12 July 1916 : A/Cpl. James Albert Jackson

12 July 1916 : A/Cpl. James Albert Jackson

12 Jul 1916

James Jackson was born in Read, Lancashire in January 1890, one of five children of Benjamin (a Lancashire born gener...

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13 July 1916 : Gnr William Greenwood

13 July 1916 : Gnr William Greenwood

13 Jul 1916

Born in Burnley, Lancs. in 1891, William was the youngest of six. His father Charles (a cotton cloth looker and later...

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16 July 1916 : Pte John S.S. Huskisson

16 July 1916 : Pte John S.S. Huskisson

16 Jul 1916

John Huskisson was born in Bridgetown, Barbados in 1893.  The Daily Mail reported that John (one of eleven men to arr...

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18 July 1916 : L/CPL Eugene Walter Linley

18 July 1916 : L/CPL Eugene Walter Linley

18 Jul 1916

Eugene Linley was born in Inverness in 1893. His father, Fred, was from Huddersfield; his mother was Ellen Louisa.  A...

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19 July 1916 : Corporal John Beresford Bryson

19 July 1916 : Corporal John Beresford Bryson

19 Jul 1916

John was from New South Wales, Australia, the son of James and Emily Bryson, of Huskisson. A mechanical dentist befo...

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20 July 1916 : Pte. Alexander McGregor McKenzie

20 July 1916 : Pte. Alexander McGregor McKenzie

20 Jul 1916

Born at Talia, South Australia on 11 January 1891, Alexander was a farmer. He enlisted at Keswick, South Australia o...

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21 July 1916 : Pte Thomas R. Rigby

21 July 1916 : Pte Thomas R. Rigby

21 Jul 1916

Thomas Rigby was born in Slaidburn, Yorkshire in 1890, the son of Thomas E Rigby (a farmer) and Ellen (née Nutter) At...

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22 July 1916 : Major-General Ingouville-Williams, 34th Division.

22 July 1916 : Major-General Ingouville-Williams, 34th Division.

22 Jul 1916

Edward Charles Ingouville-Williams was born at Purbrook, Hampshire 13 December 1861, the son of General Sir John Will...

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25 July 1916 : Pte Colin A Arrol

25 July 1916 : Pte Colin A Arrol

25 Jul 1916

Colin Arrol was born in Dumbarton 5 December 1885, the only son of Walter Arrol (an army Major then brewer and wine m...

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27 July 1916: Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt

27 July 1916: Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt

27 Jul 1916

Charles Fryattt was born 2 December 1872 in Southampton, the son of Charles (mariner) and Ethel.  Aged 20 in 1891, Ch...

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28 July 1916 : S/Lieut. Etienne Benoist

28 July 1916 : S/Lieut. Etienne Benoist

28 Jul 1916

Etienne Benoist was born at Langres, Haute Marne on 3rd August 1887.  An art school graduate, he enlisted for his com...

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30 July 1916 : Sdt.2.Cl. Louis Joseph Andrieu

30 July 1916 : Sdt.2.Cl. Louis Joseph Andrieu

30 Jul 1916

Louis Andrieu was born in Paris on 30 June 1895. Before the war he was a farmer in Department of Aveyron. Louis was...

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