BATTLE OF THE SOMME

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88th MACHINE GUN COMPANY

 

29th Division

 

OPERATIONS OF THE 29th DIVISION - SOMME 1916

July : Auchonvillers sector. Attack of Beaumont-Hamel and Y Ravine on the 1st July.

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12th-30th October : Gueudecourt sector. 88th Brigade detached to 12th (Eastern) Division. Fighting for Hilt Trench, Bayonet Trench and Grease Trench.

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18th November-12th December : Lesboeufs-Le Transloy sector.

 

15 names

16044    Private

Frederick William

BOND

Killed in action on the 1st December 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

9390    Private

Frank Morritt

BROWN

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 20

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

21497    Private

Henry Horace

BYNG

Killed in action on the 27th November 1916 - Age 24

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

21434    Private

James

CLAYDEN

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 34

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

10031    Private

Frederick James Jimmie

EDWARDS

Detached from The 2nd Hampshire

Killed in action on the 20th October 1916 - Age 19

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

71439    Private

Frederick Charles

GREEN

Killed in action on the 16th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

21443    Private

George Alexander

LITTLE

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 22

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

21423    Sergeant

George

MAYNARD

Killed in action on the 13th October 1916 - Age 39

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

20683    Private

William Thomas

MUIR

Died of wounds on the 13th October 1916

Rest in peace in Dartmoor Cemetery

 

20689    Private

Andrew Blake

SCOTT

Killed in action on the 20th November 1916 - Age 19

Rest in peace in Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs

 

21459    Corporal

Frederick Henry

STEPHENS

Killed in action on the 4th July 1916 - Age 27

Rest in peace in Knightsbridge Extension

 

46653    Private

Walter Reginald

STEVENS

Killed in action on the 18th November 1916 - Age 26

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

Second Lieutenant

George Leonard

WATTS

Killed in action on the 17th October 1916

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial

 

27178    Private

Ebenezer

WILLIAMS

Died in service on the 22nd October 1916

Rest in peace in Longueval Road Cemetery

 

21489    Private

Joseph William Thomas

WOODRUFF

Killed in action on the 19th October 1916 - Age 24

Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial