The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
10 June 1918 : 2nd Lieut Robert Seddon Caldwell
10 Jun 1918Robert was the seventh child and third son of parents John Shepperd Caldwell (a colliery manager, mining engineer and …
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11 June 1918: Sous-Lt André Lejeune, 236 RI (French Army)
11 Jun 1918Father André was ordained in 1914 and was granted permission to put his vows on hold ‘Before God and in the service of h…
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12 June 1918 : Pvt William Keith Ross
12 Jun 1918William Ross, age 17, enlisted into the US Marine Corps at Cincinnati, Ohio on 29 December 1917. He trained at Parris…
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14 June 1917 : John Francis McCarthy
14 Jun 1918John McCarthy was a salesman prior to enlisting into the US Marine Corps in New York on 25 January 1910. After four…
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16 June 1918 : Capt. William Ernest Dawson, RFC
16 Jun 1918Son of William Frederick Dawson (Timber Importer) and Margaret (née Simkin) of Llantarnam Hall (now Rougemont School) nr…
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22 June 1918 : Pte A P Edwards MM
22 Jun 1918Pte Allan Parish Edwards MM (4343) was a 32 years when he enlisted in the 13th Reinforcements to the 3rd Battalion on 28…
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27 June : Nurse Sister, Margaret Jane 'Daisy' Fortescue
27 Jun 1918York Factory, Hudson Bay was, as described, a factory town established by the Hudson Bay Company. Margaret was the y…
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29 June 1918 : Lieut. Reginald Edward Guise M.C.
29 Jun 1918Reginald, the son of Rivett Francis Guise (Deputy Inspector-General, Indian Police) and Mary Elizabeth Maud (née Boiss…
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3 July 1918 : Pvt John L Vaughn
03 Jul 1918Son of James Clinton (farmer) and Sarah Jane (née Lytle). Vaughn. John was one of 12 children in the family, of whom o…
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4 July 1918 : Lord Ian Gawaine Basil Temple-Blackwood
04 Jul 1918The 5th child and 3rd son of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood the 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Governor Genera…
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5 July 1918 : Brevet Lt Col William Bovet, Royal Engineers
05 Jul 19182nd son and eldest child of 5 of Frederick Bovet of London and Shanghai, China Merchant and Mary Love (née Haden). Edu…
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14 July 1918 : Flight Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt
14 Jul 1918Father Theodore Roosevelt, mother Edith. Quentin was the youngest of six and was four years old when his father became U…
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