On This Day | The Western Front Association

26 May 1918

William James Archbold was born in Mackay, Queensland in January 1898. A farmer, he enlisted, aged 18 into the Austra...

27 May 1918

George Collins was born 1 May 1884, Clapham, London. His father James died in 1900, his mother Frances Sophia Collins...

27 May 1918

Jäger was born at Castelnuovo, Trentino, Austria (now part of Italy) on 31 June 1897. He was a general labourer befor...

29 May 1918

William was a Baptist Minister who resigned his position with Woodgate Baptist Church to serve with the YMCA in Fra...

30 May 1918

Francis Brunt was a hairdresser in business on Trafalgar Street, Burnley. He lived with his young family at 58 Nairn...

31 May 1918

Geoffrey Ellis was born 21 April 1899 in Bow, London, the youngest son of Robert (a railway booking clerk) and Viole...

01 Jun 1918

Hewson Street was born 14 September 1893 at Osbournby, Lincolnshire. His parents were George Street (the local blacks...

06 Jun 1918

James Lucas was born in Reddington, Indiana where he was a farmer. He enlisted into the US Regular Army at Laredo, Te...

10 Jun 1918

Robert was the seventh child and third son of parents John Shepperd Caldwell (a colliery manager, mining engineer and...

11 Jun 1918

In the months before the outbreak of the war André Lejeune was ordained as a priest but was granted permission to put...

12 Jun 1918

William Ross, age 17, enlisted into the US Marine Corps at Cincinnati, Ohio on 29 December 1917. He trained at Parris...

22 Jun 1918

Allan Parish Edwards was a sheep shearer before the war He was 32 years old when he enlisted in the 13th Reinforcemen...