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21 May 1917 : Capt. John Wilson Tailford M.C.
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John Tailford was born 6 March 1893, Tynemouth. His parents were Robert (a Tynemouth Engineer) and Sarah (née Wilson) Age 8 in 1901 John was at home in North Shields. His mother kept a boarding house. At the time of the census there were his mother, two older sisters, a domestic servant and three boarders in their 60s. John was educated i...
21 June 1917 : Major Henry George Vergottini Adler
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Henry Adler was born on 7 June 1873 Winburg, Orange Free State, South Africa. His parents were Wilhelm Heinrich and Cecelia (née Virgottini) of Gloucester Crescent, London. Henry was educated at Army House, Neuenheim College, but resigned after 2 years to study mining and metallurgy at the School of Mines, South Kensington. He was a Member of...