BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS 3rd KENT FIELD COMPANY |
OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916 July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July. ******* 12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench. ******* 18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.
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2435 Sapper Ernest George BERRY Died of wounds on the 21st July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Etretat Churchyard
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2558 Sapper Thomas Bodsworth BIRTCHNELL Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery
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1967 Sapper Harry COLLINS Killed in action on the 8th July 1916 Rest in peace in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery
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2658 Sapper James COOK Died of wounds on the 2nd July 1916 Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery
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2117 Sapper Frederick James WOOD Killed in action on the 12th July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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