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2Lt Denis Fillingham Parr , 10 Batt Sherwood Foresters
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Acting Corporal Robert Victor Plum 47084, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 7 July 1916
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Acting Serjeant Guy K Pierson SPTS4228, Royal Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Captain Alfred Maurice Thomson , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Captain G G Hermon Hodge , Royal Horse Artillery
Died 7 July 1916
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Captain Gerald Edmund Adair Rawlins. Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 07 July 1916 Ovillers Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain Oswald Eric Wreford-Brown , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Captain The Hon. Roland Erasmus Philipps , Royal Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Company Serjeant Major William Philo L/7489, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 7 July 1916
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Company Serjeant Major William Robinson 2373, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 7 July 1916
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Corporal Leopold Fournier Robert Kershaw 3566, 1/15 County of London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 7 July 1916
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Dorothy Willis, Munitions work. Died of TNT poisoning 07 July 1916.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Emma Lind Vänersborg
7 July 1916
Vänersborgs museum

Lance Corporal Albert Whitenstall G/1062, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Albert William Pettican 22929, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Alfred Osborne 1716, Australian Army Service Corps
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Arthur Thomas 23326, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Harry Ferris 2901, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Jenkinson Haxby 19795, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Percy Edward Morter 18386, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Stanley Bracewell 5527, Manchester Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal William Edward Trinder 32681, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lance Corporal William Henry Green 5663. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 7 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lance Serjeant Charles Wood 10572, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Lieutenant Arthur Tregaskis , Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Fitz Roy Aubrey Somerset 3236 MC. Unit: 13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, formerly 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 07 July 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Fitzroy Aubrey Somerset M.C. , Cheshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lieutenant Frank Robinson , Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Leslie Arthur Lea-Smith , The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 7 July 1916
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Lieutenant Neil Grant Crawhall , Manchester Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Lieutenant William Francis Copson Peake. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Death: 7 July 1916, died of wounds, Rouen, Western Front.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lt Col Wilkinson was educated at Wellington School. He received his commission to the West Yorkshire Regiment in 1900 and served in the Boer War. In 1910, he achieved the rank of Captain. As Lieutenant Colonel, he transferred to the Welsh Regiment and
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Munitions Worker Dorothy Maud Rebecca Willis nee Hart , Ministry of Munitions
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Algernon Victor Leopold Kite PS/1562, Middlesex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Andrew Chalmers 24850, Manchester Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Arthur Shaw 30344. Unit: 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 07 July 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Bertram Silver GS/6956, Royal Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Charles Norton Breckenridge 24472, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private David William Laycock 14760, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Edward Coulton Wolstencroft L/13456, Royal Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Edward William Wall 25158, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Ernest John Sedgbeer 14668, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Frederick William Lewis 23944, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George Blunt 5/3211, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George Crossland 240437, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George Edmund Higgins 4944, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George Henry Simms 1823, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George Ryan 241129, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private George William Tabor 2350, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Harold Donaldson 5601. Unit: "D" Company, 7th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 7 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry Peace 3216, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Henry Doyle 16744, Manchester Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Herbert Henry Ellis 18674, 1st Bn Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
Died 7 July 1916
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Private James Henry Churchill W/14, Cheshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private James Jackson 240417, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private James Willie Hewitt 5/3497, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private John Thomas Coward M2/156889, Royal Army Service Corps
Died 7 July 1916
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Private John Walls G/586, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Lewis Thomas Rees 19976, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Percy John Cooke 15342, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Sam Beaumont 241044, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Stanley Thomas Shore 13165. Unit: C Company, 9th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 07 July 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Stanley Whitehead 6006, Border Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Sydney Walter Roberts Hall 5114, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Thomas Webb 32713, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Walter Clegg 15057, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 7 July 1916
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Private Walter E Collis 512, East Surrey Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private William Copley 1451, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private William Parker 23881, East Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Private William Robson Moor 10203. Unit: "B" Company, 9th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 7 July 1916, Missing, Fricourt, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private William Stott 28074, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Pte Sharples was killed, aged 20, on 7 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is buried at Ovillers Military Cemetery.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Alban Charles Phidias Arnold , Royal Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Arthur Whitmore Isaac , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Clifford Irwin Dadswell , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Eldred Lowther Hodgson 127044. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: not known. Commissioned on 7 July 1916.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant George Hebblethwaite , Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Herbert Simpson. Unit: 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment). Death: 07 July 1916 Died at 2 Red Cross Hospital, Rouen, from wounds received in action on 1 July 1916. Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Hubert Vernon Anchitel Corfield , East Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Hugh Freeth Gilbert Brooksbank , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Charles Raymond Godwin. Unit: 10th Battalion, attached to the 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 7 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Leonard Tregaskis , Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Leonard Tregaskis. Unit: 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 07 July 1916 Western Front; Second Lieutenant Arthur Tregaskis. Unit: 16th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 07 July 1916 Western Front
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Robert Kenward , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Robert Kenward. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 7 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Sergeant Fred Rowlands 23396, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Frank Walton 16118, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
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Serjeant Robert Buck 15327, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

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

THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
7 July 1916
Imperial War Museum

Warrant Officer Class 2 Richard Thomas 24093, Welsh Regiment
Died 7 July 1916
Lives of the First World War

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