Red Cross Files: Ville-sur-Ancre & Morlancourt

The following 65 men of the 22nd Battalion were killed in action or died of wounds during the time that the 22nd Battalion was in the Morlancourt region of the Somme in the summer of 1918, between the end of the German Spring Offensive and the start of the decisive offensive on 8th August 1918. Approximately half of these casualties occurred during the successful attack at Ville-sur-Ancre on the 19th May 1918. It was also during this period that many of the men became casualties from the heavy German shelling with mustard gas, as can be seen in the Red Cross Files for the men who died of their wounds in July. Click on the links to learn more of their fate, often from first hand accounts from their comrades. A few photographs of headstones can be found by clicking on the relevant Cemetery link, plus click on Service Number link for biographies of the 5th/22nd Battalion focus group.

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Regt No.	Rank	Surname	Init	Yr	Cause of Death	Date of Death	Country	Cemetery / Memorial
6918	Private	WADE	T A	30	Died of Wounds	10/05/1918	France	FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
6876	Private	PETHER	F T	20	Killed in Action	12/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
2672	Private	ATKINS	W	31	Killed in Action	14/05/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
6031	Private	ARROW	D P	37	Killed in Action	14/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
6379	Private	LORRIGAN	W F	38	Killed in Action	14/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
6895	Sgt	SMEETON	J E	23	Killed in Action	14/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
6938	Private	CROWLEY	D	27	Killed in Action	18/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
766	Private	ROBERTSON	C C	20	Died of Wounds	19/05/1918	France	FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
2386	Private	STUCKEY	E N	38	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
3833	Private	GOSDEN	J M	25	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4482	Private	LOCKWOOD	A	20	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
4501	Private	MULHOLLAND	E S	21	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4720	Private	HANCOCK	F	33	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4761	Private	MURPHY	W A	37	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
4805	Lance Corporal	WATTS	A	26	Died of Wounds	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
5084	Private	RIZZO	T	28	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
5538	Private	ALLOWAY	A	40	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
5691	Lance Corporal	WILTON	C T	31	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
5937	Private	CURNICK	L V	21	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
6094	Private	GARD	E P	27	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
6436	Private	SMEATON	J L	22	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
6798	Lance Corporal	FRASER	J L	28	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE
6809	Private	FRASER	W	33	Died of Wounds	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6862	Private	McKENZIE	P	23	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6885	Private	REYMENT	E J	29	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6900	Private	STAFF	C R	19	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6996	Private	THOMAS	A C	21	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6780A	Private	CLARK	W L	23	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6789A	Private	DAVIDSON	G A	24	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
6799A	Private	DURHAM	W J	19	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6896A	Private	SNOW	H A	18	Died of Wounds	19/05/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
736a	Private	BARTON	W G	21	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
760A	Private	HARRISON	F L	20	Died of Wounds	19/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
	Second Lieut.	BOWDEN	C M	42	Killed in Action	19/05/1918	France	DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
2709	Private	LAWRENCE	J C	24	Died of Wounds	20/05/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
6768A	Private	AMES	B	20	Killed in Action	20/05/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
5792	Corporal	DAVIS	A W	20	Died of Wounds	21/05/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
4021	Private	McDEVITT	H	28	Died of Wounds	22/05/1918	France	ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
5118	Private	BYRNE	G A	21	Accident	22/05/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
1617	Corporal	STORR	J L	25	Died of Wounds	25/05/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5893	Private	RIDDELL	A H	28	Died of Wounds	30/05/1918	France	FRANVILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
6942A	Private	SHEARGOLD	E F	19	Died of Wounds	03/06/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
6856	Private	MADDEN	W G	35	Died of Wounds	05/06/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
750	Sgt	SMITH	E A	39	Killed in Action	07/06/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
2278	Driver	GREEN	P J	26	Killed in Action	09/06/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
6290	Private	BUNWORTH	D F	37	Killed in Action	09/06/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
6904	Sgt	TYLER	R J	33	Killed in Action	09/06/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
	Lieut.	LENNON	J	28	Killed in Action	09/06/1918	France	RIBEMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME
6947A	Private	ROGAN	L C	20	Killed in Action	11/06/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
5943	Lance Corporal	GRAHAM	J B	20	Died of Wounds	13/06/1918	France	VIGNACOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
5424	Private	TURTON	W	37	Killed in Action	15/06/1918	France	MERICOURT-L’ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
6846	Private	LAWSON	A	41	Illness	30/06/1918	United Kingdom	NORWICH CEMETERY, NORFOLK
5112	Private	WOOF	R	20	Killed in Action	06/07/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
2191	Lance Corporal	LUKE	J	24	Died of Wounds	21/07/1918	France	ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
6787A	Private	DAHLITZ	E B	21	Died of Wounds	21/07/1918	France	ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
2381	Private	SMILLIE	A	24	Died of Wounds	22/07/1918	France	ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
4131	Sgt	HARRIS	W C	21	Died of Wounds	22/07/1918	France	CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
6892A	Private	SIGG	G H	27	Died of Wounds	23/07/1918	France	ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
6920A	Private	WINTER	L	19	Killed in Action	23/07/1918	France	ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
	Lieut.	SWANTON	R	26	Killed in Action	23/07/1918	France	ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
6369	Private	JOSE	J J	33	Killed in Action	24/07/1918	France	VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MILITARY CEMETERY
391	Private	HALLYBURTON	A B	25	Killed in Action	27/07/1918	France	CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
681	Lance Corporal	RUSSELL	L	24	Died of Wounds	27/07/1918	France	ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
754A	Private	DEANE	W	22	Died of Wounds	03/08/1918	France	MONT HUON MILITARY CEMETERY, LE TREPORT
283	Sgt	WIGGER	R B	30	Died of Wounds	05/08/1918	France	BEACON CEMETERY, SAILLY-LAURETTE