BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

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Field Companies, Royal Engineers

ROYAL ENGINEERS

97th FIELD COMPANY

21st Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 21st DIVISION - SOMME 1916

1st-3rd July : Attack North of Fricourt.

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12th-17th July : Mametz Wood. Attack and capture of Bazentin-le-Petit Wood and Bazentin-le-Petit village on the 14th July.

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17th-30th September : East of Flers. Fighting for Gird Trenches. Capture of Gueudecourt on the 25th-26th September.

 

25 names

48001    Sapper

John Henry

BELL

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

56172     Sapper

Frederick

BLACKMAN

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

80339    Driver

Henry William

BOURNE

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

46430    Pioneer

Samuel

BOUSTEAD

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

62068    Sapper

George William Thomas

COPSEY

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

63478    Sapper

William

DARLINGTON

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

46228    Sapper

Frederick William

DAVOILE

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

113994    Sapper

Samuel George

DAYTON

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

45771    Sapper

John

DICK

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 28

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

95683    Sapper

Roger

FARRAR

Died of wounds on the 24th September 1916 - Age 38

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

56168    Sapper

William Henry

FEATHERS

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

46054    Sapper

Edward

GASTON

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

103418    Sapper

Alfred William

GOLDER

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

45800    Sapper

Joseph William

HALL

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 29

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

95103    Sapper

William

HAYLOCK

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 35

Rest in peace in Gordon Dump Cemetery

 

103849    Sapper

Michael William

HODGES

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

47214    Sapper

James

HOWIESON

Died of wounds on the 26th June 1916 - Age 21

Rest in peace in Mericourt-l'Abbe Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

47266    Sapper

Walter George David

HUGHES

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

46078    Sapper

William Mathieson

PHIPPS

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 23

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

52413    Driver

Harry Warren

PICKER

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

46093    Sapper

John

PRENDERGAST

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916 - Age 25

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

131007    Pioneer

William Charles

SMITH

Killed in action on the 24th September 1916

Rest in peace in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery

 

140794    Sapper

Frank

WALLIS

Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 40

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

33476    Sapper

James Albert George

WITCOMB

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery

 

 

 

58240    Sapper

James

WOOD

Killed in action on the 26th June 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Ville-sur-Ancre Communal Cemetery