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23 Aug 1914

Son of parents Jozef (Joseph) Leopold Paque and Joanna Hofman. He was a shoemaker, married to Josephina (Josephine)...

26 Aug 1914

The first son of Robert Henry Maude, 5th Viscount Hawarden and Caroline Anna Mary (née Ogle). At the time of the 190...

01 Sep 1914

The son of Lord and Lady Edward Cecil (daughter of Admiral Frederick Maxse) and the grandson of the 3rd Marquess of...

14 Sep 1914

Ernest was a warehouseman at Spring Mills at Wheatley Lane near Burnley prior to the outbreak of war. A pre-war rese...

16 Sep 1914

Marius lived at 146, Rue Fontalon, Roanne. He was called for his compulsory military service in October 1913 and was...

20 Sep 1914

The youngest son of five children of parents Anthony and Jessie Marshall of Anstead Farm, Chathill, Northumberland....

09 Oct 1914

Educated at Eton and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. HE was a JP, DL and County Councillor for Wigtownshire and...

15 Oct 1914

His parents were James (a joiner) and Ann Heptinstall. Arthur was the seventh of their children born between 1864 an...

17 Oct 1914

From Ste Denis de Cabanne, Emilien was called up for his compulsory military service in 1909, he was an active army r...

18 Oct 1914

By 1901 the Roebuck family had moved to Rotherham and were living in Barker's Yard, off the main High Street, where h...

22 Oct 1914

Henry was the son of the Reverend Arthur Atkinson, Canon of Chester Cathedral, and Ursula Mary Atkinson (née Cotton-...

25 Oct 1914

Charles originally joined the Army in early 1904 and was a reservist still living in the town (37 Old Hall Street...