUCK Died of wounds on the 30th December 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Walsall (Ryecroft) Cemetery
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5630 Private John SIMPSON Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20751 Lance Corporal George TOPPING Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16065 Private William George WALTHER Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42333 Private John WHITTON, MM Died of wounds on the 7th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15638 Private Edgar WILSON Killed in action on the 7th August 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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