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BATTLE OF THE SOMME ROLL OF HONOUR |
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87th MACHINE GUN COMPANY
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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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15669 Private Peter BEGLEY Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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42243 Private James William BENNETT Died of wounds on the 12th December 1916 - Age 26 Rest in peace in St Sever Cemetery Extension
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9061 Private Henry Arthur BRIGGS Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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5487 Private Sydney CAMPFIELD Killed in action on the 21st October 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Lieutenant Edward William COSTELLO Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 19 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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24193 Private Samuel CURRAN Killed in action on the 21st November 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21388 Sergeant William John DUFFIE Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 29 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21310 Private David John EDWARDS Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Cemetery
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9696 Private James LEITCH Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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Second Lieutenant Robert Neville Caldecot MARSH Detached from The 1st K.O.S.B. Killed in action on the 3rd July 1916 - Age 19 Rest in peace in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery |
21407 Private Charles MEEHAN Died of wounds on the 8th July 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Etaples Military Cemetery
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21391 Corporal Patrick MELLEY Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21292 Private Gerald PORTSMOUTH Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21415 Private Peter ROBB Died of wounds on the 28th October 1916 Rest in peace in Heilly Station Cemetery
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21333 Private John RUTHERFORD Killed in action on the 24th October 1916 - Age 25 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Extension
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21406 Private Stephen STAVERS Killed in action on the 1st July 1916 - Age 22 Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
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21294 Private William VICKERY Killed in action on the 21st October 1916 Rest in peace in Bancourt British Extension
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