BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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74th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

25th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 25th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

3rd-8th July : Leipzig Salient / Ovillers.

9th-16th July : Ovillers sector.

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18th August-7th September :  Leipzig Salient / North of Ovillers. Fighting for Hindenburg Trench and The Wonder Work.

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26th September-22nd October : Thiepval sector. Capture of Stuff Redoubt on the 9th October.

 

16 names

6729    Private

Arthur

BOND

Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916

Rest in peace in Pozieres British Cemetery

 

23374    Corporal

Robert

CALDERLEY

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

15212    Private

Daniel

DAVIES

Killed in action on the 20th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

6730    Private

Leonard

DELLER

Died of wounds on the 29th October 1916

Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery

 

3784    Private

Alfred Horace

DEXTER

Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

6822    Private

William

GREGORY

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

15351    Corporal

George

HARTLEY

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Lonsdale Cemetery

 

6746    Private

Thomas

HIGSON

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42583    Private

John

HULME

Killed in action on the 8th October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

22240    Sergeant

Patrick

HUMPSON

Killed in action on the 10th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

14574    Private

Thomas

McCORMACK

Died of wounds on the 14th September 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Moston (St Joseph's) Rom. Cath. Cem.

 

23377    Private

Terence

McDERMOTT

Died of wounds on the 23rd October 1916

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

6745    Private

John James

POWER

Died of wounds on the 18th July 1916

Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery

 

37977    Private

John Walter

SCOTT

Died of wounds on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery

 

46596    Private

Ernest Frederick

STONESTREET

Killed in action on the 21st October 1916

Rest in peace in Regina Trench Cemetery

 

 

 

Lieutenant

Kenneth George

WILLIAMS

Died of wounds on the 21st October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial