Capt Arthur de Bells Adam (MC)
1885 - 1916

CPL David Wallace Crawford
1887 - 1916

Lce-Corpl John Joseph Nickle
1894 - 1916

Pte 17911 Morton Neill
1897 - 1916

Lieut Edward Stanley Ashcroft
1883 - 1918

The Battle of the Somme commences.

The Battle of the Somme commences, the heaviest losses ever suffered by the British Army as 19,240 men are killed in one day and over 40,000 more are wounded.

The Liverpool Pals take the village of Montauban from the Germans, one of the very few successes of the day. In doing so however 257 men are killed or subsequently died of wounds.

Killed On This Day.

(109 Years this day)
Sunday 29th April 1917.
Cpl 51937 Hugh Ralph Caldwell
19 years old

(109 Years this day)
Sunday 29th April 1917.
Pte 32482 Henry Taylor
20 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 94184 Joseph George Aspey
38 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 50225 Benjamin Ball
28 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 29106 James Buchan Barlow
22 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 24318 Alfred James Bellis
23 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 50025 Arthur Benstead
20 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
L/Cpl 42949 Alfred Birch
24 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 50587 Philip Bollom
35 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 94195 Andrew Bowman
31 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 48259 Patrick Brennan
40 years old

(108 Years this day)
Monday 29th April 1918.
Pte 406704 Thomas Henry Bridson
24 years old

A total of 69 Pals were killed on this day. View All