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28 Jul 1916

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

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...

02 Aug 1916

Stephen Henry Horrocks was born 13 September 1888, Wigan, Lancashire Known as Harry, he was the son of Henry Horrocks...

04 Aug 1916

Noel Target was born 23 November 1895 in London, the son of Felix Alexander Target MICE, Civil Engineer, Indian Publi...

05 Aug 1916

Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth M.C. 13th Bn Durham Light Infantry George was born on 12 July 1885 to parents Jul...

11 Aug 1916

Son of Albert and Elizabeth After his early education at Mirfield Parish Church School, he won a scholarship for the...

17 Aug 1916

William Nettleton was born in Ossett, Yorkshire 15 July 1891, the eight child of Robert (a woollen cloth binder) and...

20 Aug 1916

On 20 August Hallam, who was a member of No 1 Kite Balloon Section, was due to make an ascent with 2/Lt P B Moxon who...

27 Aug 1916

Frank was the 7th of 9 surviving children of parents Charles (an engineer traveller) and Eliza Ann (née Fox) who died...

29 Aug 1916

Albert was born in 1892 in Granville, near Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Arthur (who ha...

31 Aug 1916

Evan May was born in 1880 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, the son of Robert (a farm labourer) and Olive May. At the...

04 Sep 1916

Edgar Burn was born 3 June 1894 in Eglingham, Northumberland, the son of Roger (a tailor) and Georgina Burn. Age 16 a...