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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
7 July 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
7 July 1916
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Corner of the Scouts' Room, Hesdin
8 July 1916
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Private Harry Frencham Moad 4262. Unit: 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 July 1916, near Bailleul, Western Front.
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Bernard Jocelyn Wilkinson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 08 July 1916 Wounded & missing in neighbourhood of TrÃ´nes Wood Western Front
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Norman Arthur Southard Barnard. Unit: 18th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 8 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 8 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Tom Dalrymple Strathern. Unit: 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 08 July 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 8 July 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 July 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
9 July 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
9 July 1916
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Captain Seton-Karr received his commision on 9 July 1916. He also served with the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) and is believed to have survived the War.
Died 9 July 1916
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Lieutenant Alfred Henry Templeman L Speer. Unit: Royal Field Artillery, attached to 11th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 09 July 1916 Missing when returning from a bombing expedition near Bapaume, with Observer 2 Lieutenant W A Wedgewood. Western Fro
Died 9 July 1916
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Lieutenant Charles Geoffrey Tomlin. Unit: 22nd Battalion, London Regiment. Death: 09 July 1916 Western Front
Died 9 July 1916
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Lt Venner was reported missing whilst serving with the Manchester Regiment on 9 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 9 July 1916
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Private Reginald W E Pilbean. Unit: 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 09 July 1916 Western Front
Died 9 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edgar William Venner. Unit: 3rd Battalion West Kent Regiment attached 16th Battalion Manchester Regiment. Death: 09 July 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Frederick Arthur John Ellicott. Unit: second in command of the 8th Platoon, "B" Company, 6th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 9 July 1916, Bernafay Wood, Somme, Western Front.
Died 9 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Kenneth Callan-Macardle. Unit: 14th Battalion, attached to the 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 9 July 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 9 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Malcolm Howard Grigg. Unit: 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 9 July 1916, Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 9 July 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
9 July 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
10 July 1916
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Crécy
10 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Edward Whateley 14040. Unit: 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 10 July 1916
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Lieutenant Richard Cameron Knowles. Unit: 5th Battalion, South Wales Borderers, attached to the 114th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Death: 10 July 1916, missing, Mametz Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 10 July 1916
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Lieutenant William Stanley Goldsmith Jeffreys. Unit: 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 10 July 1916
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Major George D'Arcy Edwardes. Unit: 1st (Royal) Dragoons, attached to the 13th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916, Mametz Wood, Somme, Western Front.
Died 10 July 1916
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Major Percy Anthony. Unit: 15th Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916, Mametz Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 10 July 1916
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Private Herbert Smith 31464. Unit: 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 10 July 1916 Killed in action
Died 10 July 1916
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Private William Jackson 8666. Unit: "A" Company, 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 10 July 1916
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Pte Williams was reported wounded and missing on 10 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 10 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Horace Mortimer Brown Unit: A Company, 27th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916.
Died 10 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Walter Stanley Arnold Clarke. Unit: West Kent Yeomanry, attached to the 3rd Battalion and then to the 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Death: 10 July 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Died 10 July 1916
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THE AERIAL OBSERVATION DETACHMENTS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
10 July 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
10 July 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
10 July 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
11 July 1916
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Captain Stuart Eskin Birrell. Unit: 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 11 July 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 11 July 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel Oswald Swift Flower. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 11 July 1916, Mametz Wood, Somme, Western Front.
Died 11 July 1916
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Lt Light was educated at Monkton Combe School, near Bath and Hertford College, Oxford. He enlisted with No 4 Officers Cadet Battalion at Oxford on 11 July 1916 while the Battle of the Somme was in progress on the Western Front. He received his commissio
Died 11 July 1916
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Lt Oliver was reported missing, aged 34, on 11 July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 11 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Hugh Alexander Small MC. Unit: 20th Battalion, Kingâ€™s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 11 July 1916 Killed in action at Trones Wood Western Front
Died 11 July 1916
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THE ALLIED ARMIES IN THE MACEDONIAN CAMPAIGN, 1915-1918
11 July 1916
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Captain Charles Acland Keele. Unit: 14th Battalion, attached to the 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 12 July 1916 Poperinghe, Western Front.
Died 12 July 1916
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Corporal Robert Joseph Cowman 16087. Unit: "D" Company, 17th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 10 July to 12 July 1916, wounded and missing in action near Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 12 July 1916
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Harold H Down writing letters
12 July 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
12 July 1916
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Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Herbert Henry Wickens G/1868. Unit: 7th Battalion, East Kent Regiment (The Buffs). Death: 13 July 1916 Killed in Action at Trones Wood Western Front
Died 13 July 1916
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Lieutenant Ivan Provis Wentworth Bennett. Unit: 7th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 13 July 1916, Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front. Buried at the Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery.
Died 13 July 1916
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Lieutenant John Dudley Whyte. Unit: 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 13 July 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 13 July 1916
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Private Frederick Edwin Gilks G/3210. Unit: "C" Company, 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 5 July to 13 July 1916, Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 13 July 1916
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Private Henry Alexander Brand 24805. Unit: 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 13 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 13 July 1916
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Private John Kempshall G/6925. Unit: "A" Company, 7th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 13 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 13 July 1916
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Private Joseph Melville Druce PS/1973. Unit: 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools Battalion). Death: 13 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 13 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant James Forsyth. Unit: 9th Battalion, attached to the 7th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 13 July 1916, Trones Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 13 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Norman George Wright. Unit: 9th Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 13 July 1916 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 13 July 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
13 July 1916
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Captain David Westcott Brown. Unit: 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916.
Died 14 July 1916
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Gunner Walter Charles Wickens 58360. Unit: 107th Battery, 23rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 14 July 1916 Killed in Action at Bazentin la Grande Western Front
Died 14 July 1916
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Lieutenant D'Arcy John Joseph Hartley. Unit: 7th Dragoon Guards (Princess Royal's), attached to the Machine Gun Corps. Death: 14 July 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Lieutenant James Handley Hopewell. Unit: 6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916, missing in action near Bazentin Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Major Wilfred Noel Leggett. Unit: 77th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 14 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 14 July 1916
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Private Arthur Thomas 24976. Unit: 13th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916 Western Front
Died 14 July 1916
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Private Arthur Waudby 16032/21524. Unit: 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 14 July 1916
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Private Charles Reynard 19264. Unit: 13th Battalion, The Kings (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 14 July 1916
Died 14 July 1916
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Private Herbert Clark 25937. Unit: 17th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the "B" Company, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Programme [Programme]
14 July 1916
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Rifleman Frank Vincent Hollingham 2099. Unit: "D" Company, 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 14 July 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 14 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Edward Leslie Ward. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916, killed in action at High Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Frank Harris. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Vyvyan Hope Lancelott Davenport. Unit: 8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 14 July 1916, missing in action at Bazentin-le-Petit Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 July 1916
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Second Liutenant Charles Henry Dickerson. Unit: 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Death: 14 July 1916 killed in action, aged 32, at Loos. He is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. Son of the late James and Isabella Dickerson.
Died 14 July 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
14 July 1916
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