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Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France which honours and remembers 14,692 individuals whose bodies were either never found or never identified. The POZIERES MEMORIAL relates to the period of crisis in March and April 1918 when the Allied Fifth Army was driven back by overwhelming numbers across the former Somme battlefields, and the months that followed before the Advance to Victory, which began on 8 August 1918. The Memorial commemorates over 14,000 casualties of the United Kingdom and 300 of the South African Forces who have no known grave and who died on the Somme from 21 March to 7 August 1918. The Corps and Regiments most largely represented are The Rifle Brigade with over 600 names, The Durham Light Infantry with approximately 600 names, the Machine Gun Corps with over 500, The Manchester Regiment with approximately 500 and The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery with over 400 names.
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Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army 155904 Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 122nd Siege Battery
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Died 1918
British Army 18885 Corporal Highland Light Infantry 12th Battalion
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Born 1884
Died 1918
British Army Captain East Lancashire Regiment
British Army 207 Corporal Pretoria Rifles
British Army Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment
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More about Charles Livingstone Taylor -
Died 1918
British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps
British Army 18261 Lance Corporal Army Cyclist Corps XIX
British Army 203 West Lancashire Divisional Cycling Company
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Born 1896
Died 1918
British Army 3718 Private Gordon Highlanders
British Army 241269 Private Gordon Highlanders
More about William Murray Milton -
Born 1895
Died 1918
South African Services 4212 Private South African Infantry 1st Battalion
More about Albert Henry Doubell -
Died 1918
South African Services RR/1780 Private South African Infantry 1st Regiment
More about James Bruce Webster -
Died 1918
British Army 1814 Private Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
British Army D/8649 Private 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys)
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Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army S/4845 Serjeant Rifle Brigade 8th Battalion
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Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army 4028 Private Army Cyclist Corps
British Army 52640 Private Durham Light Infantry 15th Battalion
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Born 1881
Died 1918
British Army 2954 Private 10th Hussars
British Army 2954 Private Corps of Hussars
British Army 2954 Private 10th (Prince of Wales's Own Royal) Hussars
More about Edward Brickell Harris