4 September 1916 : Pte Edgar William Burn

4 September 1916 : Pte Edgar William Burn

04 Sep 1916

Son 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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5 September 1916 :  Father and Son, Sgt George and Cpl Robert Lee

5 September 1916 : Father and Son, Sgt George and Cpl Robert Lee…

05 Sep 1916

6029 Sergeant George Oliver Lee 'A' Battery 156th Bde Royal Field Artillery Age 44 Husband of Frances of 16 Telfourd …

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5 September 1916 : Sgt George Lee

5 September 1916 : Sgt George Lee

05 Sep 1916

His parents were Frederick and Anne (née Lister). George's mother died within 2 weeks of his birth. Brothers Alexander a…

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7 September 1916 : Gnr George Butt

7 September 1916 : Gnr George Butt

07 Sep 1916

George, first born of Frederick (a railway signalman from Somerset) and Mary. By the 1911 Census, George, a farm labo…

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12 September 1916 : Pte William Shaw

12 September 1916 : Pte William Shaw

12 Sep 1916

William lived at 61 Finsley Gate in Burnley and was married to Catherine. They had no children.  He enlisted soon aft…

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22 September 1916 : Capt James Knowles Bertram

22 September 1916 : Capt James Knowles Bertram

22 Sep 1916

Parents, Scottish born Dr Thomas Bertram and New York born, Scottish, Jean (née Knowles). James was their only child. …

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25 September 1916 : Capt. Herbert Meakin

25 September 1916 : Capt. Herbert Meakin

25 Sep 1916

Herbert Percy Meakin was born in Poona, Maharashtra, India on 10 January 1891 the son of Henry George Meakin, a brewer, …

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3 October 1916 : Pte John Hargreaves

3 October 1916 : Pte John Hargreaves

03 Oct 1916

The son of John (a coal miner) and Mary.  John became a weaver and the family lived on Bivel Street, Burnley, Lancashir…

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11 October 1916 : 2nd Lt William Robert McCann

11 October 1916 : 2nd Lt William Robert McCann

11 Oct 1916

William Robert McCann was the son of Mr and Mrs James McCann of ‘Fernagh', Whiteabbey, County Antrim. At the 1901 Ce…

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16 October 1916 : Pte James Joynt MM

16 October 1916 : Pte James Joynt MM

16 Oct 1916

James, the second child of William (an Irishman for Limerick) and Ellen (from Gosport) was born in Derby in January 18…

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21 October 1916 :  L/Cpl William Beck

21 October 1916 : L/Cpl William Beck

21 Oct 1916

William Beck's family moved to Walthamstow and he attended Blackhorse Road Boys’ School from 1902-1907. At the 1911 C…

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31 October 1916 : Sgt James Sandeman Cunningham

31 October 1916 : Sgt James Sandeman Cunningham

31 Oct 1916

James Cunningham emigrated to Canada, where he was employed as a chartered accountant in Montréal at the time of the o…

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