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23 Jan 1916

He was the son of the William Gore (a coachman) and his wife Ellen (née Owen). At the 1881 census a six month old Wi...

10 Feb 1916

John William Backhouse was born on 9 March 1886 in Barnard Castle. His parents were Henry Backhouse and his wife, Geo...

14 Feb 1916

Richard was born in Aberdeen in 8 April 1882, he was the eldest of three children by Richard Brown MG Deputy Inspecto...

23 Feb 1916

Leonard was born at Mealsgate, Carlisle on 16 Feb 1893. His parents were the Rev John Ewbank and Julia Helen (née Ben...

28 Feb 1916

Gerald Jamieson was born 3 November 1876, Bombay; his parents were Colonel Alister Jamieson and his mother Geraldine...

29 Feb 1916

Arthur Moore was born 9 April 1879 in Frome, Somerset. He was the youngest son of Henry Albert Moore (a farmer) and...

14 Mar 1916

Louis Phillips was born on 24 February 1878, in Newport, the son of Charles and Rose Phillips. He was educated at Mon...

19 Mar 1916

Cecil Peckham was born in 1896 in Barcombe, East Sussex, the son of Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5...

06 Apr 1916

Frank Bird was born in Stairfoot on 9 Jan 1889. His parents were John (a colliery roadman underground) and Emily (née...

16 Apr 1916

In the days before the 16 April, a local newspaper recounted the words of one Seaforth Highlander describing the barr...

18 Apr 1916

Edward was born on 18 September 1885 at Thornleigh, 35 Hagley Road, Old Swinford, Stourbridge, in Worcestershire. His...

19 Apr 1916

Dennis Cyril Byrne born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1894, the son of John and Elizabeth Fell. At the 1901 Census the fa...