The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
30 December 1915: Pte Stephen Sowden
30 Dec 1915Parents Thomas (coal hewer) and Mary (cotton winder), both orginaly from Cornwall. At the 1901 Stephen was the younges…
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5 January 1916: Gnr Kei Marsh
05 Jan 1916Kei Marsh was a miner. In 1911 he was boarding with his family at 30 Thorn St, Burnley. Somehow there were 12 pe…
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10 January 1916 : Percival ‘Percy’ Victor Fraser
10 Jan 1916His parents were William and Annie (née Grieve). Percy, as he was known, had three younger brothers, two of whom died …
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12 January 1916: Pte Arthur Swindlehurst
12 Jan 1916Arthur was the son of Edward Swindlehurst (a train driver) and Hannah Maria Swindlehurst. In 1901, age 10, Arthur liv…
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15 January 1916: Pte John Sait 20248 East Surrey Regiment
15 Jan 1916The son of Thomas and Ann Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth. Thomas Sait was a carpenter. John was educated in Tolworth…
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21 January 1916 : Pte Frederick C Baldwyn
21 Jan 1916One of five boys, his father, Frank Baldwyn originally from Aberdeen, ran a market gardening business with his wife Flor…
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27 January 1916: Pte William Gallard
27 Jan 1916Parents Edward (born Rotherfield, December 1871 - a laundry carman) and Susan Gallard (née West) At the 1901 Census…
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14 February 1916 : Lieut. Richard Gavin Brown
14 Feb 1916Richard was the eldest of three children by Richard Brown MG Deputy Inspector-General RN (Ret) and Jessie (née McPhers…
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20 February 1916: Sergt. Andrew Angus
20 Feb 1916Parents Andrew, a joiner and mother Emma Jane. At the 1891 Census the family were living at 122 Walker Road and Andrew …
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23 February 1916 : 2nd Lieut. Leonard Ewbank. 5th (Territorial) B…
23 Feb 1916His parents were the Rev John Ewbank and Julia Helen (née Benson), of Bolton Rectory, Mealsgate, Carlisle, Cumberland.…
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28 February 1916 : Major Gerald Jamieson
28 Feb 1916His parents were Colonel Alister Jamieson and his mother Geraldine (née d'Aguilar). He was educated in turn at Che…
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29 February 1916 : 1990 Pte Arthur Moore
29 Feb 1916Arthur was the youngest son of Henry Albert Moore (a farmer) and his wife Elizabeth (née Thirza) of Moore of Park Hous…
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