The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
7 March 1916 : Major Carlos B Lumsden
07 Mar 1916His parents were Hugh G Lumsden of Auchindoir and Clova, JP and Maria Magdalena (née Gordon) of Aberdeen. Carolos …
Read More19 March 1916: Pte Cecil Hugh Peckham
19 Mar 1916His parents were Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5, at the 1901 Census. Cecil was living at home, at…
Read More6 April 1916 : Pte Frank Bird
06 Apr 1916His parents were John (a colliery roadman underground) and Emily (née Thewils) of 29 Doncaster Road, Ardsley, nr Barns…
Read More19 April 1916: Pte Dennis Cyril Byrne
19 Apr 1916The son of John and Elizabeth Fell. At the 1901 Census the family lived on Vicarage Place, Burnley. Dennis had an olde…
Read More21 April 1916: Louis Cloosstermans
21 Apr 1916Louis was still living in his town of birth at the time of the German invasion in August 1914. After escaping to Fr…
Read More23 April 1916 : Charles Fernand Sylvain van Eleghem
23 Apr 1916Charles was living in Brussels when he began his military service in 1905. By 1914, Charles was serving as an offic…
Read More25 April 1916: Louis Amans Jean dit Vareillese
25 Apr 1916Louis was a farmer. Louis had completed his compulsory military service in 1907 and was, therefore, an active army re…
Read More26 April 1916: 137/15564 Luit. Arthur Pierre Joseph Ghisain Lups…
26 Apr 1916Arthur was an officer of the reserve at the time of the outbreak of war. Luit. Luspin was mobilised on 1 August 1…
Read More29 May 1916 : Caporal Pierre Jean Victorin Viguier
29 May 1916Pierre was a farmer before the war. Pierre was called into service at Rodez in late August 1914 and first saw acti…
Read More22 June 1916 : 2nd Lieut. Trevor Allington Crosland
22 Jun 1916Youngest son of Thomas (a woollen cloth manufacturer) and Charlotte (née Sykes) Age 4 at the 1901 Census Trevor was liv…
Read MoreTwo soldiers of the Great War remembered on a single headstone
30 Jun 1916La Clytte Military Cemetery is a concentration cemetery located eight kilometres to the south west of Ypres in the vil…
Read More1 July 1916 : Charles Stonehouse
01 Jul 1916His father was Francis Stonehouse, a draper and his mother Mary Ann Stonehouse. One of seven children, Charles went on t…
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