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1st Portsmouth "Pompey" Pals - killed on 3rd September 1916
1st Portsmouth "Pompey" Pals - killed on 3rd September 1916
Portsmouth played a crucial role in the Battle of the Somme, with almost 1,100 local men killed and countless more wounded during the battle. Most of these came from the 14th and 15th Battalions of the Hampshire Regiment – officially the 1st and 2nd Portsmouth Pals battalions, but known locally as the 1st and 2nd Pompey Pals. Two days in September 1916 were notable for their high losses of Portsmouth men in the Pals battalions. 587 men from the 1st Pompey Pals went over the top on 3rd September, north of Hamel on the River Ancre, and 457 of them became casualties. But there was more tragedy for Portsmouth families when less than two weeks later, on 15th September, the 2nd Pompey Pals went into battle. They were successful in making their objective of the town of Flers, but with 302 casualties to the battalion. This community remembers the men of the Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion (1st Portsmouth / Pompey Pals) who died on 3rd September 1916.
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 21383 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 21370 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
British Army 21370 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 10577 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 12723 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 15112 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 1087 Private Devonshire Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 1087 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 19510 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 12584 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 15145 Private Hampshire Regiment
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British Army 3/5090 Warrant Officer Class 2 Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 604 Private Hampshire Regiment 9th cyclist Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
More about Gilbert Stanley Ash -
Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 29634 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 29640 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 29633 Private Hampshire Regiment
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