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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

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BEAUMONT HAMEL British Cemetery (Somme France)

Pte Henry Taylor MM 27/11/1916 aged 45
Henry was a single man, born in Walsall to Emma Taylor of 20, Warwick Street, Walsall.
He was employed as a socket maker at Gill and Russell Limited, Pleck Road, Walsall when he enlisted in the Army at Lichfield the day after war broke out.
He had previous service in the Army and, at 43 years old, was over age.
Drafted to France on Monday 04/01/1915 Henry was KiA, the War Diary recording:
“27 November 1916 - In trenches near Beaumont-Hamel. Casualties 2 other ranks wounded, 1 killed in action.”
for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall

97 casualties

ADAMS PHILIP HENRY CHARLES
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 02/01/1917 Service No: 827 B.22.

ANDERSON ARTHUR FURNEAUX DALGAIMS
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 4th Bn. attd. 1st Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 A.6.

ANKERS JOSEPH THOMAS
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 05/12/1916 Service No: 40515 B.14.

BARBOUR HORATIO
Canadian Lance Corporal Newfoundland Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 1419 A.24.

BEABLE F
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 29/12/1916 Service No: 23718 Sp. Mem. 1

BEGG WILLIAM
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 5th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 B.7.

BELL THEODORE HARRY
United Kingdom Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 06/02/1917 Service No: 26793 B.40.

BETTS DOUGLAS VICTOR
United Kingdom Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 21157 B.50.

BLISSETT NORMAN
United Kingdom Serjeant Hampshire Regiment "A" Coy. 1st Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 8449 A.58.

BOWERING J
United Kingdom Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 06/02/1917 Service No: 17334 B.38.

BOWERS WALTER
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 33 Date of Death: 26/01/1917 Service No: 37317 A.63.

BOWLER G
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 4/4726 A.84.

BRANT G E
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 16/01/1915 Service No: 778 B.23.

BRIND W H
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2118 B.59.

BROOKS A J
United Kingdom Private Hampshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 16474 A.82.

BUTTERWORTH H
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 7878 A.89.

BYRON CLEMENT JOHN
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Honourable Artillery Company 2nd. Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 10/01/1917 B.34.

CAMPBELL S. McD.
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Lancashire Fusiliers 13th Bn. Secondary attd. 86th Trench Mortar Bty. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 B.52.

CARROTT F
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 05/12/1916 Service No: 27084 B.15.

CLARKE G M
United Kingdom Serjeant Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 955 B.61.

COLE WILLIAM GEORGE
United Kingdom Corporal Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2549 A.50.

COWDEN J
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 13/13624 A.72.

COX A G
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 1044 B.20.

CRAWLEY F J
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 22129 B.48.

CROMBLEHOLME D
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Date of Death: between 10/01/1917 and 12/01/1917 Service No: 19708 B.71.

CROWDEN JAMES
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 19th Bn. Age: 42 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 1322 B.47.

DAVIDSON J
United Kingdom Corporal Seaforth Highlanders 1st/6th Bn. Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 2621 A.93.

DAWSON G H
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Date of Death: 08/01/1917 Service No: 40528 B.32.

DUNBAR WILLIAM
United Kingdom Rifleman Royal Irish Rifles 8th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 02/07/1916 Service No: 12732 A.9.

ELLIOTT JAMES HAROLD
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 29/11/1916 B.1.

FOX OWEN GURNEY
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 47 Date of Death: 06/02/1917 B.43.

GEE A
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 06/01/1917 Service No: 9841 B.29.

GREEN ARTHUR THOMAS
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 05/01/1917 Service No: 21404 B.25.

HALLIWELL FRANK
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 4979 A.69.

HARRIS JOHN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Corporal Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 04/02/1917 Service No: 26790 B.41.

HART S H
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 1539 A.22.

HARVEY M
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 21557 A.56.

HILTON H A
United Kingdom Lance Serjeant Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Date of Death: between 10/01/1917 and 12/01/1917 Service No: 19411 B.77.

HUXHAM FRANK
United Kingdom Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 07/02/1917 Service No: 14064 B.37.

JACKSON J W
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 29377 B.2.

JACKSON W
United Kingdom Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: G/21076 A.47.

KAVTUK A
Canadian Private 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles (Quebec Regiment) Date of Death: 02/10/1916 Service No: 471135 A.34.

KEMP ARTHUR
United Kingdom Corporal Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 09/01/1917 Service No: 3566 B.31.

KILSHAW H
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Date of Death: 14/01/1917 Service No: 17139 B.36.

KNIGHT JAMES
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 19084 A.61.

LANG WILLIAM NELSON
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Highland Light Infantry 16th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 18/11/1916 Service No: 14296 A.21.

LOCKE ALBERT MATHAMA
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 1986 A.88.

LOCKETT WILLIAM ARTHUR alias WALKER W A
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Age: 16 Date of Death: between 10/01/1917 and 12/01/1917 Service No: 32321 B.78

LONSDALE WILLIAM STANLEY
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 4026 A.92.

