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Barbara Esmee St John , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

2nd Lieutenant Alphonse Colenbrander Addison 6673, 2nd South African Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Acting Corporal John Hewins 1648, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Boy 1st Class Frederick Aylott J41613, HMS Revenge
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Vincent Charles Clarke , Durham Light Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain William Thomas Carter. Unit: 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 12 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal 2nd Ernest Abrahams 17244, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Matthew Forrest 4484, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal William Collins 462, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Grace Marley, Territorial Force Nursing Service. Died after a severe operation 12 October 1916.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Ernest James Brown SD/1157, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Ernest Tasker 12532, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal George Albert Barber 24058. Unit: 16th Platoon, "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 12 October 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Richard Charles Thorne 12659, Norfolk Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Kersley 14902, Hampshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Serjeant Samuel Booth 18370, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Harold George Winslow Todd , Suffolk Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Henry Peters. Unit: 26th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 12 October 1916 Western Front
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Leonard Cameron Kidd , Royal Flying Corps
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Rupert Frederick Shedel , Essex Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Miss Barbara EsmÃ©e St John, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died of illness contracted on active service in France 12 October 1916.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private (Drummer) David Stuart Abel 3808. Unit: "C" Company, 2nd Regiment, South African Infantry. Death: 12 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert George Jeary 20578, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred George Ernest Morris S/26315, Rifle Brigade
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Guest 10014, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred William Spencer 29927, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Lewin 25828, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Basil Anthony Da Costa Hind 6396, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Bernard Leslie Symonds 43095, Suffolk Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles William Ray 26888, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest Bohanna 11121, Manchester Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private George A Scholes 6779, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private George Bower 22198, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private George N Dobbs 16093, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harold Billyard 26147. Unit: 17th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 12 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry Smalley S/10737, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Brooks 4495, London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Fishwick 14/1564, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Samuel Young 29588, Hampshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Herbert Sloman G/16249, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private James Edmondson 28049, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private James Ross S/10592. Unit: 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 12 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private James Ward 26035, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Jesse Millard 43738, Manchester Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Charnock 38132, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Matthew Clark Dudgeon S/14071. Unit: 10th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 12 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Mellard Tracey 6395, British West Indies Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Michael J Harvey 38010, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Patrick McGuire 24744, Manchester Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Reuben Barnbrook 15976, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Robert Webb 9666, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Roland Wilson 17967, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Roland Wilson 17967. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 12 October 1916 Western Front
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Samuel Thomas Smith 43831, Manchester Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Sidney Baker 20602, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Stanley Percival Allam 26639, Essex Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Tom Appleby Dunbar 17592, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Baird S/8411, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Moran 34516. Unit: 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 12 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private William Whiteside S/12381, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Probationer Nurse Grace Margaret Marley , Territorial Force Nursing Service
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Rifleman Frederick George Denning 5409, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Alec Edmund Stuart Hodgson , The York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Charles Arthur Shepherd , Norfolk Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Colin Lowther Kay. Unit: North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to 12th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Death: 12 October 1916 On Somme, Western Front.
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Gilbert Heron Currie , Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Harry Skelton , Royal Fusiliers
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant J K Mylius , Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Ralph Reginald Rash , Suffolk Regiment
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Robert Forsythe Pepper. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 12 October 1916 Western Front
Died 12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Staff Nurse Mary Clough 2 Res/C/1037, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Died 12 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
12 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

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