August 1916
Bedfordshire Regiment Roll of Honour
1st August 1916
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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18312 Private Albert ROLFE, born Chesterton [Cambridgeshire], husband of Mrs J Rolfe of 32 Havelock Road, Luton (Dernancourt Communal Cemetery)
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14508 Corporal Benjamin William TUCKER, born Rhondda Valley [Glamorgan], resided Bristol (Heilly Station Cemetery, Méricourt-l'Abbé)
2nd Battalion
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25532 Private Frederick BRANSOM, son of Albert and Mary Bransom of Yew Tree Cottage, Whipsnade (la Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie); Albert Bransom assisted in the creation of Whipsnade Tree Cathedral.
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Lieutenant Harold Ashcombe CHAMEN, 22, son of William Ashcombe and Marion Mabel Chamen of Royal Chambers, Park Place, Cardiff [Glamorgan], born Harlesden [Middlesex], educated at Reading University, formerly South Wales Borderers (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)
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29073 Private Albert KIRK, born and resided Sloley [Norfolk] (la Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)
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4/6424 Private Edwin MORGAN, 26, born Bovingdon [Hertfordshire], resided Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], son of Amos and Ruth Morgan of 4 Manor Avenue, Apsley End [Hertfordshire] (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)
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9959 Private Horace Victor SMART, born and resided Romford [Essex] (Romford Cemetery)
3rd August 1916
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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18577 Private William BAVISTER, 23, son of William and Mary Bavister of Westoning, resided Luton (Westoning (Saint Mary Magdalene) Church Cemetery)
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8852 Private Frederick Thomas DUCK, 26, born Deptford [London], son of Harry and Jane Sarah Duck of 40 Railway Grove, New Cross [London] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
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3/7394 Private Frederick Walter HOLLIMAN, 20, born Leighton Buzzard, son of Ernest and Matilda Holliman of 19 Capron Road, Dunstable (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
2nd Battalion
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8005 Lance Corporal Frederick George TOMPKINS MM, 35, son of James and Hannah Tompkins of Dunstable, resided Herne Hill [London] (la Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)
4th August 1916
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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17760 Private George BIGNELL, born and resided Northchurch [Hertfordshire] (Heilly Station Cemetery, Méricourt-l'Abbé)
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9149 Private Charles WILDING, born Felsham [Suffolk], resided Monks Eleigh [Suffolk] (Monks Eleigh (Saint Peter) Churchyard)
6th August 1916
Killed in Action
6th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line at Bazentin-le-Petit
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12099 Corporal Frank COX born and resided Ampthill (Thiepval Memorial)
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22647 Private John Frederick JOHNSON, born Camden Town [London], son of John and Selina Gertrude May Johnson of 16 Willow Lane, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
Died
1st Battalion
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10321 Private Frederick Charles BAKER, born Finsbury Park [London], resided Manchester [Lancashire] (Nikolai Cemetery, Latvia) died as a prisoner-of-war
7th August 1916
Killed in Action
6th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line near Bazentin-le-Petit
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14419 Private Herbert Charles BEASLEY, born and resided Watford [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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17783 Lance Corporal Thomas BIDWELL, 28, born Islington [London], resided Holloway [London] son of Katherine Bidwell of 8 Drant Street, Spitalfields [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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17734 Private John HALL, born Long Clawson [Leicestershire], resided Pavenham (Thiepval Memorial)
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28205 Private William RUDLAND, born Ingham [Suffolk], resided Brettenham [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
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13099 Private Steve RUNHAM, 21, son of William George and Mary Runham of 30 Saint John's Street, Biggleswade (Thiepval Memorial)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
8th August 1916
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: in billets at Calonne
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19313 Private David BURTON, 35, son of H Burton of Wistow [Huntingdonshire], husband of Annie of Fairview, Woodhurst [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
6th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line near Bazentin-le-Petit
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
2nd Battalion
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18773 Private John Theodore PRATT, 22, son of Frederick George and Bethia Pratt of Ley Farm, Eaton Bray (Abbeville Communal Cemetery)
9th August 1916
Killed in Action
6th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line near Bazentin-le-Petit
