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06 Aug 1914

Charles was born in Belfast on 11th July 1889. On 3 August 1905, while a student of Ballymena Academy, he enlist...

12 Aug 1914

Robert Skene, the son of Felix Skene, the Chief Clerk of the Judicial Office of the House of Lords, was born in Fulha...

22 Aug 1914

Vincent Waterfall was born in Grimsby on 25 May 1891. He was commissioned in the 3rd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regim...

23 Aug 1914

Son of parents Jozef (Joseph) Leopold Paque and Joanna Hofman. He was a shoemaker, married to Josephina (Josephine)...

26 Aug 1914

Robert Maude was born 6 September 1890, London, the first son of Robert Henry Maude, 5th Viscount Hawarden and Caroli...

01 Sep 1914

Born on 9 September 1895 off Hanover Square, London, George Cecil was the son of Lord and Lady Edward Cecil (daughter...

14 Sep 1914

Ernest Scott was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1887. He was a warehouseman at Spring Mills at Wheatley Lane near Bur...

20 Sep 1914

Roger Marshall was born 25 January 1891 at Annstead, Chathill, Northumberland, the youngest son of five children of p...

09 Oct 1914

Born on 26 October 1877, Aymer Maxwell was the son of the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Maxwell and Mary Fletcher-Camp...

15 Oct 1914

Arthur Heptinstall was born in Batley, Yorkshire in 1878, the son of James (a joiner) and Ann Heptinstall. Arthur was...

17 Oct 1914

Emilien was born on 4 October 1888. From Ste Denis de Cabanne, Emilien was called up for his compulsory military serv...

18 Oct 1914

By 1901 the Roebuck family had moved to Rotherham and were living in Barker's Yard, off the main High Street, where h...