BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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28th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

9th (Scottish) Division

 

OPERATION OF THE 9th (Scottish) DIVISION - SOMME 1916

5th-13th July : Montauban / Bernafay Wood. In support for attack of the 30th Division on Trônes Wood.

14th-20th July : Longueval / Delville Wood / Waterlot Farm.

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9th-24th October : Operations in front of the Butte de Warlencourt.

 

23 names

Second Lieutenant

Robert James

AUTERAC

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18572    Private

Thomas

BOYLE

Killed in action on the 10th July 1916

Rest in peace in Dantzig Alley British Cemetery

 

Lieutenant

John George Gunn

CUTHBERT

Died of wounds on the 19th October 1916 - Age 26

Rest in peace in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Ext.

 

18573    Private

Charles

DAVIS

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18462    Sergeant

James

DEATCHER

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

8614    Private

Samuel

DUCKHAM

Killed in action on the 15th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

31002    Private

John Gilbert

GUTHRIE

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

16744    Private

James

HOPE

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

42130    Private

Arthur

HOPKINS

Killed in action on the 18th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35470    Sergeant

Frank Edwin

KEIGHTLEY

Killed in action on the 17th October 1916 - Age 29

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18570    Corporal

William S.

LORIMER

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18483    Private

James

McLEAN

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

10584    Private

Nicholas

OGDEN

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

David Balfour

PATRICK

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 32

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18488    Private

Thomas

ROBERTSON

Killed in action on the 8th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18489    Private

John William

ROBINSON

Died of wounds on the 16th July 1916

Rest in peace in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension

 

18529    Sergeant

James

SIMPSON

Killed in action on the 17th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

Alloa War Memorial

18569    Sergeant

Albert

SLACK

Died of wounds on the 19th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

18495    Corporal

James John

SMITH

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 27

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

36940    Lance Corporal

Nathan

SMITH

Killed in action on the 19th July 1916 - Age 25

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

35349    Private

Ezra

TAYLOR

Killed in action on the 19th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

26729    Private

William

WILLS

Killed in action on the 18th July 1916 - Age 22

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

 

 

26726    Private

John William

WOODYER

Killed in action on the 16th July 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial