The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
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 1917John's father, also called John Wood, had moved from Shipley, Yorkshire looking for work in Burnley, first in the cotto…
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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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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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18 November 1917 : Pvt Harry George Myers
18 Nov 1917Harry Myers was a foster child who was raised on a farm at Uniontown, Perry County, Indiana. Harry enlisted into t…
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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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22 November 1917 : Pte Alexander McNab
22 Nov 1917His parents were Alexander (a blacksmith from Argylshire) and Janet (née Wardrop and from Stirlingshire) McNab. At …
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23 November 1917 : Pte Joseph Hoole
23 Nov 1917His parents were Edward and Mary Ann (neé Hodson). At the 1891 Census, age 2, Joseph ('Jos') lived at home (44 Bow L…
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24 November 1917 : Gefr Georg Adelsberger
24 Nov 1917From Wartenberg, Saxony, Georg was a holder of the Iron Cross 2nd Class and had been wounded at least once during his …
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