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13 Dec 1915

Born in Barnstaple on 24 May 1896, Albert was the only son of John Henry Thorne (builder) of Bear St, Barnstable. H...

18 Dec 1915

Horace Coe was born in Desborough, Northants on 31 December 1886, the son of William (a bricklayer's labourer) and Cl...

21 Dec 1915

Parents Alfred (a draper and shopkeeper) and Florence (née Sampson). The family lived at 27 White Cliff Mill St, Bl...

23 Dec 1915

Roland Aubrey Leighton was born on 27 March 1895 in St.John's Wood, London. He was the oldest surviving child of lite...

23 Dec 1915

Her parents were William (agricultural labourer) and Harriet Stanley. Ada was the youngest of nine children. Age 31...

28 Dec 1915

Ned 'Neddie' Vandeventer was born in Bloomfield, Green County, Indiana on 24 September 1895, the son of Winfield (far...

28 Dec 1915

Gabriel Pierre Basset was born at Roanne on 23 February 1889 He lived at 56, rue Gambetta, Roanne (95km north west of...

29 Dec 1915

His father was George (Colonel, Bengali Rifles) and mother Mary. At the 1871 England Census, age 7, Ernest was livin...

30 Dec 1915

Stephen Sowden was born in Burnley in 1897. His parents were Thomas (coal hewer) and Mary (cotton winder), both origi...

05 Jan 1916

Kei Marsh was a miner. In 1911 he was boarding with his family at 30 Thorn St, Burnley. Somehow there were 12 pe...

10 Jan 1916

His parents were William and Annie (née Grieve). Percy, as he was known, had three younger brothers, two of whom died...

12 Jan 1916

Arthur was the son of Edward Swindlehurst (a train driver) and Hannah Maria Swindlehurst. In 1901, age 10, Arthur liv...