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2nd Portsmouth "Pompey" Pals - killed on 15th September 1916
2nd Portsmouth "Pompey" Pals - killed on 15th 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 15th Battalion (2nd Portsmouth / Pompey Pals) who died on 15th September 1916.
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Died 1916
British Army 17582 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 20987 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 17398 Colour Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
British Army 17398 Sergeant Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 29664 Private Hampshire Regiment
More about Herbert Alfred Hobbs -
Born 1875
Died 1916
British Army 19283 Private Hampshire Regiment
More about Thomas Duggan -
Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 22561 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 22561 Private The Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
More about Jesse Tilbury -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 20980 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
More about Alfred Cook -
Died 1916
British Army 21948 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 21948 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment
More about Robert Wilson -
Born 1897
Died 1916
British Army 20919 Private Hampshire Regiment
More about Frederick J Nicholson -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army 20931 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
More about James Marmaduke Wiles Alias Wills -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 17371 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
More about Frank Morris -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army 17943 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
More about William Harold Tolliday -
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 19094 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
More about William Stanley Over -
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Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army 21712 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 21712 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
More about George William Hadley -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 18539 Private Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion
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