The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
17 April 1917 : 1536 Sgt.Fourier Maurice Alphonse Laniel, 1er Rég…
17 Apr 1917Born at Tiranges, Haute-Loire on 2 August 1878, Maurice entered the army on 5 November 1899 and served for three years w…
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17 April 1917: Captain Reginald George Gregson-Ellis
17 Apr 1917Elder son of Clarke (Barrister) and Mildred (née Scholefield) Educated Horris Hell preparatory school and Eton College …
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20 April 1918: Lieut Juan Manuel Aldana
20 Apr 1917Son of Abelardo Aldan of Porthcawl, South Wales, Consul of Colombia, Chile, Venezuela and Ecaudor and Eliza (née Hallada…
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21 April 1917: Pte David John Rees
21 Apr 1917Youngest son of Samuel Rees (a farmer in 1901 who died later that year) and Margaret (née Haries) Educated Mydrim Coun…
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24 April 1917 : Pte George Kemp
24 Apr 1917Third son of Peter Kemp (a farm manager) and Isabella (née Sellar) and one of five boys and two girls. George was Po…
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25 April 1917: GS/51615 Pte Edward Harwood, 13th Bn Royal Fusilie…
25 Apr 1917Born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1887, Edward was living at 25,Coultate Street in Burnley at the time of his enlistment.…
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27 April 1917: Pte James Wormwell
27 Apr 1917James was employed as a weaver at J J Duckworth & Co before joining the army in August 1914. At the 1901 Census he …
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29 April 1917 : 2nd Lieut. John Guy Campbell
29 Apr 1917Only son of John (an accountant) and Agnes (née Guy) of 48 Granville Park, Blackheath. At the 1901 Census, John and his …
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3 May 1917 Lieutenant Robert Grierson Combe VC
03 May 1917Robert was the youngest of six children of Presbyterian parents James and Elizabeth Combe. On 24 April 1906, Robert emi…
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Pte Peter Mahon, 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
07 May 1917Peter Mahon’s family originated in Co. Roscommon in Ireland. His great-grandparents emigrated to Cheshire in the 1840’s …
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8 May 1917: Pte Arthur Chatterton
08 May 1917Son of Jabez, an agricultural labourer and Maria (née Brant) Chatteron, born into a family of boys: Arthur had four olde…
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12 May 1917 : Lieut. Philip Martin Blake Collcutt
12 May 1917Youngest son of Thomas (President of the Royal Society of Architects) and Emily Collcutt. At the 1881 and 1891 Census…
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