The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
15 November 1916 Pte Arthur Henry Sharples was killed on this day…
15 Nov 2017A cotton weaver from Burnley, Lancashire, Arthur was born in the town in 1898. Resident on Berry Street, Burnley, he en…
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16 November 1917 Pte Joseph Williams died on this day
16 Nov 2017Born at Cornholme, Lancashire in 1888, Joseph was a carter employed by Barnoldswick Council prior to enlistment. He was …
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17 November 1919 Lieutenant Roland Mac Gray shot during an argume…
17 Nov 2017Born 7 June 1896 at Fowler, Benton County, Indiana, Roland was a West Point graduate of the Class of 1918. After trainin…
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18 November 1917 Pvt Harry George Myers was killed in action on t…
18 Nov 2017Birth details unknown, Harry was a foster child who was raised on a farm at Uniontown, Perry County. He enlisted into t…
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19 November 1917 Sgt James William Blake died on this day
19 Nov 2017Of 1 King Street, Burnley, James enlisted into the 5th Bn East Lancs (Regtl. Number 2991) on 15 October 1914. A book-ke…
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20 November 1917 Pte Stephen Carroll was killed in action on this…
20 Nov 2017From Burnley, Lancashire, Stephen enlisted into the Special Reserve on 20 July 1914. A foundry worker by trade, he was …
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21 November 1917 Pte George Wilson was reported missing in action…
21 Nov 2017George Wilson was born in Steeton in 1894. He enlisted into the West Riding territorials in January 1915 and was sent o…
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22 November 1917 Pte Alexander McNab was killed in action on this…
22 Nov 2017A Special Reservist at the outbreak of war, Alexander was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1890. In civilian life, he was …
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23 November 1917 Pte Joseph Hoole died on this day
23 Nov 2017From Preston, Lancashire, Joseph was born in 1892. A pre-war territorial, he had been a weaver in his civilian life and …
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24 November 1917 Gefr Georg Adelsberger died on this day
24 Nov 2017From Wartenberg, Saxony, Georg was a holder of the Iron Cross 2nd Class and had been wounded at least once during his Gr…
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25 November 1918 Pvt Elmer Taylor died of pneumonia on this day
25 Nov 2017A chauffeur from Richmond, Indiana, Elmer was born on 2 August 1898. He enlisted into the US Regular Army at Jefferson B…
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26 November 1917 Unterjäger Bernard Halbeisen was killed on this …
26 Nov 2017Born in 1895 and living in the South Tyrol, Bernard was a builder by trade. Enlisting into the army in July 1914, he saw…
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