MADDOX J R
United Kingdom Corporal Northumberland Fusiliers 16th Bn. Date of Death: 13/02/1917 Service No: 40353 B.70.

MARTIN W C
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2663 A.81.

McCOMBIE JOSEPH ROBERTSON
United Kingdom Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 4659 B.54.

McCORKINDALE P
United Kingdom Serjeant Royal Field Artillery "D" Bty. 58th Bde. Date of Death: 02/03/1917 Service No: 33374 B.79.

McGREAVES HARRY CHARLES
United Kingdom Serjeant Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 11/01/1917 Service No: 18660 B.72.

McSKIMMINGS J J
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Border Regiment 11th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 13379 A.8.

MOODY WALTER FREDERICK
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: PS/2196 A.70.

MOORE J T
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 19242 A.75.

MORRICE J
United Kingdom Private Seaforth Highlanders 5th Bn. Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 4531 B.8.

NIXON H
United Kingdom Private South Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 05/01/1917 Service No: 40096 B.27.

NIXON J
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 25/11/1916 Service No: 12197 B.6.

PRESCOTT R S
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant East Lancashire Regiment 10th Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 A.78.

PUDDEPHAT R
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 18 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2216 A.54.

PURVIS ROBERT
United Kingdom Sapper Royal Engineers 2nd/3rd (Durham) Field Coy. Age: 27 Date of Death: 02/01/1917 Service No: 1601 B.24.

RAWLINGS JAMES
United Kingdom Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/6th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 20/02/1917 Service No: 5309 B.67.

REID A
United Kingdom Private Seaforth Highlanders 1st/6th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 3105 B.9.

RIDINGS J W
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 22332 A.59.

ROSS DONALD
United Kingdom Lieutenant Highland Light Infantry "B" Coy. 2nd Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: between 13/11/1916 and 15/11/1916 A.2.

SCOTT A
United Kingdom Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 12307 A.52.

SCOTT FREDERICK ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private Honourable Artillery Company 2nd Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 10/01/1917 Service No: 3504 B.35.

SIMPSON J
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 25/11/1916 Service No: 9650 B.5.

SINGLETON W
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 5047 A.75.

SMITH J
United Kingdom Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 2nd/5th Bn. Date of Death: 21/02/1917 Service No: 240850 A.40.

STEINBERG H
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 11/12/1916 Service No: 24046 B.19.

STOUT J
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Date of Death: 08/12/1916 Service No: 40039 B.16.

SUTCLIFFE B
United Kingdom Private West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2nd/6th Bn. Date of Death: 21/02/1917 Service No: 2972 B.66.

SWAFFIELD WILFRED JOHN
United Kingdom Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 04/02/1917 Service No: 16538 B.42.

TAGG FREDRICK ALFRED WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2687 A.86.

TANQUERAY FREDERIC BARON
United Kingdom Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment "B" Coy. 16th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 B.62.

TARRANT J
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 05/01/1917 Service No: 21251 B.26.

TAYLOR HENRY
United Kingdom Private North Staffordshire Regiment 1st Bn. 5th Age: 45 Date of Death: 27/11/1916 Service No: 9345 B.10.

THORNILEY PERCY ARTHUR HENRY
United Kingdom Captain Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 11/01/1917 B.7.

TIMBY GEORGE FREDRICK
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 06/01/1917 Service No: 27183 B.30.

TROWBRIDGE H
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 5445 A.5.

TURNER W
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 12/12/1916 Service No: 9148 B.18.

WALLEY C
United Kingdom Private Royal Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 14430 A.48.

WATT G
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Gordon Highlanders 6th Bn. Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 265720 B.44.

WEATHERILL D
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 10/12/1916 Service No: 27015 B.12.

WEIR ROBERT
United Kingdom Lieutenant Royal Scots 1st/8th Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 16/11/1916 Sp. Mem. 2

WELLS WILLIAM VICTOR
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 2410 A.49.

WHITEHOUSE J
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Date of Death: between 10/01/1917 and 12/01/1917 Service No: 40190 B.76.

WILBY J W
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 1st Bn. Date of Death: 01/07/1916 Service No: 3/27750 A.80.

WILDE WILLIAM
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 2nd Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 24/01/1917 Service No: 36299 A.62.

WILKINS W
United Kingdom Private Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 97th Coy. Age: 19 Date of Death: 14/02/1917 Service No: 7668 B.69.

WILLIAMS C J S
United Kingdom Private The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 05/01/1917 Service No: 7006 B.28.

WILSON JOHN
United Kingdom Private Seaforth Highlanders 6th Bn. Age: 29 Date of Death: 13/11/1916 Service No: 3527 B.13.

WINN A
United Kingdom Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 10/01/1917 Service No: 27195 B.33.

YOUNG ALFRED ECOTT
United Kingdom Private Dorsetshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 07/02/1917 Service No: 9748 B.39.

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