Lives of the First World War
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The Loved and Were Loved
The Loved and Were Loved
A collection of stories that attempts to show the various ways war impacted romantic relationships. The name for the community comes from John McCrae's poem, In Flanders Fields, but the grouping here includes unions broken by the war as well as those that lasted well beyond it.
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Born 1896
Canadian Expeditionary Force 192988
More about Samuel Thomas Barrett -
Born 1889
Died 1978
Canadian Expeditionary Force 331246
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 316862
More about Joseph Innes -
Born 1883
Died 1948
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about George Edward Kidd -
Born 1881
Died 1930
British Army Trained Nurse American Ambulance Hospital in Paris Neuilly Sur Seine
Other Empire Force Nursing Sister French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Nursing Sister British Field Hospital Belgium
More about Madelon Hancock -
Born 1881
Died 1918
Other Empire Force Munitions Worker Ministry of Munitions
More about Gertrude Cursley -
Born 1887
Died 1975
Other Empire Force Civilian
More about Margaret Inglis Adams Aka Daisy Gwyer -
Born 1894
Died 1979
British Army 2366 Lance Corporal Herefordshire Regiment 2nd Battalion
British Army Herefordshire 1st Battalion
British Army 2366 Private Herefordshire Regiment
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More about John Emlyn James -
Born 1899
Died 1986
Other Empire Force Clerk British Red Cross, Catterick Camp
More about Elizabeth Jane Griffiths -
Born 1887
Died 1976
Australian Imperial Force 20757 Gunner Field Artillery Reinforcements
Australian Imperial Force 20757 Driver Headquarters Staff 9th Field Artillery Brigade
Australian Imperial Force 20757 Driver 8th Field Artillery Brigade 29th Battery
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More about Alfred Thomas Smith -
Born 1889
Died 1973
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Ruby Muriel Kidd -
Born 1865
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Women's Emergency Corps
More about Mary Stuart Gartside-Tipping -
Born 1880
British Army 2961 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army 200784 Private Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
British Army 200784 Corporal Notts And Derbyshire Regiment
More about Harry Cursley -
British Army
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Malta
More about Annie Weir Later Persse -
Born 1890
Died 1971
Canadian Expeditionary Force Captain 85th Battalion
Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Alexander Daniel Archibald -
Born 1896
Died 1990
Other Empire Force G.S. Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Melton Red Cross Hospital, Woodbridge
Other Empire Force G.S. Member Voluntary Aid Detachment Suffolk Hopspital, Ampton Hall, Bury St Edmunds
More about Freda Florence Dawson, Later Mayo -
Born 1894
Died 1977
British Army 626379 Honourable Artillery Company
More about Edward Alfred Penney Parker -
Born 1893
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital
More about Katherine Maud Macdonald -
Born 1897
Died 1917
British Army Royal Devonshire Yeomanry 2/1st Battalion
British Army 45631 Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Battalion
More about William James Martin -
Born 1883
Died 1960
British Army Temporary Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class General Staff
More about Herbert Linford Gwyer -
Born 1888
Died 1961
Canadian Expeditionary Force Major Canadian Army Medical Corps
More about Stuart Macvicar Fisher