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18 Apr 1916

Edward was born on 18 September 1885 at Thornleigh, 35 Hagley Road, Old Swinford, Stourbridge, in Worcestershire. His...

19 Apr 1916

Dennis Cyril Byrne born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1894, the son of John and Elizabeth Fell. At the 1901 Census the fa...

21 Apr 1916

Louis was born at Scherpenheuvel, Flemish Brabant, on 21 June 1896. He was still living in his town of birth at the t...

23 Apr 1916

Charles van Eleghem was born in Molenbeek – St.Jean, Brussels on 1 November 1885. He was living in Brussels when he b...

25 Apr 1916

Born at Espeyrac, Aveyron on 13 October 1884, Louis was a farmer. He had completed his compulsory military service i...

26 Apr 1916

Arthur Lupsin was born at Furfooz, Namur on 14 September 1890 He was mobilised on 1 August 1914. He saw action at th...

22 Jun 1916

Youngest son of Thomas (a woollen cloth manufacturer) and Charlotte (née Sykes) Age 4 at the 1901 Census Trevor was l...

01 Jul 1916

Charles Stonehouse was born in Blackburn, Lancashire on 15 May 1882, the son of Francis Stonehouse, a draper and Mary...

02 Jul 1916

Born in Accrington, Lancashire in 11 May 1884, William was the third of six children of Robert Horace (a cotton carde...

06 Jul 1916

Urbain Pierre Rieucau was born 11 December 1888, Villecomtal, Aveyron He was a farmer before the war. Having complet...

07 Jul 1916

William Foster was born at Croftin, Yorkshire in 1890. At the 1891 Census William, aged 1yr, appears to have been liv...

08 Jul 1916

Born in Paris on 22 December 1876, Augustin was the son of Denys Cochin (a Parisian deputy in the National Assembly)....