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26 Nov 1917

Bernard was a builder before the war. He enlisted into the army in July 1914 and saw his first actions against the Rus…

28 Nov 1917

Age 17 James emigrated to Masterston, New Zealand. At the outbreak of war in 1914 he was employed as a labourer in Wh…

29 Nov 1917

Hugh was a Law Clerk in a solicitor's office of Smith's Dock and Co, the shipbuilders and repairers, in the Bull Ring,…

30 Nov 1917

William was the son of Thomas (a cotton mill engineer) and Ann (née Bielby). All the children become weavers, probably…

04 Dec 1917

He was the only son of Henry Swain and Mary Ann (née Maden). Arthur's father died in 1913. Arthur was living at…

05 Dec 1917

Edward's parents were Hugh de Grey Seymour Sixth Marquis of Hertford and Countess Mary Hood; he was their seventh chil…

06 Dec 1917

The son of Jonathan and Mary Catlow (née Naylor). At the 1881 Census, age 15, Walter lived at home with his seven sibl…

07 Dec 1917

James was born in Cowling, Yorkshire to parents John (a worsted weaver) and Ann. He was one of 13 children, 10 of whom…

08 Dec 1917

His parents were William Sugden (linen draper) and Eleanor (née Booth) The five children, two boys and three gi…

09 Dec 1917

James was the son of William and Rosetta Ann Churchill and they lived at . His mother died in 1901 when he was six. …

11 Dec 1917

Moving to Sutton-in-Craven, Yorkshire, William was employed as a spinning overlooker and was a keen member of a local …

11 Dec 1917

From Settle, Yorkshire, a veteran of the Battle of Aubers Ridge in 1915 and the Somme in 1916, Charles Peachey (by now m…