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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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1st Battalion |
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WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT |
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24th Brigade / 23rd Division and 8th Division |
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4th July : Dernancourt. 6th July : In front of Contalmaison (Shelter Alley). 7th and 8th July : Attack of Contalmaison. 9th July : Lozenge Wood. ********* 15th July : 24th Brigade transferred to 8th Division. ********* 16th October : Meaulte area. 19th October : Lesboeufs-Gueudecourt sector. 20th October : In front line in Rainbow Trench and Shine Trench. 22nd October : In reserve near Flers. 23rd October : Attack of Mild Trench (in support). 25th October : In front line in front of Le Transloy (Shine Trench and Mild Trench). 30th October : Trônes Wood. 31st October : Meaulte area. ********* 5th November : Carnoy. 6th November : Guillemont. 8th November : Lesboeufs (Bennett Trench). 9th November : Montauban area. 13th-16th November : In line between Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt. 16th November : In support near Flers. 17th November : Carnoy. 17th November : Meaulte area.
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121 names (68 with the 23rd Division and 53 with the 8th Division) |
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27920 Private Cyril ARBLASTER Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 28 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11847 Private Arthur ASTON Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21228 Private William Albert ATKINS Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11748 Private Ernest AVERY Killed in action on the 29th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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4481 Company Sergeant Major Henry BARKER Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13595 Private Edward BARLOW Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9498 Private Frederick BATES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42680 Private Louis William BAUGHAN Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5940 Private William BENNETT Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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18726 Private Charles Stanley BIDDLE Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30453 Private Edwin BLOOMER Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 18 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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10656 Private Harold BRAIN Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10858 Private Harold BRATT Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23620 Private Robert William BRAY Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Freeth Gilbert BROOKSBANK Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 31 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant William Beaumont BURNS Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42642 Private Leonard Harry BUTCHER Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 20 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26042 Private Arthur William CANTRILL Died of wounds on the 10th July 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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12425 Private William CARTWRIGHT Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9375 Private Allen CASTLE Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9783 Lance Corporal Thomas CHANCE Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs
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30550 Lance Corporal Albert Frank CLARK Killed in action on the 26th October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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40563 Private Fredrick Arthur CLEMENTS Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27480 Private Albert Henry CLIFFORD Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9034 Private Herbert CORNFIELD Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23931 Private Edric James COUZENS Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery
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6263 Sergeant Arthur DAY Killed in action on the 6th-10th July 1916 - Age 34 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42625 Private George Edward DAY Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21447 Lance Corporal Albert Ernest DEAKIN Killed in action on the 26th October 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42594 Private Ernest DEAN Died of wounds on the 31st October 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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Lieutenant Francis Bardon DENHAM Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19986 Private Fred DYSON Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 - Age 37 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42681 Lance Corporal John FELLOWS Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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11857 Lance Corporal Harry FIRKINS Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14081 Private Thomas FLEMING Died of wounds on the 15th November 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Carnoy Military Cemetery
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9968 Private Stephen Charles FOAT Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13808 Private Albert Edward FULCHER Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.
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21457 Private George William GILBERT Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42631 Private Charles GILES Died of wounds on the 13th November 1916 - Age 35 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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17426 Private Herbert Harold GWYNN Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17746 Corporal Joseph HAMPTON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26225 Private Arthur Edward HANNAFORD Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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17782 Private Henry John HARPER Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24213 Private Henry HARVEY Killed in action on the 29th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13503 Lance Corporal Albert Edward HAY Died of wounds on the 29th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Redditch (Plymouth Road) Cemetery
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25758 Private George Alfred HEAD Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8271 Private William HILL Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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13007 Private William Christopher HILL Died of wounds on the 9th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Daours Communal Cemetery Ext.
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21438 Lance Corporal Frederick HINE Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 30 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8924 Private Leonard Daryl HINGLEY Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.
