Surname Forname/Initials Rgt. No. Rank Date of Death Battalion Regiment Memorial Location The Wyggeston Grammar Allen Richard Oswald PS/1557 Private 01/07/1916 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment Leicester School for Boys Memorial Allsop J. H. 266788 Private 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Gommecourt Wood New Fomcquevillers, Pas De Calais, Atkin James T. 200257 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Cemetery France Ball J. 267502 Private 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France St Mary's Church/War Barratt Alfred 1754 Private 01/07/1916 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment Melton Mowbray Memorial Hospital Memorial Birch John 16838 Private 01/07/1916 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment Memorial Pickwell, Leics Blake Frank 3514 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Memorial Shepshed, Leics Brooks Reginald F. - Private 01/07/1916 12th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Broom William 16371 Private 01/07/1916 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment St Eglwin's Chyrd Memorial Scalford, Melton Mowbray Clock Tower Bullock John 3300 Private 01/07/1916 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Coalville Memorial/Council Offices Burrows John Albert 4004 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Memorial Hinckley Bury William T. 24951 Private 01/07/1916 26th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Memorial/Cottage Hospital Button Richard 1575 Corporal 01/07/1916 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Market Harborough War Memorial Bishop Street Methodist Callard William Kingsley Second Lieutenant 01/07/1916 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Church/Welford Road Leicester Cemetery/Wyggeston Carillon Tower Memorial/All Chapman Arthur D. - Second Lieutenant 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Saints Church/Grammar Loughborough School Memorial Clapham Leonard P. 3/3536 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Clay Arthur 755 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Coekin Francis 18577 Private 01/07/1916 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Gordon Dump Cemetery Ovillers-la-boiselle, France 1st/14th Battalion Coleman Bert 5248 Private 01/07/1916 London Regiment Memorial Great Glen, Leics (London Scottish) Convoy Francis D. 201751 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France St Peter's Church/St Nicholas's Cook Alexander J. 4867 Gunner 01/07/1916 147th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery Leicester Church St James the Greater London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Leicester/Loughborough/ Cooper Frank 3437 Rifleman 01/07/1916 1st/9th Battalion Church/Carillon Tower Rifles) Loughborough Memorial/Emmanuel Church Gommecourt Wood New Day Arthur 201611 Private 01/07/1916 5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Foncquevillers, France Cemetery St James's Church/Granby Aylestone Park, Ellis George 4319 Private 01/07/1916 1st/4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Road School Memorial Leicester/Leicester Citadal New Military Ellis Herbert 56749 Serjeant 01/07/1916 "C" Battery, 80th Brigade Royal Field Artillery Fricourt, France Cemetery Faulks John G. G/15580 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Wyggeston Grammar School Flint Wilfred Ernest Second Lieutenant 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Leicester for Boys Memorial The Martyrs Gamble Frank Burfield - Second Lieutenant 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Church/Wyggeston Grammar Leicester School for Boys Memorial Goodacre F. 3934 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Gorick James 240462 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Memorial/Wesleyan Greasley Joe 2404 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Rothley, Leics Memorial Greaves Thomas 201718 Private 01/07/1916 1st/4th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Grimsley Stanley 3506 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment St Saviour's Church Leicester Memorial/St John The Donisthorpe & Hart George William 241321 Private 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Evangelist Church Oakthorpe/Donisthorpe Harvey Percy 4090 Private 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Thievpal Memorial Somme, France Hensman Horace 13015 Private 01/07/1916 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment St Mary Magdalen Church Shearsby, Leics 2nd Battalion, attd. 10th St Paul's Chyrd Heygate Claude Raymond - Captain 01/07/1916 King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Woodhouse Eaves, Leics Battalion Memorial/Memorial St Paul's Chyrd Heygate Claude R. Captain 01/07/1916 10th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Woodhouse Eaves, Leics Memorial/Memorial Hyman Herbert 201463 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Ingham Lawrence 16970 Private 01/07/1916 18th Battalion Liverpool Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Company Serjeant Johnson Frank 1385 01/07/1916 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Memorial Shepshed, Leics Major Johnson Charles 9914 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Johnson Herbert R. 3/1354 Serjeant 01/07/1916 14th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment St James's Church Aylestone Park, Leicester Keens Alfred G. 13149 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment Ovillers Military Cemetery France Kidger John James Bernard 3486 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Carillon Tower Memorial Loughborough, Leics Kidger Cornelius 12914 Private 01/07/1916 10th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Memorial Sileby, Leics Lait Maurice 12/430 Private 01/07/1916 12th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France McCabe Patrick 24/1353 Private 01/07/1916 24th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers Ovillers Military Cemetery France Metherell Charles 5432 Private 01/07/1916 14th Battalion London Regiment-London Scottish Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Gommecourt Wood New Miles Edwin P. 5134 Private 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment Fonquevillers, France Cemetery Miller Clifford 17988 Private 01/07/1916 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters St Mary's Church Bottesford, Leics Morgan John W. 2020 Private 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Mountain William 10671 Serjeant 01/07/1916 15th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Connaught Cemetery Thiepval, France Newton William J. 11075 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment All Saints Church Knipton, Leics Nichols Thomas 2652 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment Memorial Hinckley, Leics Gommecourt Wood New Paice John W. 1434 Private 01/07/1916 1st/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Foncquevillers, France Cemetery Parkin Joseph 9892 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Dantzig Alley Military Parsons Leonard S. 18461 Private 01/07/1916 6th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Mametz, France Cemetery Memorial Cross/Vicarage Pearson Edward 12/746 Private 01/07/1916 12th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Barrow upon Soar, Leics Wall/Holy Trinity Church Peregrine John P. P. - Lieutenant 01/07/1916 1st Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment Memorial/St Guthlac's Church Branston by Belvoir, Leics Potter John Kesteven 103834 Sapper 01/07/1916 154th Field Company Royal Engineers Carillon Tower Memorial Loughborough, Leics Authulie Wood, Authulie & Pymm Sidney A. 15429 Corporal 01/07/1916 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Blighty Valley Cemetery Aveluy, France Foncquevillers Military Randell John 4507 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment France Cemetery Read Edward 201651 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Sayres Hugh Wingfield - Captain 01/07/1916 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers Sucrerie Military Cemetery Colincamps, France Scattergood George 15746 Private 01/07/1916 8th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Shilcross John Henry 8601 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 8th Battalion York & Lancaster Regiment St Andrew's Chyrd Memorial Kegworth, Leics Simpson Horace Cumberland 15/812 Private 01/07/1916 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Smith Stanley John 3376 Lance Corporal 01/07/1916 5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment St James Chyrd Smisby, Leics Smith Albert W. 241557 Private 01/07/1916 1st/6th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment All Saints Chyrd Memorial Oakham, Rutland Smith Harry 201620 Private 01/07/1916 1st/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters Thiepval Memorial Somme, France St Peter & Paul's Church/St "D" Battery, 175th Snodin John L/28951 Gunner 01/07/1916 Royal Field Artillery Peter & Paul's Chryd Uppingham, Rutland Brigade Memorial Southall George 3/9419 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France Stanton George 21972 Private 01/07/1916 9th Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry St Andrew's Church Leicester Starbuck Joseph 29424 Private 01/07/1916 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment Loos British Cemetery France Steele Hugh 10001 Private 01/07/1916 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment Thiepval Memorial Somme, France