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MACHINE GUN CORPS

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9 names

2136    Trooper

Percy Wilfred

CHASE

Royal Horse Guards

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

1564    Lance Corporal

Oliver Stanley

DACK

Royal Horse Guards

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Died of wounds on the 17th August 1916

Rest in peace in Authuile Military Cemetery

2122    Trooper

Stanley Frederick

HOLMAN

Royal Horse Guards

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Died of wounds on the 27th August 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Forceville Communal Cemetery and Ext.

982    Private

Richard

JERRARD

Essex Yeomanry

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Killed in action on the 21st August 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension

51204    Private

Ernest

KNOWLES

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Killed in action on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Edward Nugent Meredyth

MARTIN

5th (Royal Irish) Lancers

Killed in action on the 30th September 1916

Rest in peace in Peronne Road Cemetery

 

51210    Private

George

OFFER

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

50906    Private

James

PORTER

12th Machine Gun Squadron

Killed in action on the 13th November 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

51229    Private

John Joseph

PROCTER

8th Machine Gun Squadron

Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial