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

15 January 1916: Pte John Sait
15 Jan 1916The son of Thomas and Ann Sait, of Red Lion Lane, Tolworth. John was educated in Tolworth and enlisted, 24 June 1878...
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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 F...
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23 January 1916 : Cpl. William Gore
23 Jan 1916He was the son of the William Gore (a coachman) and his wife Ellen (née Owen). At the 1881 census a six month old Wi...
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10 February 1916: Capt. John William Backhouse
10 Feb 1916John William Backhouse was born on 9 March 1886 in Barnard Castle. His parents were Henry Backhouse and his wife, Geo...
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14 February 1916 : Lieut. Richard Gavin Brown
14 Feb 1916Richard was born in Aberdeen in 8 April 1882, he was the eldest of three children by Richard Brown MG Deputy Inspecto...
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23 February 1916 : 2nd Lieut. Leonard Ewbank
23 Feb 1916Leonard was born at Mealsgate, Carlisle on 16 Feb 1893. His parents were the Rev John Ewbank and Julia Helen (née Ben...
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28 February 1916 : Major Gerald Jamieson
28 Feb 1916Gerald Jamieson was born 3 November 1876, Bombay; his parents were Colonel Alister Jamieson and his mother Geraldine...
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29 February 1916 : Pte Arthur Moore
29 Feb 1916Arthur Moore was born 9 April 1879 in Frome, Somerset. He was the youngest son of Henry Albert Moore (a farmer) and...
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14 March 1916: Sgt. Louis Augustus Phillips
14 Mar 1916Louis Phillips was born on 24 February 1878, in Newport, the son of Charles and Rose Phillips. He was educated at Mon...
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19 March 1916: Pte Cecil Hugh Peckham
19 Mar 1916Cecil Peckham was born in 1896 in Barcombe, East Sussex, the son of Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5...
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6 April 1916 : Pte Frank Bird
06 Apr 1916Frank Bird was born in Stairfoot on 9 Jan 1889. His parents were John (a colliery roadman underground) and Emily (née...
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16 April 1916: Lance Corporal Hay Guthrie
16 Apr 1916In the days before the 16 April, a local newspaper recounted the words of one Seaforth Highlander describing the barr...
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