The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
2 May 1915 : James Reynolds
02 May 1915He was the eldest son of James Reynolds (a solicitor) and Annie Delesia (née Lowe) in a family of three. In 1901, …
Read More4 May 1915: Capt Godfrey Henry Ermen
04 May 1915His father Francis Ermen was a cotton manufacturer born in Germany, died in 1896. His mother Johanna was also born in Ge…
Read More5 May 1915 : Pte Herbert M Wightwick
05 May 1915Herbert emigrated to Canada where, at the time of the outbreak of war, he was employed as a clerk in Red Deer, Alberta…
Read More9 May 1915: Jacques Eugène Valfort
09 May 1915Jacques was in preparation for his compulsory military service when war broke out in 1914. Called up into the 17th …
Read More10 May 1915 : George Bargh
10 May 1915Parents Isaac Bargh and Helen (née Cumming). At the 1891 Census, George, age 1 was the youngest of Isaac and Hellen…
Read More11 May 1915: Captain George Clarence Gliddon
11 May 1915His parents were John Gliddon and Mary née (Baker) A graduate of St Thomas College and the University of Toronto wh…
Read More12 May 1915: Musk Josef Abberger
12 May 1915Already a serving soldier at the outbreak of war, he transferred to the newly expanded Lehr Infantry Regiment at Potsd…
Read More22 May 1915: Sergt John Lawton, 170e Régiment d'Infanterie
22 May 1915From Stockport, Cheshire, John was born (of English parentage) on 3 January 1887. A clerk in a hat factory in Stockport…
Read More24 May 1915: Harold Strachan Price
24 May 1915Son of Edward Price, the major forestry and paper company in Canada) and Henrietta. 1891 age 9 Harold lived with …
Read More4 June 1915: Capt Henry Worthington Whalley
04 Jun 1915His father was John James Whalley - a mill furnisher Henry was educated at Blackburn Grammar School, Holmwood Schoo…
Read More18 June 1915: L/Cpl. Charles Burrell
18 Jun 1915He had served for seven years in the volunteers before the war and attained the rank of sergeant which facilitated his p…
Read More25 June 1915: Sgt Auguste Louis Jeannin, 175 RI.
25 Jun 1915Auguste was a veteran of the Franco-German War of 1870 -71 where he saw action at Orleans and Le Mans. At the time of…
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