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13 Oct 1917

Clifford Haley was born in Gomersal, West Yorkshire in 1898, the fifth child of Charles Haley (a leather currier) and...

14 Oct 1917

William Haldenby was born in Burmantofts, Leeds in 1881. He lived in Leeds until moving to Ravensthorpe where he work...

19 Oct 1917

HHenry Clarke was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1897.He was a weaver at Queensgate Mill, Burnley prior to enlistment...

21 Oct 1917

Friend Whitwam was born in Mirfield 19 May 1876 to parents Zachariah and Mary Whitwam of Snake Hill, Mirfield. Zacha...

26 Oct 1917

George Towler was born at Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire on 22 April 1891, the son of John (farmer) and Rose (née T...

02 Nov 1917

Joseph Schultz was born in Poland on 30 May 1894. He emigrated to the USA and was living at Fort Wayne, Indiana when...

09 Nov 1917

John Wood was born in Burnley, Lancashire on 28 January 1891. His father, also called John Wood, had moved from Shipl...

10 Nov 1917

Theodor Schwarzmuller was born in Sagstetten, Bavaria in 1894. A book-keeper before the war, Theodor was called into...

12 Nov 1917

August Ölz was born on 1 September 1896 in the South Tyrol Called into service in mid-1915, after a spell in Serbia,...

15 Nov 1917

Oswald Chambers was born in Aberdeen in 24 July 1874. The infant Oswald moved from Aberdeen with his father Rev. Clar...

18 Nov 1917

Harry Myers was from Indiana, USA. He was a foster child who was raised on a farm at Uniontown, Perry County, Indiana...

20 Nov 1917

Stephen Carroll was born in Burnley in October 1895, the son of Luke Carroll (a brick maker) and Amelia Ann (née Wals...