The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
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…
Read More
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 …
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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 …
Read More
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.…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
2 March 1916: Pte John Hardy Taylor
02 Mar 1916His parents were Thomas (a general labourer) and Emma Taylor. At the 1901 Census, John (age 16) was a horse keeper. H…
Read More