The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
12 December 1917: Pte Harry Vintner
12 Dec 1917At the 1911 Census, Harry is given as a 'blacksmith on a washing machine shop'. At the time he was living with his 72 …
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14 December 1917: Pte James Ormerod Tattersall
14 Dec 1917His father was a coal miner. James was a weaver. After enlisting into the West Riding Territorials in Barnoldswick, …
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19 December 1917: Pte. John Berry
19 Dec 1917Before the war John, the eldest, assisted his father James who was a butcher. He had four younger brothers James, Robe…
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28 December 1917 : Lily Leaver
28 Dec 1917Her parents were Edward (a Hewer from Somerset who died in 1904) and Annie Leaver. On 31 March 1901 Lily was 5 and l…
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30 December 1917 : Battery Sergeant Ernest George Harlock
30 Dec 1917Colourisation of the original black and white photograph of Ernest Harlock by Calian Chevin. Ernest's father was J…
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3 January 1918: Sepoy Babu Singh
03 Jan 1918Babu Singh was one of over one million Indians, including over 621,224 combatants and 474,789 non-combatants, who were…
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7 January 1918: 42860 Rmn Walter Leeming
07 Jan 1918A farmer's son and the youngest of five, by the age of 14 at the 1911 Census, Walter was working on the farm with h…
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17 January 1918: Capt Robert Edward Michael Pakenham
17 Jan 1918The second son of Major Charles Pakenham of Headon Hall, Alum Bay, Isle of Wight, later 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers a…
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19 January 1918 : Brigadier General Gordon Strachey Shephard
19 Jan 1918Whilst researching Dorset War Memorials, the author came across the following paragraph: ‘In the grounds of the camp (…
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22 January 1918 : 2nd Lieut. Robert Cadzow, R.F.C.
22 Jan 1918Son of Robert Cadzow and Christina (née Fleming) At the 1901 Census, age 2, Robert was at home with his parents and …
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24 January 1918: Pvt Henry Charles Ritchey
24 Jan 1918Son of Charles and Hattie from North Carolina and one of three children. Charles was a teacher in Madison, Indiana b…
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28 January 1918: Bombadier Sidney Wagstaff
28 Jan 1918Parents Jesse Braizer Wagstaff (Ironmonger and House Furnisher) of 229, Great Western Street, Moss Side, Manchester. …
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