The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
4 September 1916 : Pte Edgar William Burn
04 Sep 1916Son of Roger (a tailor) and Georgina Burn. Age 16 at the 1911 England Census, Edgar was a watchmaker and apprentice d…
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05 Sep 19166029 Sergeant George Oliver Lee 'A' Battery 156th Bde Royal Field Artillery Age 44 Husband of Frances of 16 Telfourd …
Read More5 September 1916 : Sgt George Lee
05 Sep 1916His parents were Frederick and Anne (née Lister). George's mother died within 2 weeks of his birth. Brothers Alexander a…
Read More7 September 1916 : Gnr George Butt
07 Sep 1916George, first born of Frederick (a railway signalman from Somerset) and Mary. By the 1911 Census, George, a farm labo…
Read More12 September 1916 : Pte William Shaw
12 Sep 1916William lived at 61 Finsley Gate in Burnley and was married to Catherine. They had no children. He enlisted soon aft…
Read More22 September 1916 : Capt James Knowles Bertram
22 Sep 1916Parents, Scottish born Dr Thomas Bertram and New York born, Scottish, Jean (née Knowles). James was their only child. …
Read More25 September 1916 : Capt. Herbert Meakin
25 Sep 1916Herbert Percy Meakin was born in Poona, Maharashtra, India on 10 January 1891 the son of Henry George Meakin, a brewer, …
Read More3 October 1916 : Pte John Hargreaves
03 Oct 1916The son of John (a coal miner) and Mary. John became a weaver and the family lived on Bivel Street, Burnley, Lancashir…
Read More11 October 1916 : 2nd Lt William Robert McCann
11 Oct 1916William Robert McCann was the son of Mr and Mrs James McCann of ‘Fernagh', Whiteabbey, County Antrim. At the 1901 Ce…
Read More16 October 1916 : Pte James Joynt MM
16 Oct 1916James, the second child of William (an Irishman for Limerick) and Ellen (from Gosport) was born in Derby in January 18…
Read More21 October 1916 : L/Cpl William Beck
21 Oct 1916William Beck's family moved to Walthamstow and he attended Blackhorse Road Boys’ School from 1902-1907. At the 1911 C…
Read More31 October 1916 : Sgt James Sandeman Cunningham
31 Oct 1916James Cunningham emigrated to Canada, where he was employed as a chartered accountant in Montréal at the time of the o…
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