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14 Nov 1916

Arthur Sharples was born in Burnley in 1898, the son of William Sharples (an assistant newspaper printer) and Lucy Ja...

16 Nov 1916

Theodore was born in Hyde Park, London on 9 April 1897. He was the son of Alexander Constantine Ionides and his wife...

25 Nov 1916

Thomas's father Michael was a coal miner. As the children got older they too found work in the mine, which is where w...

27 Nov 1916

Joshua J Mitchell was born in Ossett 24 December 1895, the youngest son of four surviving children. His father Arthur...

15 Dec 1916

Nicholas Mann was born on 8 June 1880 in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, the son of a shoe maker and later cabinet maker...

26 Dec 1916

George Bemand was born on 9 Mar 1892 in Kingston, Jamaica, the eldest of four children of Mary Ann Bemand (also known...

31 Dec 1916

Kate's parents were William Sturt (a retired Company Sergeant Major in the Royal Garrison Artillery) and Kate Jane Co...

04 Jan 1917

Frederick Lokes Selous was born 31 December 1851 in Hatherley, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Frederick...

08 Jan 1917

Pte 11850 J. Tongue of the 1st King's Liverpool Regiment was executed after a trial for desertion, the execution taki...

09 Jan 1917

He was the son of Henry James and Annie Frances (née Hilton-Green) of Frampton Court, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire. A...

11 Jan 1917

His father was William and his mother, Elizabeth (née Thornberry). James had five brothers and four sisters. Two br...

13 Jan 1917

The son of Thomas Burice Bell (a commercial traveller selling rice and spices) and Elizabeth. At the 1901 Census youn...