The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
23 June 1917 : Pte Sidney Crossley
23 Jun 1917Parents Herbert (a dock foreman working for a canal company) and Ellen (a cotton weaver). One of only two children at…
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24 June 1917: Capt. William Parkinson Holt
24 Jun 1917Parents Richard (a surgeon) and Maggie (née Parkinson). One of three boys, at the 1901 Census the family lived in a 14…
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26 June 1917 : Pte James F Croucher
26 Jun 1917Son of James (a gold jeweller and journeyman) and Emily (née Ward). Educated at Page Green School. Age 15 at the 190…
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28 June 1917 : Jackson Bacon, 11th Bn Essex Regiment
28 Jun 1917Jackson's parents were Stephen Bacon (a coachman/groom) and Julia Kate (née Marsh) (a garment finisher). At the 1901 …
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30 June 1917 : Cpl Alex Robert Colman
30 Jun 1917Son of Robert (a coffee shop proprietor) and Annie. Alex moved to Montgomery County, Indiana, USA in 1912 Alex th…
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10 July 1917 : Cpl John Bowker
10 Jul 1917John was an old soldier who had originally enlisted into the 1/East Lancs in 1897 and saw service in the Boer War. Af…
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11 July 1917 Capt and Flight Commander Henry van Goethem
11 Jul 1917Son of the artist Edward Victor Van Goethem and Lucy Beatrice (née Lafone) of Tregarthen, Parkstone, Dorset. Henry was…
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15 July 1917 : Fred Crabtree
15 Jul 1917Father Richard Crabtree and mother Margaret. Older siblings John and Sussannah. Fred was employed as a Loom Over-Loo…
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23 July 1917 : Pte George Clement Sutcliffe, 1/4th KOYLI.
23 Jul 1917The 49th (West Riding) Division had, following the Battle of the Somme, moved to the Neuve Chapelle area; the division s…
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24 July 1917 : Pte Albert Hart
24 Jul 1917Son of Charles (an agricultural labourer) and Anne (a straw platter). At the 1911 Census Albert, age 28, a married bric…
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25 July 1917 : Lt. Arnold Marcus, US Navy
25 Jul 1917Arnold attended the U.S. Naval Academy between 1909 and 1913 and was commissioned in the rank of Ensign upon graduat…
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31 July 1917 : Lt Col Edgar Robert Mobbs DSO
31 Jul 1917The son of Oliver L and Elizabeth Anne Mobbs. He did not make his school's First XV, preferring hockey at the time. Mobb…
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