The Somme Exhibition

Are you related to any of the soldiers from Belper who fought
in the Battle of the Somme during WW1

To mark the Centenary of the Battle of the Somme and exhibition is to be held in Number 28, Market Place, Belper, featuring the men who fought and died during the battle.

As part of our research we would like to contact relatives of these men, so if you have the same surname or your parents or grandparents had the same surname as the men listed below, we would love to hear from you.

The men killed on 1st July 1916

Private 26676 Allan Bembridge

Private 24201 John Bembridge

Private 200141 Albert Blount

Sergeant 200031 Fred Bowler M.M.

Private 32115 Percy Cartwright

Lance Corporal 2409 Henry Clayson

Lance Corporal 200494 Jim Green

Private 3474 Percy Hallam

Corporal 201082 Francis William Melbourne

Private 6851 Sydney Herbert Morley

Private 3531 Samuel Pape

Private 2756 Walter Pepper

Private 200342 Joseph Taylor

Sergeant 200005 William Wilkinson

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