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24550 Private Harry HORTON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 18 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42620 Private Charles Richard HORWOOD Killed in action on the 27th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27639 Private Alfred Herbert HOUGHTON Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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19997 Private Henry Walter HUGHES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21536 Private James HUGHES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9638 Private Thomas HUGHES Died of wounds on the 27th July 1916 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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6264 Sergeant Benjamin William HURST Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 36 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8534 Private Charles INGLES Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Rest in peace in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Whitmore ISAAC Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12555 Private Stephen JACQUES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Meredith Charles Clifton JAMES Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15410 Private Walter Ernest JOHNSON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11323 Lance Sergeant James William Edward JONES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 26 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24515 Private Allan JORDAN Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8801 Private Harry KING Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21189 Lance Corporal Edward William KINGS Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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22155 Private William George LANE Died of wounds on the 7th July 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.
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8605 Private Louis Frederick LARNER Died of wounds on the 27th October 1916 - Age 32 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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30672 Lance Corporal Edward LEACH Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 31 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10198 Company Sergeant Major William LLOYD, MM and Bar Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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7672 Corporal Jesse LUDLOW, MM Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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26195 Private Ernest MARCHANT Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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27484 Private Alfred James MASSEY Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8897 Private Daniel MAYNER Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12772 Private Frank MEECHAM Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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30411 Private Albert Edward MESSENGER Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23497 Private Joseph MINTON Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42653 Private Herbert Charles MORTON Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8673 Sergeant Frederick MUNDAY Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11309 Lance Corporal William George NASH Died of wounds on the 13th July 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
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10327 Lance Corporal William Edwin NAYLOR Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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10684 Private Charles NEWMAN Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 27 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8985 Private Albert Henry George PEARCE Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9769 Lance Corporal George PEMBERTON Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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8201 Private William Edward PERRIN Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14638 Private John Henry PICK Died of wounds on the 11th July 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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9125 Private Albert John POTTER Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9123 Private William George POULTON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 21 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24092 Private Alfred POYNER Killed in action on the 9th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42612 Private Richard PUDGE Killed in action on the 27th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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25992 Private William Henry ROBERTS Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9532 Private William ROBINSON Killed in action on the 7th-8th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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23500 Lance Corporal Samuel Ewart ROGERS Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20404 Private William ROUSE Killed in action on the 20th October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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29800 Private John Thomas ROWLANDS Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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8739 Lance Corporal James RUSTON Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14631 Private Thomas SHENTON Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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11797 Drummer Charles Herbert SKELTON Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21182 Private Harold SMART Died of wounds on the 4th November 1916 - Age 20 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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21904 Private Frank SMITH Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9089 Private Frederick SMITH Died of wounds on the 23rd July 1916 - Age 40 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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15468 Private Henry SMITH Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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12095 Private Robert SMITH Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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20750 Corporal Louis Henry SPARROW Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 33 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42669 Private Walter T. SPOKES Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Montague STEVENS Killed in action on the 7th July 1916 - Age 24 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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15683 Private William STYLER Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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9291 Private George Edward SUTTON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21368 Private Charles THURSTON Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42624 Private Arthur Eldred Floyd TILBURY Killed in action on the 28th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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6682 Private Joseph TURNER Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24296 Private Thomas TWAITES Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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40682 Private James VANES Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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16634 Private Charles WARD Killed in action on the 13th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42635 Private Albert Edward WARNER Killed in action on the 27th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42655 Private Charles Vince WESLEY Killed in action on the 15th November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14517 Private Albert Henry WHITE Killed in action on the 6th July 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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14130 Corporal Charles Henry WHITLOCK Killed in action on the 22nd October 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Cemetery
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8470 Private Charles WITSEY Died of wounds on the 6th November 1916 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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22633 Private Arthur WOODHOUSE Killed in action on the 7th-10th July 1916 - Age 17 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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40284 Private Robert Charles WRIGHTON Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 31 Rest in peace in Grove Town Cemetery
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