The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
2 April 1917 : Captain Robert Alister Field MC
02 Apr 1917Parents Joseph (a hat manufacturer and employer) and Frances (née Ross) Educated at Rokeby School, Wimbledon and Dulwi…
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3 April 1917: Pte Clarence Atkins Brown
03 Apr 1917Parents Joseph (a painter and ‘paper hanger’) and Jane (née Short) (a cotton weaver). At the 1901 Census Clarence, age…
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4 April 1917: Lieut. Harold Charles Davis
04 Apr 1917Parents Herbert (retired Director of Telegraphs, India Burma cirlce) and Charlotte (née Christopherson) 31 Pemberley A…
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5 April 1917: Lieut Harry Atheling Russell Boustead
05 Apr 19174th and youngest son of John Boustead and his wife Leila (née Money) of Briar Farm, Edenbridge, Kent. At the 1901 the …
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7 April 1917 : 2nd Lieut. George Orme Smart
07 Apr 1917Parents Arthur (a cotton waste manufacturer) and Edith (née Orm (a bunting and flag manufacturer). At the 1891 Census,…
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9 April 1917 : Gunner Ewart Doodson
09 Apr 1917Adoptive parents Tyas Wood (a rug and shawl finisher) and Morrennah (née Jagger) Family, brother James (born 1890, a bo…
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9 April 1917: Colin Stewart Calder
09 Apr 1917Parents Ronald and Mary (née Stewart) both originally from Dingwall, Ross-Shire, Scotland. Ronald was an assistant head …
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10 April 1917 : Staff Captain William Forbes Guild
10 Apr 1917Son of William (farmer) and Anna (née Lumsden) all of Scottish origins. At the 1891 Census at home with his parents an…
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11 April 1917: Lieut. Arthur Pole Godfrey
11 Apr 1917Only son of Charles and Evelyn (née Browne) Educated at Chigwell School, and in France. He was good a football, cric…
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12 April 1917: L/Cpl. William Holland
12 Apr 1917Parents Henry and Hannah (née Jopp) of 27 Eaton Rise, Ealing. Grandson of General H W Holland. Educated at Tonbridge.…
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13 April 1917: Major William Milne M.C.
13 Apr 1917Parents, James Milne of Mary Island, British Columbia and Henrietta (née Traquaiar) both from Scotland. In 1891, age …
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16 April 1917 : Cpl-Pilote Edmond Charles Clinton Genet
16 Apr 1917Edmond (the great-great grandson of ‘Citizen Genêt', the French Ambassador to the United States in the period immediatel…
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