The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
4 November 1918 Gnr Cecil French was killed in action on this day…
04 Nov 2017Cecil French was born on 19 November 1899 in Walthamstow and joined Blackhorse Road Boys’ School on 11 June 1906. He le…
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5 November 1916 Pte Charles Illingworth killed in action on this …
05 Nov 2017Born in late 1891 in Ossett Son of Andrew an Sarah After school he became a clerk working in a fell mongers. He enlis…
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6 November 1914 Carl Hans Lody was shot as a spy on this day
06 Nov 20176 November 1914, broke cold, foggy and bleak, and at a very early hour Lody was brought from his cell, and the grim proc…
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7 November 1914 Sdt Claudius Descotes was killed in action on thi…
07 Nov 2017Joseph was born at Chauffailles, Saône-et-Loire on 7th January 1893, He was living at 33, Quai du Bassin, Roanne, Loire…
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8 November 1914 Sgt Martin Brennan was killed in action on this d…
08 Nov 2017Martin lived at 105 Ardwick Street, Burnley at the time of his re-enlistment. A reservist in 1914, Martin originally enl…
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9 November 1917 Pte John Wood was killed in action on this day
09 Nov 2017Born and resident in Burnley, Lancashire, John enlisted into the Lancashire Fusiliers in Burnley in December 1915 and ar…
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10 November 1917 Theodor Schwarzmuller died of his wounds on this…
10 Nov 2017A book-keeper from Sagstetten, Bavaria, Theodor was born in 1894. He was called into service in the Autumn of 1914 and …
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11 November 1918 Sdt Trébuchon was killed on this day
11 Nov 2017The last French soldier to be killed in action during the Great War, Augustin was born on 30 May 1878 in the small farmi…
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The last French soldier to be killed in action during the Great W…
11 Nov 2017The last French soldier to be killed in action during the Great War, Augustin was born on 30 May 1878 in the small farmi…
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12 November 1917 Vormeister August Olz died on this day
12 Nov 2017A farmer from the South Tyrol, August was born on 1 September 1896. Called into service in mid 1915, he was, after a spe…
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13 November 1914 Jaeger Robert Luger died on this day
13 Nov 2017A paint factory employee before the war, Robert was born in Austria on the 7 April 1889. At the outbreak of war, he was …
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14 November 1916 Pte Bertie Adams was killed in action on this da…
14 Nov 2017A weaver at Duckworth's Mill, Kelbrook, Bertie was born at Foulridge, Lancashire in 1895. He enlisted into the East Lanc…
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