The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.

19 October 1917 : Gnr. Henry Clark, 50th Bde, Royal Field Artille…
19 Oct 1917Henry was a weaver at Queensgate Mill, Burnley prior to enlistment. He enlisted into the RFA in Blackburn on 22nd Octob…
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26 October 1917 : Pte George Towler
26 Oct 1917The son of John (farmer) and Rose (née Thwaite) their fourth child of seven. Age 20 at the 1911 Census George was w…
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21 October 1917 : Pte Friend Whitwam
26 Oct 1917Zachariah Friend was a card dealer at a woollen mill. Friend was baptised 25 April 1877. Friend had two sisters, Cla…
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9 November 1917 : Pte John Wood
09 Nov 1917His father John Wood was a pit-worker and his mother Betsy a cotton weaver. In 1901, John, age 10, lived with his fo…
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10 November 1917 : Theodor Schwarzmuller
10 Nov 1917A book-keeper before the war, Theodor was called into service in the Autumn of 1914 and saw frontline service as from …
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12 November 1917 : Vormeister August Ölz
12 Nov 1917Called into service in mid-1915, August was, after a spell in Serbia, destined to spend the remainder of his war as pa…
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15 November 1917 Oswald Chambers, Christian Minister and Teacher
15 Nov 1917The infant Oswald moved from Aberdeen with his father Rev. Clarence Chambers, a Kent born baptist minister (without ch…
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16 November 1917 : Pte Joseph Williams
16 Nov 1917Joseph was a carter employed by Barnoldswick Council prior to enlistment. He was conscripted into service at Halifax…
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17 November 1919 : Lieutenant Roland MacGray
17 Nov 1917Roland MacGray was a West Point graduate of the Class of 1918. After training at Fort Sill, Camp Funston and Camp Ta…
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19 November 1917 : Sgt James William Blake
19 Nov 1917Of 1 King Street, Burnley, James enlisted into the 5th Bn East Lancs (Regtl. Number 2991) on 15 October 1914. A book-…
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20 November 1917 : Pte Stephen Carroll
20 Nov 1917The son of Luke Carroll (a brick maker) and Amelia Ann (née Walsh). Stephen enlisted into the Special Reserve on 20 …
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21 November 1917 : Pte George Wilson
21 Nov 1917George worked on his father's dairy farm at Bank House, Steeton before the war. He enlisted into the West Riding Ter…
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