72nd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
OPERATIONS OF THE 24th DIVISION - SOMME 1916
10th-27th August : In front of Guillemont. Attacks of Guillemont.
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31st August - 5th September : Delville Wood.
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72nd MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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OPERATIONS OF THE 24th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 10th-27th August : In front of Guillemont. Attacks of Guillemont. ******* 31st August - 5th September : Delville Wood.
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43750 Private William Arthur BOWIE Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27747 Private Edward St Kentigern BOWLER Died of wounds on the 12th August 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
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3768 Private John BUTLER Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10494 Private Ernest CLARKE Killed in action on the 30th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15275 Private John Archibald LAING Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery
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8814 Private Lawrence LEGGATT Died of wounds on the 1st September 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8815 Private William McCLEAN Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6581 Corporal George O'BRIEN Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15263 Corporal Charles PAYNE Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 - Age 35 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15020 Private Leonard SIBBRING Killed in action on the 30th August 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15575 Private John SIMPSON Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6533 Lance Sergeant Thomas WALKER Died of wounds on the 6th September 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in La Neuville British Cemetery
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