BATTLE OF THE SOMME

ROLL OF HONOUR

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ROLL OF HONOUR IS TO COMMEMORATE THE BRITISH, AUSTRALIAN, CANADIAN, NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH AFRICAN AND INDIAN SOLDIERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME IN 1916.

This Roll of Honour provides their names classified by alphabetical order and by units.

It begins on the 23rd June 1916, first day of the preliminary artillery bombardment, and ends on the 30th November 1916.

It can not be considered as exhaustive considering the men who died of wounds after the battle, during or after the War.

The "Battle of the Somme Roll of Honour" will be completed and updated as time goes by.

LAST MAJOR UPDATES

16th December 2024

Assevillers New British Cemetery, La Neuville British Cemetery (Corbie).

27th November 2024

Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery (Saulty).

Indian Memorial (Longueval).

16th November 2024

Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension n°1, H.A.C. Cemetery (Ecoust-St Mein), Miraumont Communal Cemetery, Munich Trench British Cemetery (Beaumont-Hamel), New Munich Trench British Cemetery (Beaumont-Hamel), Thistle Dump Cemetery (Longueval) and Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery (Haucourt).

Davies VC / Hill VC Tree Memorial (Delville Wood).

1st November 2024

Knightsbridge Cemetery (Mesnil-Martinsart) and Lonsdale Cemetery (Authuille).

PREVIOUS UPDATES

ALPHABETICAL SEARCH

133 783 names

Last update : 13th January 2025

A

4 066 names

B

14 083 names

C

11 130 names

D

6 248 names

E

2 686 names

F

4 769 names

G

6 413 names

H

11 816 names

I

615 names

J

3 777 names

K

3 025 names

L

5 468 names

M

12 594 names

N

2 233 names

O

1 631 names

P

6 788 names

Q

190 names

R

6 734 names

S

11 957 names

T

5 447 names

U

238 names

V

618 names

W

10 696 names

Y-Z

562 names

 

SEARCH BY UNITS

Last update :  6th January 2025

BRITISH UNITS

Last update : 6th January 2025

British Infantry Divisions

British Infantry units

Royal Artillery

3 871 names

Royal Engineers

1 383 names

Royal Army Medical Corps

606 names

Army Service Corps

126 names

Machine Gun Corps (Motor)

12 names

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy)

34 names

Cavalry

Royal Navy

Army Chaplain's Department

8 names

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British West Indies Regiment

8 names

Army Cyclist Corps

31 names

Army Ordnance Corps

21 names

Royal Flying Corps

202 names

Army Veterinary Corps

8 names

Military Mounted Police

1 name

 

AUSTRALIAN UNITS

8 631 names

Australian Infantry Divisions

 

Australian  Artillery

e193 names

Australian Infantry

8 225 names

Australian Engineers

e147 names

Australian Army Medical Corps

66 names

 

CANADIAN UNITS

Last update : 14th December 2024

Canadian Infantry Divisions

Canadian Artillery

223 names

Canadian Infantry

Canadian Engineers

 

Canadian Army Medical Corps

 

Newfoundland Regiment

376 names

 

INDIAN UNITS

NEW ZEALAND UNITS

SOUTH AFRICAN UNITS

1 318 names

 

MAPS

 

MEMORIALS TO THE MISSING

Last update : 13th January 2025

 

CEMETERIES

Last update :  6th January 2025

 

MEMORIALS / MONUMENTS

Last update :  27th November 2024