BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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118th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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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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21927 Private Reginald ARCHER, MM Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 - Age 23 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21895 Private Harry GOSLING Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 - Age 23 Rest in peace in Connaught Cemetery
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22001 Private John GOW Killed in action on the 14th October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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2241 Private Louis HADFIELD Detached from The 1/6th Cheshire Killed in action on the 26th August 1916 Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery |
21909 Private Harold RUSSELL Died of wounds on the 15th October 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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21915 Private John SINGLETON Died of wounds on the 11th October 1916 - Age 22 Rest in peace in Contay British Cemetery
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53108 Private Harold TAYLOR Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery
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21923 Private Harry WILSON Killed in action on the 10th October 1916 - Age 21 Rest in peace in Martinsart British Cemetery
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