BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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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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Second Lieutenant George Rutherford ANDERSON Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery
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46253 Private John ANDERSON Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Evelyn Lewis BLECK Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Guillemont Road Cemetery
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6630 Private Sidney BRIDGENS Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6637 Lance Corporal Sydney CROSSWOOD Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7941 Private Charles Thomas GAINES Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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43674 Private Sidney GORBOLD Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6658 Private Richard GRIME Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6665 Sergeant Wilfred HICKS Killed in action on the 24th August 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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28706 Private Charles Thomas HOLE Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 32 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42705 Private Walter ROBINSON Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 24 Rest in peace in Delville Wood Cemetery
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6701 Private John SIDDALL Killed in action on the 18th August 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27831 Corporal Fred SPENCER Killed in action on the 31st August 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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46328 Private James WALKER Killed in action on the 1st September 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4529 Private William WILKINSON Killed in action on the 17th August 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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