BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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71st MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 6th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 August : In front of Beaumont-Hamel. ******* 11th-28th September : Ginchy/Lesboeufs sector. Attack and taking of The Quadrilateral (15th-18th September). Capture of Lesboeufs on the 25th September. ******* 9th-20th October : Lesboeufs/Gueudecourt sector. Operations in front of Le Transloy.
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43863 Lance Corporal Alfred COKAYNE Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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45005 Private William EVANS Killed in action on the 18th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6485 Private Arthur William FENSOME Died of wounds on the 27th September 1916 - Age 28 Rest in peace in Abbeville Communal Cemetery Ext.
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11577 Private Thomas William JENKINSON Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6414 Corporal Thomas JENNINGS Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7984 Private Amos JOHNSTON Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15179 Private James LUKER Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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15184 Sergeant Donald Archibald MACDONALD Died of wounds on the 14th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13804 Private Fred PALMER Detached from The 9th Suffolk Killed in action on the 28th August 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery |
15281 Private Clarence REDFEARN Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6473 Corporal William Thomas SEARLE Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery
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7994 Private Harry SPOORS Died of wounds on the 15th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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6483 Private John Lambeth WALKER Killed in action on the 15th September 1916 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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