The Western Front Association remembers those who served and died or survived during the First World War.
Sdt Augustin Joseph Louis Victorin Trébuchon, 415e RI.
11 Nov 1918The last French soldier to be killed in action during the Great War, Augustin was born on 30 May 1878 in the small farmi…
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21 September 1919 Unterjäger Josef Rudolf Rein died on this day
21 Sep 1919Born at Dornbirn, Austria on 18 October 1886, Joseph was a factory worker living at Lustenauerstrasse 13 in the town at …
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22 August 1932 Dame Janet Stancomb-Wills
22 Aug 1932Following the early death of her father, Janet Stancomb and her sister were adopted by their uncle, Sir William Henry Wi…
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7 April 2005 Charles Kuentz, age 108, died, Germany's last First …
07 Apr 2005Charles Kuentz was interviewed by Tony Paterson when he was 107 years old in 2004. This photograph shows Charles Kuentz…
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Corporal. F. G. Head
21 Mar 2017Corporal Frederick George Head (2357) 17th Royal London Regiment (The Stepney and Poplar Rifles) A few years ago I unde…
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2/Lt Edward Felix Baxter VC
17 Apr 2017The short biography that follows is based on the account which appears in Gerald Gliddon's 'VCs of the First World War: …
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2 June 1915 Roland A Leighton 1895-1915
02 Jun 2017Roland Leighton was the oldest surviving child of literary parents, Robert and Marie Leighton, and was born on 27th Marc…
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1 August 1918 Cpl Isaac E Holloway was killed in action on this d…
01 Aug 2017Born in Grant County, Indiana on 9 June 1890, Isaac was a musician in his civilian life. A graduate of the Marion Conser…
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2 August 1916 L/Cpl Stephen Henry (Harry) Horrocks died on this d…
02 Aug 2017Stephen was from Fremantle, Western Australia, but born in Wigan, Lancashire, England. He enlisted on 3 March 1915. He w…
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3 August 1917 Lieut Robert Combe died in combat and was awarded t…
03 Aug 2017Born in Aberdeen on 5 August 1880, Robert Combe left for Canada age 26 in 1906. A pharmacist in Saskatchewan, in April 1…
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4 August 1916 Lieutenant Noel Alexander Target MC was killed
04 Aug 2017Born 23 November 1895 at London, son of Felix Alexander Target MICE, Civil Engineer, Indian Public Works Department, of …
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5 August 1916 Lt George Sainton Kaye Butterworth MC died on this …
05 Aug 2017Born in London on 12 July 1885, George - who was to become one of England's most distinctive composers - was educated at…
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