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Captain and Adjutant Arthur Christian Standbridge , North Staffordshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Captain Arthur Christian Standbridge. Unit: Adjutant, 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916, wounded and missing in neighbourhood of village of Grandcourt on the Ancre, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Captain William Henry Gartrell. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 18 November 1916, Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Corporal Edward John Highsted 11412, Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Corporal James H. Cheyne 14707. Unit: 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Corporal William J H Jamieson 13898. Unit: C Company, 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Gunner John Henry Collick, M.M. 64172, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 18 November 1916
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Gunner Williams worked briefly as a temporary Boy Clerk in the Colonial Office, Downing Street, London. He enlisted on 18 November 1916, his 18th birthday and was killed in action five months later on 24 April 1917. Gunner Williams is buried at Maroc Br
Died 18 November 1916
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Lance Corporal Neil M. Cowan 31613/143826. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to the 15th Platoon, "D" Company, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Lieutenant Alec Edward Boucher, M.C. , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Lieutenant Evelyn Victor Turner. Unit: General List and 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Lt Nelson served with C Company. He was reported missing, aged 31, on 18 November 1916 at Grandcourt during the Battle of the Somme. Lt Nelson is buried at Stump Road Cemetery, Grandcourt.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Albert Bannister 27312, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Alfred Wormleighton 7702, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Andrew McLellan 27379. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (formerly Royal Engineers). Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Andrew Millar Fergusson 40547. Unit: A Company, 16th Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing in action
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Charles Bassett 7193, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Charles Howkins 16900 (Incomplete), Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Charles James Manttan 16738, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Clifford Brookes 9998, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Edward Harry Amos G/2298, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Ernest John Smith G/15181, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Ernest Merrick 26809, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Ethelbert Horatio Nelson 2709, 20 London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Frank Carson 14883. Unit: 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Frank Mayo 27386, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Frederick Turnbull 20454, Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 18 November 1916
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Private George Burt Welsh 43116. Unit: 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private George Ferguson 33424. Unit: No. 1 Platoon, "A" Company, 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Graham Oscar Lloyd Brisbourne 27707, The Border Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Harry Smith 25397/43040. Unit: 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment; formerly Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Henry Edward Vinall 19305, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Herbert Millington 17542. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private James Close 27722, Border Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private James Henry Rothwell 410186, Canadian Infantry
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Jesse Matthews 27390, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private John Francis Naughton 963, Australian Infantry,
Died 18 November 1916
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Private John Hedley Richards MM 163420, Canadian Infantry
Died 18 November 1916
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Private John McGarrigle 41008. Unit: 3rd Platoon, A Company, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Leslie Edward Thomas 8698. Unit: 16th Platoon, D Company, 7th Battalion, West Surrey Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Orazio Abbott Corte G/11593, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Ralph Henshaw 57019, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Robert Connolly 33415. Unit: 15th Platoon, "D" Company, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Robert Haywood Jones 33050, Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Robert Haywood Jones 33050. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Western Front. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jones, of Town End House, Bramley, Leeds.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Robert Kirk Manson 27274. Unit: C Company, 12th Platoon, 16th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private S. G. Hazell G/15615. Unit: "B" Company, 7th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (the Buffs). Death: 18 November 1916, missing in action, believed to be taken a prisoner, Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Sibery Antill 27499, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Sydney Onslow Smith 4154. Unit: 7th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Thomas Allan 30403, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Thomas Allen 10587, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Private Thomas William Dyer 16802, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 18 November 1916
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Private William Heading 11282. Unit: "A" Company, 7th Battalion, Royal East Kent Regiment (the Buffs). Death: 18 November 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Private William Smith 27415. Unit: 10th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Private William Turnbull 22880, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 18 November 1916
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Sapper William Mathias Beynon 42176, Royal Engineers
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Benjamin James Bartholomew , 4th Cameron Highlanders
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Caryl Lionel Morse Battersby. Unit: 3rd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Charles Frederick Burley , Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Ian Mcniven Bannatyne. Unit: A Company, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 near Beaumont Hamel Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Keith Silver , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Keith Silver. Unit: 8th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916 Killed at Grandcourt
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Reginald Blencowe Bayliss , Manchester Regiment
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Reginald Blencowe Bayliss. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 18 November 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Samuel Mills. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant William Duff. Unit: 13th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 18 November 1916 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 18 November 1916
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Sergeant James Stevenson 1629, (Queen Edinburgh Rifles) Royal Scots.
Died 18 November 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
18 November 1916
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