BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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British Divisions

29th DIVISION

86th BRIGADE

817 names

2nd Royal Fusiliers

247 names

1st Lancashire Fusiliers

208 names

16th Middlesex

236 names

1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers

114 names

86th Machine Gun Company

11 names

86th Trench Mortar Battery

2 names

87th BRIGADE

1 036 names

2nd South Wales Borderers

225 names

1st K.O.S.B.

215 names

1st Royal Inniskilling Fus.

300 names

1st Border

278 names

87th Machine Gun Company

17 names

87th Trench Mortar Battery

1 name

88th BRIGADE

914 names

4th Worcestershire

124  names

2nd Hampshire

182 names

1st Essex

217 names

Newfoundland Regiment

376 names

88th Machine Gun Company

15 names

88th Trench Mortar Battery

No fatal casualties

 

PIONEERS

1/2nd Monmouthshire

72 names

19th Northumberland Fusiliers

Detached from the 35th Division (5th-9th July)

4 names

 

ARTILLERY

73 names

Field Artillery

62 names

XV Brigade (RHA)

19 names

 

XVII Brigade

17 names

 

CXXXII Brigade

11 names

Broken up on the 12th September

CXLVII Brigade

15 names

 

B Battery

L Battery

Y Battery

 

13th Battery

26th Battery

92nd Battery

460th then D (Howitzers) Battery

 

369th Battery

370th Battery

371st Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

10th Battery

97th Battery

368th Battery

D (Howitzers) Battery

Trench Mortar Batteries

9 names

Medium

Heavy

X29

2 names

Y29

1 name

Z29

5 names

V29

1 name

29th Divisional Ammunition Column

2 names

 

ROYAL ENGINEERS

19 names

2nd London Field Company

2 names

1/1st West Riding Field Company

10 names

3rd Kent Field Company

5 names

29th Divisional Signal Company

2 names

 

ARMY SERVICE CORPS

29th Divisional Train

225th H.T. Coy

226th H.T. Coy

227th H.T. Coy

228th H.T. Coy

 

ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS

5 names

87th Field Ambulance

1 name

88th Field Ambulance

1 name

89th Field Ambulance

3 names

16 Sanitary Section

 

ARMY VETERINARY CORPS

18th Mobile Veterinary Section

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July.

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12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench.

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18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.

 

29th Division Memorial