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19 Oct 1917

Henry was a weaver at Queensgate Mill, Burnley prior to enlistment. He enlisted into the RFA in Blackburn on 22nd Octob…

26 Oct 1917

The son of John (farmer) and Rose (née Thwaite) their fourth child of seven. Age 20 at the 1911 Census George was w…

26 Oct 1917

Zachariah Friend was a card dealer at a woollen mill. Friend was baptised 25 April 1877. Friend had two sisters, Cla…

09 Nov 1917

His father John Wood was a pit-worker and his mother Betsy a cotton weaver. In 1901, John, age 10, lived with his fo…

10 Nov 1917

A book-keeper before the war, Theodor was called into service in the Autumn of 1914 and saw frontline service as from …

12 Nov 1917

Called into service in mid-1915, August was, after a spell in Serbia, destined to spend the remainder of his war as pa…

15 Nov 1917

The infant Oswald moved from Aberdeen with his father Rev. Clarence Chambers, a Kent born baptist minister (without ch…

16 Nov 1917

Joseph was a carter employed by Barnoldswick Council prior to enlistment. He was conscripted into service at Halifax…

17 Nov 1917

Roland MacGray was a West Point graduate of the Class of 1918. After training at Fort Sill, Camp Funston and Camp Ta…

19 Nov 1917

Of 1 King Street, Burnley, James enlisted into the 5th Bn East Lancs (Regtl. Number 2991) on 15 October 1914. A book-…

20 Nov 1917

The son of Luke Carroll (a brick maker) and Amelia Ann (née Walsh). Stephen enlisted into the Special Reserve on 20 …

21 Nov 1917

George worked on his father's dairy farm at Bank House, Steeton before the war. He enlisted into the West Riding Ter…