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66th (East Lancashire) Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers - World War One

Soldiers killed, missing presumed dead, and died of wounds or sickness during World War One.

Number

Rank

Forenames

Surname

Awards

Born

Resided

Enlisted

Death

Date Died

Remarks

444233

 Driver Joseph Burgess     Altrincham, Cheshire Manchester Killed in action, aged 22 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Sunday
7 October 1917		 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 8 and 162

444180

 Sapper Joseph Campbell   Manchester   Salford, Lancashire Died, France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Saturday
5 October 1918		 Buried in the St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Reference: S.II.C.17

108225

 Sapper William Chantry         Died, aged 20 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Thursday
20 February 1919		 Buried in the Huy (La Sarte) Communal Cemetery, Huy, Liege, Belgium.
Grave Reference: II.A.12

316358

 Pioneer William Arthur Curtis   Wandsworth, Surrey   Wandsworth, Surrey Killed in action, aged 20 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Monday
4 November 1918		 Formerly in Royal Field Artillery with regimental number 207525.
Buried in the Landrecies British Military Cemetery, Nord, France.
Grave Reference: A.38.

427770

 Pioneer James Doherty   Liverpool Everton, Liverpool Liverpool Killed in action, aged 22 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Monday
4 November 1918		 Formerly in Liverpool Regiment with regimental number 3764.
Buried in the Landrecies British Military Cemetery, Nord, France.
Grave Reference: A.37.

197962

 Sapper Walter Edwin Druce   Marlow, Buckinghamshire   High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Died of wounds, aged 37 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Wednesday
3 April 1918		 Formerly in Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry with regimental number 6819.
Buried in the St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Reference: P.VII.I.4A

127903

 Sapper Alexander Dunlop   Johnstown, Co.Wexford, Ireland   Dundalk, Co.Louth, Ireland Died of wounds, France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Saturday
24 November 1917		 Buried in the Perth (China Wall), Zillebeke, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference: IV.C.13.

444201

 Second Corporal William Heywood   Sale, Cheshire Sale, Cheshire Manchester Died, aged 22 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Sunday
27 October 1918		 Formerly in Manchester Regiment with regimental number 3067. Previous Royal Engineers regimental number = 1700.
Buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Grave Reference: VIII.E.2.

439909

 Sapper Gilbert Hurley     Burnley, Lancashire Blackburn, Lancashire Died of wounds, aged 21 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Monday
25 November 1918		 Formerly in Royal Field Artillery with regimental number 2425.
Buried in the St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Reference: S.II.CC.24.

223936

 Sapper Robert Kerr   Ecclesmachen, Linlithgow Bo’ness, Linlithgow Glencorse, Edinburgh Killed in action, aged 26 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Friday
10 August 1917		 Buried in the Ramscapelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwepoort, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference: II.B.3

48232

 Sapper Albert Henry
George		 Luck   Greenwich, Kent   Greenwich, Kent Died, aged 36 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Thursday
10 Oct 1918		 Buried in the Doingt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.
Grave Reference: I.F.20

444393

 Lance Corporal Percy Archibald Ludbrook MM   Lower Broughton, Manchester Manchester Killed in action, France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Sunday
20 October 1918		 Buried in the Montay - Neuilly Road Cemetery, Montay, Nord, France.
Grave Reference: I.F.2.

444518

 Driver Harry McNuff       Manchester Died, France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Saturday
19 October 1918		 Buried in the Tincourt New British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Grave Reference: VII.A.9.

444173

 Sapper Albert Victor Nutbrown     Chadderton, Oldham, Lancashire Oldham, Lancashire Killed in action, aged 20 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Tuesday
9 October 1917		 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 8 and 162

316407

 Pioneer Tom Harold Shipley Oldham   Chesham, Buckinghamshire Dukinfield, Cheshire Epping, Essex Died, France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Wednesday
9 October 1918		 Formerly in Royal Field Artillery with regimental number 316407.
Buried in the St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Reference: S.II.L.2

444493

 Lance Corporal Rupert Cecil Platt     Oldham, Lancashire Manchester Died of wounds, aged 30 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Monday
22 April 1918		 Buried in the St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France.
Grave Reference: P.IX.D.145.

444541

 Sapper Thomas Regan     Standish, Lancashire Manchester Killed in action, aged 24 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Tuesday
9 October 1917		 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 8 and 162

198118

 Acting Lance Corporal TW Roe   Clerkenwell, Middlesex Clerkenwell, Middlesex London Killed in action, aged 27 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Tuesday
11 September 1917		 Formerly in South Wales Borderers with regimental number 9688.
Buried in the Ramscapelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, West Vlaaderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference: I.B.20.

444360

 Driver E Simpson     Hulme, Manchester   Died, Egypt whilst serving with the Yeomanry Divisional Signal Squadron. Saturday
7 December 1918		 Buried in the Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
Grave Reference: H.7.

439906

 Acting Second Corporal Alfred Bennett Smith   Burnley, Lancashire Burnley, Lancashire Blackburn, Lancashire Died of wounds, aged 19 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Monday
4 November 1918		 Formerly in Royal Field Artillery with regimental number 1578.
Buried in the Busigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.
Grave Reference: I.C.27.

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 Lieutenant Frank Redfern Smith DSM   Dorset Square, London   Died of wounds, aged 35 whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Sunday
17 November 1917		 Attached to the Signal Company from 7th Bn Middlesex Regiment.
Buried in the Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Grave Reference: IX.A.9

444182

 Sapper Norman Trueblood     Sale, Cheshire Salford, Lancashire Killed in action, aged 20 France & Flanders whilst serving with 66th Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers. Tuesday
9 October 1917		 Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Panels 8 and 162
 

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