The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
11 July 1917 Capt and Flight Commander Henry van Goethem
11 Jul 1917Son of the artist Edward Victor Van Goethem and Lucy Beatrice (née Lafone) of Tregarthen, Parkstone, Dorset. Henry w…
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15 July 1917 : Fred Crabtree
15 Jul 1917His father was Richard Crabtree and mother Margaret. Older siblings John and Susannah. Fred was employed as a Loom…
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23 July 1917 : Pte George Clement Sutcliffe, 1/4th KOYLI.
23 Jul 1917The 49th (West Riding) Division had, following the Battle of the Somme, moved to the Neuve Chapelle area; the division…
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24 July 1917 : Pte Albert Hart
24 Jul 1917He was the son of Charles (an agricultural labourer) and Anne (a straw platter). At the 1911 Census Albert, age 28, a…
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25 July 1917 : Lt. Arnold Marcus, US Navy
25 Jul 1917Arnold attended the U.S. Naval Academy between 1909 and 1913 and was commissioned in the rank of Ensign upon gradua…
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31 July 1917 : Lt Col Edgar Robert Mobbs DSO
31 Jul 1917The son of Oliver L and Elizabeth Anne Mobbs. He did not make his school's First XV, preferring hockey at the time. Mobb…
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31 July 1917 : Inf. Sebastian Scheugenpflug
31 Jul 1917He was a grocer. A recalled reservist in August 1914, he first saw action during the First Battle of Ypres in October…
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3 August 1917 : Lieut. Robert Combe VC
03 Aug 1917His parents were James and Elizabeth Combe. Robert emigrated to Canada age 26 in 1906 having already completed his sc…
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15 August 1917 : Pte Samuel Young
15 Aug 1917He was the son of John (a brickmaker) and Elizabeth. At the 1891 they lived in Gold's Green, West Bromwich, though ten…
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16 August 1917 : Lt Colonel Sir Robert Benyon Nevill Gunter
16 Aug 1917The son of the MP for Barkston Ash Division, Sir Robert Gunter, the owners of Wetherby Grange, Yorkshire with estates in…
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18 August 1917 : Sgt Frederick John Hobson VC
18 Aug 1917He was the son of John Hobson (a stone mason) and Sarah Hobson (née Wallace - Dublin born) then living at 14 Wood St, Pa…
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19 August 1917 : Acting Major Okill Massey Learmonth
19 Aug 1917Okill's parents William and Martha Learmonth were from Britain. At the time of the 1901 Census we learn that he had an…
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