The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
2 September 1917 : Pte George Fieldhouse
02 Sep 1917His parents were Charles (a foreman at a carpet works) and Elizabeth Fieldhouse. They lived at 21 Armitage St, Raventho…
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6 September 1917 : Pte Bertie Howroyd
05 Sep 1917Living with his parents, Ephraim and Ellen Howroyd at 93 Clarkson Street, Ravensthorpe, Bertie attended the Wesleyan C…
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10 September 1917 : Sgt Jules Tiberghien
09 Sep 1917One of the three Tiberghien brothers to die in the Great War, Jules was born on 22 January 1892 and began his military s…
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11 September 1917 : Capt Georges Guynemer
11 Sep 1917Georges Guynemer was one of the 'highest scoring' French aces of the First World War. Of slight build, Georges was init…
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14 September 1917 : Pte Robert Coates Walker
14 Sep 1917The youngest of five children born to Charles Walker an accountant and insurer. At the time of the 1911 Census the famil…
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19 September 1918 : Signaller John Ashworth
19 Sep 1917His parents were Joseph and Margaret Ashworth. At the 1901 Census the family comprised: sons Frank (4) and John (2) ar…
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24 September 1917 : Petty Officer (Acting) Tommy Egdell, DCM
24 Sep 1917One of ten children, of Robert (a labourer) and Thomasina (née Blyth) five boys and five girls born between 1875 and 190…
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28 September 1917 : Pte John Dinsdale
28 Sep 1917From Garras Gayle, Hawes, Yorkshire, born around 1893. The son of stonemason, William and mother Ann (née Taylor). J…
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1 October 1917 : Private Ernest Mackness
01 Oct 1917Ernest lost his life on 1 October 1917 not in combat, but in front of a firing squad. Mackness, a regular soldier age…
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2 October 1914 Sgt Claude Vialletelle
02 Oct 1917Claude was serving his compulsory military service at the time of the outbreak of war. In the first week of August, he…
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4 October 1918 Nurse Rosa Mary Rapp
04 Oct 1917Her parents were German born Fridolin (Fred) and Mary Theresa. Rosa graduated from Louisville City Hospital, Kentuck…
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5 October 1916 Pte Nelson Pierce
05 Oct 1917Nelson was the youngest of the nine children born between 1877 and 1896 of Moses (a beekeeper) and Salome Pierce. Ne…
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