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07 Jun 1917

Fred Latham was born on 27 April 1898 at Olive House in Upholland, Lancashire. At the 1901 Census, 2 year old Fred wa...

09 Jun 1917

Chalkley Gould was born in Loughton, Essex 9 February 1880. He was the eldest son of Chalkley Gould (a photographer)...

13 Jun 1917

Alfred Wraith was born Moor House, Spennymoor, County Durham 17 July 1883, the second son of George (Colliery Directo...

15 Jun 1917

Maurice Bousquest completed his compulsory military service in October 1912 and returned to his civilian occupation...

17 Jun 1917

Frank Waddington was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1893, the son of Isabella Waddington and step-father Barker Green...

18 Jun 1917

Leonard Patrick Vernon was born Wrexham, Denbighshire 23 September 1894, the son of Captain William Henry Vernon (a r...

19 Jun 1917

Born in Barton in Fabis, Leicestershire 29 Jan 1888, Reginald's parents were William Coleman (an architect and buildi...

19 Jun 1917

Reginald was born at Wilton, New South Wales in March 1879 He saw previous service as a Lieutenant in the NSW Mounted...

20 Jun 1917

Born at Darlingford, Manitoba on 25 April 1896, Harold Bolton's parents were Farris (a farmer of Irish origins and an...

21 Jun 1917

Henry Adler was born on 7 June 1873 Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. His parents were Wilhelm Heinrich and C...

23 Jun 1917

Sidney Crossley was born in Burnley in 1890, the son of Herbert (a dock foreman working for a canal company) and Elle...

24 Jun 1917

William Holt was born on11 September 1893 in Burnley, Lancashire, the son of Richard (a surgeon) and Maggie (née Park...