The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
20 January 1917 : Pte Arthur Munro Harrison
20 Jan 1917His parents John William Harrison and Elizabeth lived at Ivy Cottage, Stoney Bank, Earby, nr Colne. Arthur became a we…
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25 January 1916: 2nd Lieut Charles Percival Mattey
25 Jan 1917His parents were George Mattey (farmer) and Elizabeth Mattey (née Marden). Age 2 at the 1891 Census, Charles, the 6…
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5 February 1917 : 2nd Lieut. John Stevenson
05 Feb 1917John was the son of Surgeon General Henry Wickham Stevenson of Lorn House, Castletown, Isle of Man and Frances Clara (…
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6 February 1917 : 2nd Lieut (Res) Leon Alfred O’Meara
06 Feb 1917He was the only son of Major Walter O’Meara of 11 Talgrath Rd, West Kensighton, former Barrister and mother Annie Mary…
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7 February 1917 : Pte Eustace Delano Fishbourne
07 Feb 1917Only son of Lieut-Col Joseph Fishbourne RAMC, a retired doctor (born in Ireland) and of Edith (née Brind) Fishbourne o…
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8 February 1917 : 2nd Lieut. William Farthing
08 Feb 1917Parents Frederick Farthing and Maud (née Gidley) Williams was educated at Plymouth Grammar School. Age 18 William he…
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9 February 1917 : Pte Phinlo St. John Quirk
09 Feb 1917Phinlo was the second son of Hugh Quirk (a master mariner and teacher of navigation) and his wife Anna (née Deadon) of…
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10 February 1917: Pte Charles Edward Houldsworth
10 Feb 1917Charles was one of six children of Henry (a nail maker) and Ann Houldsworth. Age 13 Charles was a spinner in a mill.…
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11 February 1917: Pte David Walling
11 Feb 1917He was one of six children. His father was a mason’s labourer, his older siblings weavers from leaving school. At the…
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12 February 1917: L/Cpl Robert Spencer
12 Feb 1917Robert was the eldest of five Peter and Martha Spencer. Before the war he was a warp dryer in a cotton mill. His fathe…
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18 February 1917 : Pte. John Jackson
18 Feb 1917He was employed as a cotton weaver prior to the war, he was conscripted into service in 1916 and initially joined the …
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9 March 1917: Pte Edmund Hewitt
09 Mar 1917At the 1911 Census Edmund was one of six children, including parents and a border, living across a combined six roomed…
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