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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain and Adjutant Frederick Henry Meredith Lewes , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Company Sergeant Major Arthur Hall 12283. Unit: "B" Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 1 July to 2 July 1916, wounded and missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Company Serjeant Major Arthur Hall 12283, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Company Serjeant Major Joseph Hastings 12534, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal William Ford 13/292, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal William H Hughes 12179, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Guardsman George Vicary Butchers 1288, Welsh Guards
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Sam Butterfield 11491, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Thomas Baggott 18/686, Durham Light Infantry
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Serjeant Ernest R Price G/1441, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Geoffrey St George Shillington Cather VC , Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Harold Leigh Wallis. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 02 July 1916 Killed in an accident at Turnhouse Home Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Henry Whitaker Coombs , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Henry Whitaker Coombs. Unit: 18th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 2 July 1916, died of wounds, Somme, Western Front.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant James Gordon Keay , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Lyons George Edmund Walcott , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Lyons George Edmund Walcott. Unit: 5th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 02 July 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Roger Stewart Montresor Beatson , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Ronald Duncan Wheatcroft , Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment)
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Ronald Duncan Wheatcroft. Unit: 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbyshire Regiment). Death: 02 July 1916 Killed in Action at Gommecourt Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Valentine Ashworth Braithwaite , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Valentine Ashworth Braithwaite MC. Unit: 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 2 July 1916, Beaumont Hamel, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Major Frederick Charles Thompson , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Major Thompson was reported missing, aged 42, on 2 July 1916 at the start of the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Olof Jonssons text: Barnen på Lundstaken, 2 juli 1916. Valfrid, Tyra och Astrid
2 July 1916
Vänersborgs museum

Olof Jonssons text: Två familjer, 2 juli 1916
2 July 1916
Vänersborgs museum

Private Albert Edward Postans 2773, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Alexander Butler 541, Royal Canadian Dragoons
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Steel 17432, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Victor Prentice 20580, Suffolk Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Wray 5/4092, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Creighton Elliott 502. Unit: B Company, 22nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 July 1916 Western Front.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Ernest Needham 13/1008, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick George Brooksbank 11703, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Frankish 4483. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 2 July 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry Williams 11444, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Moorhead 11643, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Benjamin Spilling 10002, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John George Butteris G/2669, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John William Evans 11939, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph Henry Turnbull 3945, 9th Battalion
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph Hynds 4434, British West Indies Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Leonard St. John Sanguinetti 4532, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Robert Clarke 12669. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 2 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Samuel Storey 11611, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Tom Davenport 20441, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Walter John Thompson 16077, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Wilfred Dyke 11325, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Francis Murden 11673, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William George Seeney 8399, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Herbert Waite 3/11506. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellingtons (West Riding Regiment). Death: 02 July 1916 Killed in Action near Beaumont Hamel Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Rifleman Hugh Henry Stewart 13657, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Rifleman John Bashford 963, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Rifleman John Ritchie 13443. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 02 July 1916 Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Rifleman Robert Brown 1313. Unit: D Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 2 July 1916.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Sapper Frederick H Cave 1387, Royal Engineers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sapper Percy Massey 99797, Royal Engineers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Henry Christopher Davis. Unit: D Company, 16th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 02 July 1916 Wounded and Missing in action near Quinchy believed to be a prisoner Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant James Herring Parkinson , Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Alexander Hellard , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Alexander Hellard. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 2 July 1916, missing in action, Gommecourt, Somme, Western Front.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Johnston Murphy , Royal Irish Rifles
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Leonard William Henry Lamaison. Unit: 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 2 July 1916, Western Front.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Ralph Ellis Dunn. Unit: 13th Platoon, "H" Company, 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 2 July 1916, missing in action near Fricourt, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Sydney Joseph Winkley. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 02 July 1916 Wounded and Missing in Action at Gommecourt Western Front
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Thomas Marriott Dodington. Unit: 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 2 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Sergeant William Hudson Carroll 986, Australian Infantry
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant William Royle 11691, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Arthur Viney 9306, Wiltshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Joseph Glover 11309, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Richard Wattam Staves 14632, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
2 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

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