The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
5 November 1916 : Pte Charles Illingworth
05 Nov 1916Charles Wilton Illingworth, the son of Andrew, a fine cloth drawer and Sarah was christened on Christmas Day at South …
Read More14 November 1916 : Pte Arthur Sharples
14 Nov 1916His parents were William Sharples (an assistant newspaper printer) and Lucy Jane (née Pomroy). Age 4 at the 1901 Cen…
Read More16 November 1916 : 2nd Lt Theodore Ionides, 2nd Bn, Oxfordshire &…
16 Nov 1916He was the son of Alexander Constantine Ionides and his wife Calliope Michael (formerly Zarifi) and they lived at 34 Por…
Read More25 November 1916 : Pte Thomas Dawson
25 Nov 1916Thomas's father Michael was a coal miner. As the children got older they too found work in the mine, which is where…
Read More27 November 1916 : Pte Joshua J Mitchell
27 Nov 1916Joshua was the youngest son of four surviving children. His father Arthur Mitchell was a rag trader, his mother was Su…
Read More15 December 1916: Pte Nicholas Mann
15 Dec 1916Nicholas was the son of a shoe maker and later cabinet maker, and former Colour Sergeant. He served in the South Afri…
Read More26 December 1916 : 2nd LT George Bemand
26 Dec 1916George was the eldest of four children of Mary Ann Bemand (also known as ‘Minnie’ from Jamaica). It appears that the c…
Read More31 December 1916 : Staff Nurse Kate Rosina Sturt
31 Dec 1916Kate's parents were William Sturt (a retired Company Sergeant Major in the Royal Garrison Artillery) and Kate Jane Col…
Read More4 January 1917 : Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous
04 Jan 1917He was the son of Frederick Lokes Selous and Ann Holgate Selous. Selous was a British explorer, officer, hunter, an…
Read More7 January 1917 : A/Sgt William Hoggard
07 Jan 1917William's parents were William (a farm labourer) and Susannah (née Newlove) land they lived at 172 Ryecroft Street, Cr…
Read More8 January 1917: PTE James Tongue
08 Jan 1917Pte 11850 J. Tongue of the 1st King's Liverpool Regiment was executed after a trial for desertion, the execution taking …
Read More9 January 1917 : Major Henry Clifford
09 Jan 1917He was the son of Henry James and Annie Frances (née Hilton-Green) of Frampton Court, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. A…
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