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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 20791 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 21098 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 20299 Private Hampshire Regiment
British Army 20299 Lance Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 17613 Acting Corporal Hampshire Regiment
British Army 17613 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 21755 Corporal Hampshire Regiment
British Army 21755 Lance Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1894
Died 1916
British Army 20742 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 20198 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 18710 Private Hampshire Regiment
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Born 1885
Died 1916
British Army Private Royal Fusiliers
British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment
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Died 1916
British Army 18484 Serjeant Hampshire Regiment
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