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18 April 1916: Pte Sam Naylor

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Sam was born in Lancaster in 1877, the son of an agricultural labourer. He lived for much of his life in Gargrave, Yorkshire where he worked in a mill or iron foundry.  He was employed in the New Brighton Saw Mills before moving to Accrington, Lancashire where he worked as a moulder at Newbank Works. At the 1911 Census that family lived at 10 C...


4 May 1915: Capt Godfrey Henry Ermen

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Gordfrey was born at Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire in 1877. His father Francis Ermen was a cotton manufacturer born in Germany,  His mother Johanna was also born in Germany. Both parents were 'naturalised British subjects' at the time of the 1881 Census.  At the 1881 Census parents and two children, Walter (5) and Godfrey (3) lived at 76 Dumpli...