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19010 Sergeant William Henry BUNYAN, 42, born Luton, husband of Gertrude Maria Bunyan of Hanmer Villa, College Road, Ashvale [Surrey] (Thiepval Memorial)
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12681 Lance Corporal Edward Thomas BUSHBY, born and resided Harlington (Thiepval Memorial)
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13125 Private David CABLE, 22, A Company, born and resided Ilford [Essex], son of James and Mary Cable of 4 Billett Road, Little Heath [Essex] (Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
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14507 Lance Corporal William Henry CASTLE, 22, born Enfield [Middlesex], son of William B and Emma H Castle of 15 Burford Place, Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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20576 Private Arthur CONSTABLE, 24, son of Clement and Ellen Constable of 4 Willian Road, Walsworth [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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12806 Private Herbert Henry COOK, 28, son of Edward and Louisa Justing Cook of 26 Dalby Street, Kentish Town [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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10510 Lance Sergeant Louis COOMBY, 26, born Lugwardine [Herefordshire], son of Oliver and Emily Blanche Coombey of 40 Cross Street, Abergavenny [Monmouthshire] (Arras Memorial)
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12187 Lance Corporal George Frederick EATON, born Kensington [London], resided Wandsworth [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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19455 Private Samuel Osborne GLEW, 21, born Wincobank [Yorkshire], resided Highfield [Yorkshire], son of Robert and Mary E Glew of Sunny Mede Terrace, Askern [Yorkshire] (Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-d'Armentières)
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25134 Private Bertie GOODSHIP, born and resided Blunham (Thiepval Memorial)
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26355 Lance Corporal Thomas HARRIS, 19, son of E Walker of Station Road, Tempsford (Thiepval Memorial)
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27305 Private Horace Frederick JACKSON, born and resided Redbourn [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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28186 Private Arthur Henry JERMY, born Wroxham [Norfolk], resided Hoveton Saint Peter's [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
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28195 Private Arthur MITCHELL, 40, born Holme Hale [Norfolk], son of Mary Ann Mitchell of Chantry Lane, Necton [Norfolk] (Thiepval Memorial)
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26703 Private Thomas John MONEY, 24, born Maulden, son of William Money of Baker Street, Ampthill; husband of Ada of 2 Westbeach Road, Wood Green [Middlesex] (Thiepval Memorial)
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28194 Private Cecil Walter MOORE, 33, son of Charles Henry and Lucy Ann Moore of Whissonsett [Norfolk] (special memorial in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
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13113 Private Albert NORMAN, born and resided Mogerhanger (special memorial at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
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25138 Private Arthur READ, 34, born and resided Barham [Huntingdonshire], son of David and Sarah Jane Read (Thiepval Memorial)
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17839 Private George SALMON, born and resided Bethnal Green [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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22153 Private Albert Edward SKEGGS, 28, born Saint Albans [Hertfordshire], son of Jane Skeggs of 24 Primrose Cottages, Hatfield [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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26711 Private Jonah SOLE, born Eyeworth, resided Ashwell [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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25891 Private Edward STEVENS, 19, son of Frederick and Sarah A Stevens of New Street, Shefford (Thiepval Memorial)
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12329 Lance Corporal Robert STOKES MM, born and resided Luton (Thiepval Memorial)
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27043 Private Ralph Henry TOMPKINS, 21, son of William and Judith Tompkins of Dychurch, Bozeat [Northamptonshire] (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
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12605 Lance Corporal Thomas WELLS, born and resided Hoxton [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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19834 Private John WILSON, born Great Berkhamsted [Hertfordshire], resided Hemel Hempstead [Hertfordshire] (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
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26785 Private Albert WILTON, 35, son of Charles and Sarah Wilton of Henlow (Thiepval Memorial)
9th Battalion
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Temporary Second Lieutenant Maurice Stanley Charles COOPER, 19, attached 6th Battalion, son of Jonathan and Emma Emily Cooper of 8 Market Street, Cambridge (Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
10th Battalion
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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9705 Private Sidney MASON, born Cherry Hinton [Cambridgeshire], resided Cambridge (Heilly Station Cemetery, Méricourt-l'Abbé)
