The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
10 April 1917 : Staff Captain William Forbes Guild
10 Apr 1917He was the son of William (farmer) and Anna (née Lumsden) all of Scottish origins. At the 1891 Census at home with h…
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11 April 1917: Lieut. Arthur Pole Godfrey
11 Apr 1917He was the only son of Charles Godfrey and Evelyn (née Browne). He was educated at Chigwell School and at a school in…
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11 April 1917 : Trooper Samuel Hannah
11 Apr 1917His parents were Samuel Hannah Sr and Flora Struthers. Before the war he lived with his parents in Hamilton, Lanarksh…
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12 April 1917: L/Cpl. William Holland
12 Apr 1917Parents Henry and Hannah (née Jopp) of 27 Eaton Rise, Ealing. Grandson of General H W Holland. Educated at Tonbridge.…
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13 April 1917: Major William Milne M.C.
13 Apr 1917Parents, James Milne of Mary Island, British Columbia and Henrietta (née Traquaiar) both from Scotland. In 1891, ag…
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17 April 1916 : 2/Lt Edward Felix Baxter VC
17 Apr 1917The short biography that follows is based on the account which appears in Gerald Gliddon's 'VCs of the First World War: …
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17 April 1917 : 1536 Sgt.Fourier Maurice Alphonse Laniel, 1er Rég…
17 Apr 1917Born at Tiranges, Haute-Loire on 2 August 1878, Maurice entered the army on 5 November 1899 and served for three years w…
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17 April 1917: Captain Reginald George Gregson-Ellis
17 Apr 1917Elder son of Clarke (Barrister) and Mildred (née Scholefield) Educated Horris Hell preparatory school and Eton College …
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20 April 1918: Lieut Juan Manuel Aldana
20 Apr 1917He was the son of Abelardo Aldan of Porthcawl, South Wales, Consul of Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Ecaudor and Eliza (…
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21 April 1917: Pte David John Rees
21 Apr 1917David was the youngest son of Samuel Rees (a farmer in 1901 who died later that year) and Margaret (née Haries) Educ…
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24 April 1917 : Pte George Kemp
24 Apr 1917Third son of Peter Kemp (a farm manager) and Isabella (née Sellar) and one of five boys and two girls. George was …
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25 April 1917: GS/51615 Pte Edward Harwood, 13th Bn Royal Fusilie…
25 Apr 1917Born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1887, Edward was living at 25,Coultate Street in Burnley at the time of his enlistment.…
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