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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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117th TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY
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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. ******* October/November : Thiepval sector. Capture of Schwaben Redoubt on the 14th October and taking of Stuff Trench on the 21st October. ******* Late October/ November : Ancre Valley. Capture of St Pierre-Divion on the 13th November.
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P/1622 Rifleman Harry BASING Detached from The 16th Rifle Brigade Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 27 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery |
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C/4161 Sergeant Harold James BEARDWELL Detached from The 17th K.R.R.C. Killed in action on the 3rd September 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial |
