The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
2 June 1917 : L/Cpl James McCoubrey
02 Jun 1917His parents were James and Margaret McCoubrey and he was a Protestant. At the 1901 Census James was at home with h…
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3 June 1917: Lieutenant Leonard Davies
03 Jun 1917His parents were the Reverend Owen Davies of Newly and Alice (née Hollingdrake) He was one of ten children. At the 1…
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5 June 1917 : Gunner Herbert Howard Gandy
05 Jun 1917He was the son of John Ripley of Hove and Agnes Elizabeth (née Page) of Brighton. At the 1891 Census the 8 month old He…
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7 June 1917 : L Cpl Fred Latham MM
07 Jun 1917At the 1901 Census, 2 year old Fred was living at Knowles Farm, Roby Mill along with his 32 year old father Frederick…
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9 June 1917 : Major Chalkley Vivian Gould
09 Jun 1917He was the eldest son of Chalkley Gould (a photographer) and Ellen Matilda (née Vivian) and the great great grandson o…
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13 June 1917 : Major Alfred Osborn Wraith
13 Jun 1917Alfred was the second son of George (Colliery Director, Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd) and Fanny (née Osborn) …
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15 June 1917 : Maurice Bousquet
15 Jun 1917Maurice Bousquest completed his compulsory military service in October 1912 and returned to his civilian occupation of…
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17 June 1917 : Air Mechanic Frank Waddington
17 Jun 1917Parents Isabella Waddington and step-father Barker Greenwood. At the 1901 Census Frank, age 8, lived in Burnley with hi…
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18 June 1917 : Leonard Patrick Vernon M.C.
18 Jun 1917Parents Captain William Henry Vernon (a retired army officer and businessman) and Ireland born Elizabeth (née Sweeney)…
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19 June 1915 : Sgt Reginald Sydney Smith
19 Jun 1917Reginald Smith saw previous service as a Lieutenant in the NSW Mounted Rifles during the Boer War. On returning to Au…
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20 June 1917: Cpl Harold Albert Bolton MM
20 Jun 1917Harold Bolton's parents were Farris (a farmer of Irish origins and an MP in the Canadian House of Commons) and Elizabeth…
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21 June 1917 : Major Henry George Vergottini Adler
21 Jun 1917His parents were Wilhelm Heinrich and Cecelia (née Virgottini) of Gloucester Crescent, London. He was educated at …
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