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31 August 1916
The Battle of the Somme
July -November 1916
The Whitehaven News devotes more and
more space to news from the Somme as
every town and village locally feels the
effect of the losses
* William Isaac Patterson is buried at
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France
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* Both Harry Pearson and Bart Tyson have
no known grave and are remembered at the
Thiepval Memorial, France, the memorial to
the missing of the Somme
3 August 1916
31 August 1916
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17 August 1916
10 August 1916
3 August 1916
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10 August 1916
17 August 1916
*Fred Mossop was awarded the DCM, but
was killed in action in December 1917.
*J E Robinson is buried in the Warloy-
Baillon Communal Cemetery extension,
France
3 August 1916
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10 August 1916
24 August 1916
* Matthew Hudson Mossop was killed on 1
July 1916 and is buried at the Serre Road
Cemetery No 1, France
3 August 1916
24 August 1916
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These articles are taken fromthe Whitehaven News, held onmicrofilm at WhitehavenArchive and Local StudiesCentre, and indexed byvolunteers.
The issues covering the time ofthe Great War have beenindexed by a group ofvolunteers in an eighteen-month long project undertakento commemorate the centenaryof the outbreak of war, and toact as a lasting memorial to allwhose lives were touched bythe events.
24 August 1916
10 August 1916
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3 & 10 August 1916
24 August 1916
* William John Hutchinson recovered from his
injuries, but was killed on 19 October 1918, and is
buried at Montigny Communal Cemetery
* Albert Overington is remembered at the Thiepval
Memorial, France3 August 1916
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17 August 1916
24 August 1916
31 August 1916
10 August 1916
* Fred Lace survived the Somme, but was
seriously injured in early 1918
* James Allen Webb has no known grave
and is remembered at the Thiepval
Memorial, France, the memorial to the
missing of the Somme