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Lincolnshire Regiment

1/5th Battalion

LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT

138th Brigade / 46th (North Midland) Division

 

1st July : In reserve during the attack of Gommecourt Salient. In line in the evening in front of Gommecourt Park.

 

13 names

4515   Private

John Fredrick

BRYAN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

241217   Private

William Charles

CARLISLE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

5176   Private

Harry

COVERDALE

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

4183   Private

George

DUNN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

1865   Private

Harry

FRANKLIN

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3251  Private

Harry

GILL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

 

241246   Private

John Christopher

HAMBLING

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

4523   Private

Joseph Henry

HARNESS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

3114   Private

Herbert

PORTASS

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 37

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

240337   Private

William

ROBINSON

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

240937   Private

Charles Francis

SERGEANT

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

Lyons George Edmund

WALCOTT

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

 

 

 

4273   Private

Fred

WARWICK

Killed in action on the 2nd July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

Thiepval Memorial

6

Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery

6

Foncquevillers Military Cemetery

1

MAN DETACHED TO OTHER UNITS

 

Second Lieutenant

James Henry

GOULDBY

Detached to 7th Lincolnshire

Killed in action on the 25th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial