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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 1893
Died 1916
British Army 15794 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 14019 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14227 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14166 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 14027 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 14027 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1881
Died 1916
British Army 20427 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 20362 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 14355 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 3/5094 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1883
Died 1916
British Army 14403 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 12791 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 18241 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
British Army 18241 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 3/5089 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 12798 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 12795 Private Hampshire Regiment
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