The 18th November 1916 marked the ‘official’ end of the Battle of the Somme. A century later we remember the four Platt men who fell in the campaign.

3 July 1916

G/4957 Pte. Richard Haxon Andrews, 6th (Service) Bn, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

G/8979 Pte. Peter Piper, 6th (Service) Bn, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

19 July 1916

G/2114 Pte. Arthur Victor Sparks, 7th Bn The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

3 September 1916

R/966 Rfl. Reginald Frank Thorndycraft MM, 11th (Service) Bn King’s Royal Rifle Corps