Name
Samuel Machon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
27/07/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
16198
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 2 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Barkway Village Memorial, St Mary Magdalene Church Memorial, Barkway, Not on the Royston memorials
Pre War
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Bethnal Green and resident and enlisted Royston, but it is possible that Royston is given and the nearest large town or postal town.
Wartime Service
Sam was killed in an attack on Longueval during the Battle of the Somme. Heavy gas shelling during the battalion's advance caused many casualties.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Paul Johnson, Adrian Pitts
