14 January 1917: 2nd Lieut. George Allan Exley

14 January 1917: 2nd Lieut. George Allan Exley

14 Jan 1917

He was the only son of John Exley of Farr Road, a pharmaceutical chemist, and his wife Mary Elizabeth. George was liv...

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20 January 1917 :  Pte Arthur Munro Harrison

20 January 1917 : Pte Arthur Munro Harrison

20 Jan 1917

His parents John William Harrison and Elizabeth lived at Ivy Cottage, Stoney Bank, Earby, nr Colne. Arthur became a w...

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22 January 1917: 2nd Lieut Charles Percival Mattey

22 January 1917: 2nd Lieut Charles Percival Mattey

22 Jan 1917

His parents were George Mattey (farmer) and Elizabeth Mattey (née Marden).   Aged 2 at the 1891 Census, Charles, the...

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5 February 1917 : 2nd Lieutenant John Stevenson

5 February 1917 : 2nd Lieutenant John Stevenson

05 Feb 1917

John Stevenson was born in Ahmednagar, Deccan, India on 19 April 1897 and was the son of Surgeon General Henry Wickha...

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6 February 1917 : 2nd Lieut Leon Alfred O’Meara

6 February 1917 : 2nd Lieut Leon Alfred O’Meara

06 Feb 1917

Leon was born in Camberley, Surrey in 1898. He was the only son of Major Walter O’Meara and Annie O'Meara of 11 Talga...

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7 February 1917 :  Pte Eustace Delano Fishbourne

7 February 1917 : Pte Eustace Delano Fishbourne

07 Feb 1917

Eustace was born in West Kensington on 23 July 1893. He was the only son of Lieut-Col Joseph Fishbourne RAMC, a retir...

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8 February 1917: Lieutenant Harold Courtnay Woollcombe-Boyce

8 February 1917: Lieutenant Harold Courtnay Woollcombe-Boyce

08 Feb 1917

On 8 February 1917, HMS Ghurka sank in heavy seas after hitting a German mine off Dungeness. The mines had been laid...

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11 February 1917: Pte John Elvin Collett

11 February 1917: Pte John Elvin Collett

11 Feb 1917

John was born in 1891 in Castleford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Before the war he was employed as a house painte...

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12 February 1917: L/Cpl Robert Spencer

12 February 1917: L/Cpl Robert Spencer

12 Feb 1917

Robert was born in Skipton in 1895. He was the eldest of five Peter and Martha Spencer. Before the war he was a warp...

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18 February 1917 : Pte. John Jackson

18 February 1917 : Pte. John Jackson

18 Feb 1917

John was born in 1890 in Burnley. Before the war he was employed as a cotton weaver but was conscripted into service...

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5 March 1917: Capt. Patrick Cameron MacRae

5 March 1917: Capt. Patrick Cameron MacRae

05 Mar 1917

Patrick MacRae (in some records spelt McRae) was born in Beaton’s Lane, Inverness on 12 July 1889, the son of John, a...

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7 March 1917: Major James Duff Stuart

7 March 1917: Major James Duff Stuart

07 Mar 1917

James was born in Vancouver on 2 October 1894, the son of Col. James Duff Stuart and his wife, Mary. He was educated...

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