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Some Corners of Far Distant Foreign Fields
Some Corners of Far Distant Foreign Fields
A group of servicemen who fell or died and are commemorated in distant and sometimes obscure places during WW1. May we always remember.
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Died 1915
British Army 1883 Private City of London Yeomanry
British Army 1883 Private City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders)
More about Alick C Herring -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 250102 Serjeant Essex Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 250102 Corporal Essex Regiment
British Army 1472 Serjeant Essex Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Percy Andersen -
Born 1888
Died 1917
British Army Second Lieutenant Dorset Yeomanry
British Army Acting Captain Dorset Yeomanry
British Army Captain Dorset Yeomanry
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More about Henry Colt Arthur Hoare -
Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers attached Nigeria Regiment
British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers
British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers attached Nigeria Regiment - West African Frontier Force 6th Battalion
More about Robert Edmund Thomas More Noel -
Born 1897
Died 1918
British Army 90156 Driver Royal Engineers
More about Lionel John Hoskins -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army 31253 Liverpool Regiment
British Army 37021 Private Manchester Regiment 1st Battalion
More about William Kneen Cannell -
Born 1898
Died 1916
British Army 2152 Private Somerset Light Infantry 1/4th Battalion
More about Herbert William Hyatt -
Born 1890
Died 1917
British Army G/4539 Lance Corporal The Queen's Regiment
British Army G/4539 Corporal The Queen's Regiment
British Army G/4539 Lance Corporal The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
More about Frederick Stafford Ingram -
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 59897 Private Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army 59897 Acting Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
British Army 59897 Corporal Royal Army Medical Corps
More about Arnold Simkin Jennings -
Born 1887
Died 1916
British Army 19354 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry 2nd Battalion
More about Clive Bourne Murphy -
Born 1894
Died 1918
British Army 2904 Private London Regiment
British Army Lieutenant The Queen's Regiment
British Army Private County of London Battalion 28th Artists Rifles
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More about Desmond Hilary Quin -
Born 1886
Died 1917
Australian Imperial Force 2176
Australian Imperial Force 2176 Corporal Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
More about James Greer Gould Fairbairn -
Born 1897
Died 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 9/2252 New Zealand Mounted Rifles
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Trooper New Zealand Mounted Rifles Otago Mounted Rifles
More about Thomas Henry Barrington -
Born 1890
Died 1915
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 11/572 Staff Serjeant Major Wellington Mounted Rifles
More about Harold Pye-Smith -
Born 1888
Died 1918
Royal Navy Acting Paymaster
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander
Royal Navy Acting Paymaster HMS Marlborough
More about Arthur Prestwich Henry Rouquette -
Born 1889
Died 1916
British Army 197 Lance Serjeant Canadian Division Cyclist Imperial Army
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery
More about Samuel Bristow Stevenson -
Born 1893
Died 1918
Air Force (RAF/RFC) Captain Royal Flying Corps
More about John Reginald Philpott -
Born 1887
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army Major Royal Field Artillery
More about Reginald George Pridmore -
Born 1890
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 4th Battalion
British Army Captain Wiltshire Regiment 4th Battalion
More about Christopher Ken Merewether -
Born 1886
Died 1919
Canadian Expeditionary Force 305637
Canadian Expeditionary Force 312887 Corporal Canadian Field Artillery 16th Brigade
More about Cecil John Worthington