The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.

13 December 1915 : Pte Albert Henry Thorne
13 Dec 1915Born in Barnstaple on 24 May 1896, Albert was the only son of John Henry Thorne (builder) of Bear St, Barnstable. H...
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18 December 1915 : Sergeant Horace Coe
18 Dec 1915Horace Coe was born in Desborough, Northants on 31 December 1886, the son of William (a bricklayer's labourer) and Cl...
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21 December 1915 : Kenneth Cherry
21 Dec 1915Parents Alfred (a draper and shopkeeper) and Florence (née Sampson). The family lived at 27 White Cliff Mill St, Bl...
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23 December 1915 : Roland Aubrey Leighton
23 Dec 1915Roland Aubrey Leighton was born on 27 March 1895 in St.John's Wood, London. He was the oldest surviving child of lite...
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23 December 1915 : Nurse Ada Stanley
23 Dec 1915Her parents were William (agricultural labourer) and Harriet Stanley. Ada was the youngest of nine children. Age 31...
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28 December 1917 : Wagoner Ned Vandeventer
28 Dec 1915Ned 'Neddie' Vandeventer was born in Bloomfield, Green County, Indiana on 24 September 1895, the son of Winfield (far...
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28 December 1915 : Sdt Gabriel Pierre Basset
28 Dec 1915Gabriel Pierre Basset was born at Roanne on 23 February 1889 He lived at 56, rue Gambetta, Roanne (95km north west of...
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29 December 1915 : Colonel Ernest Swiney
29 Dec 1915His father was George (Colonel, Bengali Rifles) and mother Mary. At the 1871 England Census, age 7, Ernest was livin...
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30 December 1915: Pte Stephen Sowden
30 Dec 1915Stephen Sowden was born in Burnley in 1897. His parents were Thomas (coal hewer) and Mary (cotton winder), both origi...
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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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