The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
2 March 1916: Pte John Hardy Taylor
02 Mar 1916His parents were Thomas (a general labourer) and Emma Taylor. At the 1901 Census, John (age 16) was a horse keeper. H…
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7 March 1916 : Major Carlos B Lumsden
07 Mar 1916Parents Hugh G Lumsden of Auchindoir and Clova, JP and Maria Magdalena (née Gordon) of Aberdeen. Educated at Beaum…
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19 March 1916: Pte Cecil Hugh Peckham
19 Mar 1916His parents were Joseph (a domestic gardener) and Florence. Age 5, at the 1901 Census. Cecil was living at home, at…
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6 April 1916 : Pte Frank Bird
06 Apr 1916His parents were John (a colliery roadman underground) and Emily (née Thewils) of 29 Doncaster Road, Ardsley, nr Barns…
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19 April 1916: Pte Dennis Cyril Byrne
19 Apr 1916The son of John and Elizabeth Fell. At the 1901 Census the family lived on Vicarage Place, Burnley. Dennis had an olde…
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21 April 1916: Louis Cloosstermans
21 Apr 1916Louis was still living in his town of birth at the time of the German invasion in August 1914. After escaping to Fr…
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23 April 1916 : Charles Fernand Sylvain van Eleghem
23 Apr 1916Charles was living in Brussels when he began his military service in 1905. By 1914, Charles was serving as an offic…
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25 April 1916: Louis Amans Jean dit Vareillese
25 Apr 1916Louis was a farmer. Louis had completed his compulsory military service in 1907 and was, therefore, an active army re…
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26 April 1916: 137/15564 Luit. Arthur Pierre Joseph Ghisain Lups…
26 Apr 1916Arthur was an officer of the reserve at the time of the outbreak of war. Luit. Luspin was mobilised on 1 August 1…
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29 May 1916 : Caporal Pierre Jean Victorin Viguier
29 May 1916Pierre was a farmer before the war. Pierre was called into service at Rodez in late August 1914 and first saw acti…
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22 June 1916 : 2nd Lieut. Trevor Allington Crosland
22 Jun 1916Youngest son of Thomas (a woollen cloth manufacturer) and Charlotte (née Sykes) Age 4 at the 1901 Census Trevor was liv…
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Two soldiers of the Great War remembered on a single headstone
30 Jun 1916La Clytte Military Cemetery is a concentration cemetery located eight kilometres to the south west of Ypres in the vil…
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