The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
15 September 1918 CPL Henry I Ingersoll died from spinal meningi…
05 Sep 1918Corporal Henry I Ingersoll was born on 15 August 1893 and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver W. Ingersoll of 876 Park Pl…
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9 September 1918 Sgt John Kennedy Lasher Jr died on this day
09 Sep 1918Sgt John Kennedy Lasher Jr, 302nd Engineer Regiment, 77th Infantry Division, US Army. From New York, John was a graduat…
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L Cpl John James Clegg, 1/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regt
10 Sep 1918244904 L Cpl John James Clegg, 1/4th Bn Loyal North Lancs Regt. John Clegg was an employee of Messrs. Grey Ltd at Livin…
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Pte Albert Henry Smither 2nd/4th Royal Scots: 12 September 1918
12 Sep 1918Albert lived in Tottenham and Walthamstow, attending Blackhorse Road Boys’ School from 1904-1909. When he enlisted i…
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Corporal Henry I Ingersoll, Company K: 15 September 1918
15 Sep 1918Henry Ingersoll graduated from Erasmus Hall High School and attended Cornell University where he studied civil engineeri…
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23 September 1918 Chief Mot Mech William Howson died on this day
23 Sep 1918Born in Hellifield, Yorkshire in 1888, William worked for the Midland Railway Co. in the gas department of Hellifield St…
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27 September 1918 Louise de Bettignies (alias 'Alice Dubois') die…
27 Sep 1918Also known as 'The Jean d'Arc of the North', Louise de Bettingnies was born on 15 July 1880 at St.Amand-les-Eaux. Althou…
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20 October 1918 Cpl Gilbert P Hamilton died from influenza on thi…
20 Oct 1918Born 26 October 1898 at Connersville, Indiana, Gilbert was a machinist by trade. He enlisted into the Indiana National G…
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23 October 1918 Pvt Edward M Beneker died on this day
23 Oct 1918A farmer from Franklyn County, Indiana, Edward was born at South Gate on 20 September 1895. He was drafted into service …
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24 October 1918 Pte John S Lamberton killed in action on this day…
24 Oct 1918From Stewarton, Ayr, John was a cabinet maker in the employ of Messrs W Mackenzie & Co prior to the war. In Januar…
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27 October 1918 Pte Reginald Smith died of pneumonia on this day
27 Oct 1918Born in Leeds in 1898, Reginald was a twister in a weaving mill prior to the war. He was conscripted into service in Feb…
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11 November 1918 Pvt (ex-Sgt) Henry Nicolas Gunther, Co A, 313th …
11 Nov 1918Born on 5 June 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Henry was a bank employee prior to his enlistment in September 1917. A su…
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