2nd Battalion
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9822 Sergeant William George PEGGS, Order of Saint George, 4th Class (Russia), 23, son of David Peggs of West Ham [Essex] (la Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie)
6th Battalion
10th August 1916
Died of Wounds
9th Battalion
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Temporary Second Lieutenant Maurice Stanley Charles COOPER, 19, attached 6th Battalion, son of Jonathan and Emma Emily Cooper of 8 Market Street, Cambridge (Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension)
11th August 1916
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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18823 Private Charles WOOD, born and resided Stepney [London], husband of Norah of 51 Brenton Street, Limehouse [London] (City of London and Tower Hamlets Cemetery)
2nd Battalion
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9387 Lance Corporal Frederick BOYCE, 28, son of William and Minnie Boyce of 33 Friday Street, Leighton Buzzard, born Heath and Reach (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
12th August 1916
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: billets at Lestrem
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25511 Private John William HOLMES, born and resided Farcet Fen [Huntingdonshire] (Loos Memorial)
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25761 Private Ernest Rennie LEEDING, 20, attached 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment, son of Sanders and Lydia Louisa Leeding of 27 Wentworth Road, Rushden [Northamptonshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
8th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: night working parties near Acheux-en-Amienois
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16475 Lance Corporal Sidney BALL, 21, son of Thomas Ball of Bassingbourn [Cambridgeshire], resided Royston [Hertfordshire] (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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13066 Corporal Fred MEADER, 22, born and resided Islington [London], son of Mr and Mrs Meader of 12 Scott Buildings, Caledonian Road (Étaples Military Cemetery)
13th August 1916
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: billets at Lestrem
Died of Wounds
1st Battalion
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18315 Private Percy Alfred SWAIN, 22, son of William and Susan Swain of Dane End, Weston [Hertfordshire] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
6th Battalion
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13074 Private Alfred AUSTIN, 22, son of A H Austin of 260 Wickham Lane, Plumstead [London] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
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12164 Private George Edward RUSH, 35, A Company, son of John Robert and Emily Rush of 94 Penton Place, Walworth [London], resided Camberwell [London] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery)
14th August 1916
Killed in Action
3rd Battalion
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Temporary Second Lieutenant David Arnold ROEBER, 18, attached 7th Battalion, son of A O and M I Roeber of 21 Honor Oak Road, Forest Hill [London] (Ration Farm Cemetery, la Chapelle d’Armentières)
7th Battalion: front line near Armentières
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22868 Private Cecil TYLER, 19, born Datchworth [Hertfordshire], son of William and Dinah Tyler of Burnham Green [Hertfordshire] (Ration Farm Cemetery, la Chapelle-d'Armentières)
Died of Wounds
2nd Battalion
6th Battalion
15th August 1916
Killed in Action
6th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line near Beaumont-Hamel
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12338 Lance Corporal Ernest William CREEK, born High Barnet [Hertfordshire], resided Clerkenwell [London] (Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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17751 Private Hugh CROOT, 19, ward of Amy Sharman of of 18 Gold Street, Riseley (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
17th August 1916
Killed in Action
8th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line trenches near Beaumont-Hamel
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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17551 Private Joseph William HARPER, born Paddington [London], resided Islington [London] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
18th August 1916
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: in billets
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27989 Private Charles William GUNTON, 42, born and resided Cossey [Norfolk], son of William and Katherine Gunton of 42 Highland Road, Norwich [Norfolk] (Loos Memorial)
8th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: front line near Beaumont-Hamel
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15454 Private William James HIBBERT, 20, born Sawtry [Huntingdonshire], son of Harriet Elizabeth Burdett of Holme [Huntingdonshire] (Auchonvillers Military Cemetery)
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25782 Private George LINSELL, born and resided Sible Hedingham [Essex] (Auchonvillers Military Cemetery)
Died
1st Garrison Battalion
19th August 1916
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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14081 Lance Corporal Frederick EDWARDS, born Tewin [Hertfordshire], resided Stapleford [Hertfordshire] (Saint-Sever Cemetery, Rouen)
7th Battalion
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13943 Private Herbert WARE, 34, born Roborough [Devon], resided Renhold, husband of Elizabeth Agnes Farrell (ex-Ware) of Elm Farm, Renhold (Renhold (All Saints) Churchyard)
21st August 1916
Killed in Action
8th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: working party near Beaumont-Hamel
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16273 Private Alfred Henry BROWN, 22, son of A E Brown of Cottage Gardens, Waltham Cross [Hertfordshire] (Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart)
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17364 Corporal George Arthur EDWARDS, 19, born Bermondsey [London], resided Canning Town [Essex] (Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart)
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18301 Private William KINGSLEY, 38, son of Elizabeth Kingsley of 16 Sunnyside, Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Mesnil Communal Cemetery Extension)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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17752 Private Harry Edward HAYDEN, 20, son of Alfred C and Ellen Hayden of The Green, Eltisley [Cambridgeshire] (Boulogne Eastern Cemetery)
22nd August 1916
Killed in Action
8th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: working party near Beaumont-Hamel
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16678 Corporal Walter Guiness SPURR, 25, son of George E and Ethel Mary Spurr of 14/15 Market Place, Hitchin [Hertfordshire] (Englebelmer Communal Cemetery)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
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10571 Private Thomas Frederick STIRLING, 28, A Company, born Soho [London], son of T and M Stirling of 66 Castle Street, Long Acre, Covent Garden [London] (City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Manor Park)
Died
1st/5th Battalion
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4631 Private Percy DUMPLETON, 24, born and resided Luton, husband of Alice Emily of 18 Glenferrie Road, Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Cairo War Memorial Cemetery)
3rd/5th Battalion
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7269 Private William NASH, born Stewkley [Buckinghamshire], husband of A L Nash of 52 Hockliffe Road, Leighton Buzzard (Leighton-Linslade (Leighton Buzzard) Cemetery)
25th August 1916
Died of Wounds
8th Battalion
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25641 Private Albert Charles EVERITT, 20, son of John Everitt of High Street, Sible Hedingham [Essex] (Puchevillers British Cemetery)
26th August 1916
Killed in Action
6th Battalion: front line, Loos Salient
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14215 Private Arthur John TITMUSS, born Holwell [Hertfordshire], son of J L Titmuss of Cadwell, Ickleford [Hertfordshire] (Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe)
Died of Wounds
6th Battalion
27th August 1916
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: Battle of the Somme: in bivouacs near Bronfay Farm
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3/8722 Private James George FROST, 28, born Elstree [Hertfordshire], husband of Jessie of 7 Rosebury Road, Bushey [Hertfordshire], son of F Frost of Linda Cottage, Whippendell Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
4th Battalion: Battle of the Somme: near Coupigny
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28012 Private Richard WEISS, 26, born Pabianice [Poland], resided Hoddesdon [Hertfordshire] (Bois-de-Noulette British Cemetery, Aix-Noulette)
5th Battalion
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Lieutenant Geoffrey Reynolds DAY, 28, son of Rev Archibald Day of The Vicarage, Malvern Link [Worcestershire], husband of Jane, fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Thiepval Memorial)
28th August 1916
Killed in Action
1st Battalion: Battle of the Somme: in bivouacs near Bronfay Farm
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43431 Private Arthur John ABBOTT, resided Little Raveley [Huntingdonshire] (Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz)
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43056 Private William BRAYBROOK, 23, ex-1132 Huntingdonshire Cyclists Battalion, born Elsworth [Cambridgeshire], resided Pidley [Huntingdonshire], husband of Kathleen of 115 High Street, Peckham [London] (Thiepval Memorial)
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28134 Private Bertram HINTON, born and resided Gamlingay [Cambridgeshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
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20813 Private Jack Cecil Herbert SIMMONS, born Wendover [Buckinghamshire], resided Chesham [Buckinghamshire] (Thiepval Memorial)
2nd Battalion: front line trenches at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
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19138 Private Walter James COOPER, born Redbourn [Hertfordshire], son of Ada E Cooper of Saint Albans [Hertfordshire] (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)
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10829 Private Alexander Walter IVES, born Hornsey [Middlesex], resided Wood Green [Middlesex], son of Charles Walter and Rosina Ives (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)
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29053 Private William STEVENS, 19, son of E Stevens of 8 Hitchin Road, Shefford (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)
31st August 1916
Killed in Action
2nd Battalion: relieved in the front line at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
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27776 Private William George ROSS, 37, born Pontypridd [Glamorgan], son of John and Margaret Ross of 45 Victoria Road, Watford [Hertfordshire] (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)