5 November 1916 : Pte Charles Illingworth

5 November 1916 : Pte Charles Illingworth

05 Nov 1916

Charles Wilton Illingworth, the son of Andrew, a fine cloth drawer and Sarah was christened on Christmas Day at South …

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14 November 1916 : Pte Arthur Sharples

14 November 1916 : Pte Arthur Sharples

14 Nov 1916

His parents were William Sharples (an assistant newspaper printer) and Lucy Jane (née Pomroy).  Age 4 at the 1901 Cen…

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16 November 1916 : 2nd Lt Theodore Ionides, 2nd Bn, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

16 November 1916 : 2nd Lt Theodore Ionides, 2nd Bn, Oxfordshire &…

16 Nov 1916

He was the son of Alexander Constantine Ionides and his wife Calliope Michael (formerly Zarifi) and they lived at 34 Por…

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25 November 1916 : Pte Thomas Dawson

25 November 1916 : Pte Thomas Dawson

25 Nov 1916

Thomas's father Michael was a coal miner. As the children got older they too found work in the mine, which is where…

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27 November 1916 : Pte Joshua J Mitchell

27 November 1916 : Pte Joshua J Mitchell

27 Nov 1916

Joshua was the youngest son of four surviving children. His father Arthur Mitchell was a rag trader, his mother was Su…

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15 December 1916: Pte Nicholas Mann

15 December 1916: Pte Nicholas Mann

15 Dec 1916

Nicholas was the son of a shoe maker and later cabinet maker, and former Colour Sergeant. He served in the South Afri…

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26 December 1916 : 2nd LT George Bemand

26 December 1916 : 2nd LT George Bemand

26 Dec 1916

George was the eldest of four children of Mary Ann Bemand (also known as ‘Minnie’ from Jamaica). It appears that the c…

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31 December 1916 : Staff Nurse Kate Rosina Sturt

31 December 1916 : Staff Nurse Kate Rosina Sturt

31 Dec 1916

Kate's parents were William Sturt (a retired Company Sergeant Major in the Royal Garrison Artillery) and Kate Jane Col…

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4 January 1917 : Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous

4 January 1917 : Captain Frederick Courtenay Selous

04 Jan 1917

He was the son of Frederick Lokes Selous and Ann Holgate Selous. Selous was a British explorer, officer, hunter, an…

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7 January 1917 : A/Sgt William Hoggard

7 January 1917 : A/Sgt William Hoggard

07 Jan 1917

William's parents were William (a farm labourer) and Susannah (née Newlove) land they lived at 172 Ryecroft Street, Cr…

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8 January 1917: PTE James Tongue

8 January 1917: PTE James Tongue

08 Jan 1917

Pte 11850 J. Tongue of the 1st King's Liverpool Regiment was executed after a trial for desertion, the execution taking …

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9 January 1917 :  Major Henry Clifford

9 January 1917 : Major Henry Clifford

09 Jan 1917

He was the son of Henry James and Annie Frances (née Hilton-Green) of Frampton Court, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire.  A…

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