Tuesday 6 September 2016

Roll of Honour - 6th September 1916


Killed in Action

1st Battalion: Battle of the Somme: relieved from the front line at Falfemont Farm
  • 19668 Private Arthur TOMS, 19, born Holborn [London], resided King's Cross [London], son of Louisa of 20 Southampton Street, Barnsbury [London] (Thiepval Memorial)

2nd Battalion: front line at Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
  • 27215 Lance Corporal Arthur Edwin FEW, 21,born Norwich [Norfolk], son  of H W Few of Cambridge (Gorre British and Indian Cemetery)

Died of Wounds

1st Battalion
  • 43033 Private Nelson Edward CORNWALL, 19, ex-816 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, son of Francis and Louisa Cornwall of 43 Central Hill, Upper Norwood [Surrey], resided Woodstone [Peterborough] (Péronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt)
  • 18206 Private Walter Henry COX, 27, son of Elsie Cox of Salph End, Renhold (Péronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt)
  • 5288 Lance Corporal Michael Joseph MCGINN, 34, son of Sergeant Major McGinn and Katherine McGinn, born Candonagh [Donegal], resided West Norwood [London] (Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension)
  • 43053 Private Harold George STANYON, 28, ex-1112 Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion, born and resided Little Stukeley [Huntingdonshire], son of James and aliz Ann Stanyon (memorial at Péronne Road British Cemetery, Maricourt)

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