BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

234th (Stockton-on-Tees)

FIELD COMPANY

39th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 39th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

2nd September-Mid October  : North of the Ancre front line. Attack on the 3rd September near the Ancre River.

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October/November : Thiepval sector. Capture of Schwaben Redoubt on the 14th October and taking of Stuff trench on the 21st October.

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Late October/ November : Ancre Valley. Capture of St Pierre-Divion on the 13th November.

 

6 names

131499    Sapper

Leonard Baldam

DAWSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 20

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

131354   Sapper

Michael

GILLEPSIE

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

131432    Pioneer

Thomas William

HUTCHINSON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 18

Rest in peace in Bouzincourt Ridge Cemetery

 

131398     Corporal

Harry

KILVINGTON

Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

Arthur William

PANTON

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 31

Rest in peace in Ancre British Cemetery

 

131464    Sapper

Henry

READMAN

Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age "'

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial