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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 1884
Died 1916
British Army 21418 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 21418 Private The Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 14007 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14422 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 29630 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 13987 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1877
Died 1916
British Army 20806 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Born 1872
Died 1916
British Army 3/5039 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 9638 Private Hampshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army 9638 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Died 1916
British Army 15737 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 12971 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 12971 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 14th Battalion
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 12829 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 3/5143 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 15191 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 14435 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 3/5174 Private Hampshire Regiment 14th (Service) Battalion
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