The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
27 April 1917: Pte James Wormwell
27 Apr 1917James was employed as a weaver at J J Duckworth & Co before joining the army in August 1914. At the 1901 Census he …
Read More29 April 1917 : 2nd Lieut. John Guy Campbell
29 Apr 1917Only son of John (an accountant) and Agnes (née Guy) of 48 Granville Park, Blackheath. At the 1901 Census, John and his …
Read More3 May 1917 Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe VC
03 May 1917Robert was the youngest of six children of Presbyterian parents James and Elizabeth Combe. On 24 April 1906, Robert e…
Read MorePte Peter Mahon, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
07 May 1917Peter Mahon’s family originated in Co. Roscommon in Ireland. His great-grandparents emigrated to Cheshire in the 1840’s …
Read More8 May 1917: Pte Arthur Chatterton
08 May 1917Arthur was the son of Jabez, an agricultural labourer and Maria (née Brant) Chatteron. He was born into a family of bo…
Read More12 May 1917 : Lieut. Philip Martin Blake Collcutt
12 May 1917He was the youngest son of Thomas (President of the Royal Society of Architects) and Emily Collcutt. At the 1881 and …
Read More14 May 1917 : 2nd Lieut. John Stewart Morrison
14 May 1917He was the son of the Kenneth and Christina (née Stewart) of 25 Hayburn Crescent, Partickhill, Glasgow. John went…
Read More16 May 1917 : Pte Tom Spencer
16 May 1917Tom was part of a large family, the sixth child of his father James (a farm bailiff) and his mother Kezia. According t…
Read More17 May 1917 : Gnr Dennis Albert Holgate
17 May 1917Son of Joseph Holgate (a limestone quarryman) from Yorkshire and Elizabeth. At the 1901 Census three-year-old Dennis …
Read More18 May 1917 : Richard John Grandin
18 May 1917Parents Elias Grandin and Louise (née Alix). Richard was educated first at Victoria College, Jersey and on the …
Read More19 May 1917 : American Nurses Helen Burnett and Edith Ayne
19 May 1917On 19 May 1917 two American nurses Helen Burnett and Edith Ayne were killed. They were aboard the transport ship SS Mong…
Read More20 May 1917 : Pte James Ewart
20 May 1917His parents were John Ewes of 6 Romilly Road, Cardiff, a jeweller’s manager and Charlotte (née Ireland). James was …
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