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21 Nov 1917

George Wilson was born in Steeton in 1894. He worked on his father's dairy farm at Bank House, Steeton before the war...

22 Nov 1917

Alexander McNab was born in Burnley, Lancashire on 24 September 1890. His parents were Alexander (a blacksmith from A...

23 Nov 1917

Joseph Hoole was born in Preston 1892, the son of Edward and Mary Ann (neé Hodson). At the 1891 Census, ages 2, Jose...

24 Nov 1917

Gefr Georg Adelsberger was born in 1895 in Wartenberg, Saxony. From Wartenberg, Saxony, Georg was a holder of the Iro...

26 Nov 1917

Bernard Halbeisen was born in 1895 and living in the South Tyrol. A builder before the war, he enlisted into the army...

28 Nov 1917

James Metcalfe was born at Cray, Yorkshire on 5 November 1883. Aged 17, he emigrated to Masterston, New Zealand. At t...

29 Nov 1917

Hugh Hutchison was born on 10 May 1894 in Stockton-on -Tees, County Durham. He was a Law Clerk in a solicitor's offic...

30 Nov 1917

William Dewhurst was born in Helmshore, Lancashire 18 September 1885. He was the son of Thomas (a cotton mill enginee...

04 Dec 1917

Arthur Swain was born in Burnley in 1897, the only son of Henry Swain and Mary Ann (née Maden). His father died in 1...

05 Dec 1917

Edward Beauchamp Seymour was born on 22 November 1879 at Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire His parents were Hugh de...

06 Dec 1917

Walter Catlow was born in Burnley on 14 January 1874, the son of Jonathan and Mary Catlow (née Naylor). At the 1881 C...

07 Dec 1917

James Shuttleworth was born at Cowling, Yorkshire on 10 October 1878, the son of John (a worsted weaver) and Ann. He...