On This Day | The Western Front Association

22 Oct 1914

Henry Noel Atkinson was born at Audlem Vicarage, Cheshire on 25 December 1888, the son of the Reverend Arthur Atkinso...

25 Oct 1914

Charles Dixon was born in Burnley, Lancs in 1888. Charles originally joined the Army in early 1904 and was a reser...

29 Oct 1914

John Bradley was born in Burnley in 1890. Living at 113 Sandygate, Burnley at the time of his re-enlistment in August...

29 Oct 1914

Frederick (Fred) was born in Hawes, Wensleydale, in 1886. He was the son of Elizabeth Cockett and (it is presumed) Jo...

30 Oct 1914

Claude recalled reservist in August 1914, he initially re-joined his original unit (90e RI) before being transferred...

03 Nov 1914

Joshua Crossley was born in late 1898 in Bolton-by-Bowland, Yorkshire, the son of John (a farmer) and Mary. At the 19...

06 Nov 1914

Carl Hans Lody was born in Berlin on 20 January 1877. Following the death of both of his parents before he was eight,...

07 Nov 1914

Joseph was born at Chauffailles, Saône-et-Loire on 7th January 1893. He was living at 33, Quai du Bassin, Roanne, Loi...

08 Nov 1914

Martin Brennan was born in Burnley in 1879, the son of Martin and Elizabeth Brennan - he came from a large family. A...

13 Nov 1914

Robert Luger was born in Austria on the 7 April 1889. A paint factory employee before the war, Robert Luger was an ac...

23 Nov 1914

Born on 27 December 1883 at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Kanwar was the son of Raja Sir Harman Singh K.C.I.E. Prisicilla G...

09 Dec 1914

Born in 1891, William was 23 years old when – in December 1914 – his battalion was in the front lines at ‘Port Arthur...