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

28 July 1916 : S/Lieut. Etienne Benoist
28 Jul 1916Etienne 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 Jul 1916Louis 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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2 August 1916 : 292 L/Cpl Stephen Henry (Harry) Horrocks
02 Aug 1916Stephen Henry Horrocks was born 13 September 1888, Wigan, Lancashire Known as Harry, he was the son of Henry Horrocks...
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4 August 1916 Lieutenant Noel Alexander Target MC
04 Aug 1916Noel Target was born 23 November 1895 in London, the son of Felix Alexander Target MICE, Civil Engineer, Indian Publi...
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5 August 1916 Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC
05 Aug 1916Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth M.C. 13th Bn Durham Light Infantry George was born on 12 July 1885 to parents Jul...
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11 August 1916 : Pte John Hinchcliffe
11 Aug 1916Son of Albert and Elizabeth After his early education at Mirfield Parish Church School, he won a scholarship for the...
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17 August 1916 : Pte William Nettleton
17 Aug 1916William Nettleton was born in Ossett, Yorkshire 15 July 1891, the eight child of Robert (a woollen cloth binder) and...
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20 August 1916: Captain Basil Hallam Radford
20 Aug 1916On 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...
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27 August 1916 : L/Cpl. Frank Hall
27 Aug 1916Frank was the 7th of 9 surviving children of parents Charles (an engineer traveller) and Eliza Ann (née Fox) who died...
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29 August 1916 : Pte Albert Amos Howes
29 Aug 1916Albert was born in 1892 in Granville, near Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Arthur (who ha...
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31 August 1916 : Pte Evan Oliver Robert May
31 Aug 1916Evan May was born in 1880 in Northleach, Gloucestershire, the son of Robert (a farm labourer) and Olive May. At the...
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4 September 1916 : Pte Edgar William Burn
04 Sep 1916Edgar Burn was born 3 June 1894 in Eglingham, Northumberland, the son of Roger (a tailor) and Georgina Burn. Age 16 a...
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