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26 October 1917 : Pte George Towler
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George Towler was born at Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire on 22 April 1891, the son of John (farmer) and Rose (née Thwaite), the fourth child of seven. Age 20 at the 1911 Census George was working in Lancaster as a grocer's apprentice. He then emigrated to Canada. At the time of his enlistment he was working as a grocer's clerk in Alberta. H...
10 May 1915 : 2nd. Lieut. George Bargh
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George Bargh was born in Wray with Botton, near Lancaster in 1890, the son of Isaac Bargh and Helen (née Cumming). At the 1891 Census, George, age 1 was the youngest of Isaac and Helen's five children: Hannah (11), Samuel (9), Ben (6) and Sibella (4). They lived at Proctor's Farm, Wray with Botton with two servants: a farm and general servant....
1 March 1915 : Lt Walter Drummond Vyvyan
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He was born in Bath, 20 March 1887. His parents were Richard Walter Comyn Vyvyan and Mary (née Foster). Walter was educated at Clifton College, Bedford Grammar School and RMC Sandhurst from where he was gazetted, in May 1907, to the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Initially joining the 1st Battalion at Bordon, he was sent to the 2nd Battalio...