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Captain Douglas Edward Brodie , Cameron Highlanders
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain William Manstead Benton , Manchester Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Harold Machin P/1255, Military Police Corps
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Andrew Duncan Hotchkies 4486. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 August 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Arthur Long 23497. Unit: 7th Battalion, Northamtonshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Ebenezer Nicholls 6990, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick Thomas Purcell 16638, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private G A Lumby 27916. Unit: A Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Private George Alfred Wood 26069. Unit: 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 17 August 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private George Dennett Criddle 13193, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John J Lewis DM2/164530, Army Service Corps
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John Munro S/18967, Cameron Highlanders
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Morris Gaunt 28032. Unit: "A" Company, 12th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 17 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Richard Mitchell SD/441, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Henry Mumford 23058, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Reginald Staplehurst G/8708, Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Willie Henry Page 3196, Royal Sussex Regiment,
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sapper James Edward Worthington 45607, Royal Engineers
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment. Death: 17 August 1916 Western Front
Died 17 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Lambert Hopgood. Unit: 8th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 17 August 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 17 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Norman Archibald Chambers , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Stanley F Chippendale DCM. Unit: 52nd Battery, Australian Army. Death: 17 August 1916 Died of wounds Gallipoli
Died 17 August 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 August 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 August 1916
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THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 August 1916
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