Lives of the First World War
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"Epitaphs of the Great War "
"Epitaphs of the Great War "
The community provides an opportunity to identify a Life though an epitaph found on a grave marker. Some are linked to a continuing blog "Great War Epitaphs" written by Sarah Wearne. See https://twitter.com/WWInscriptions . Others are Lives already identified and that have an epitaph that is among the most poignant. Individual epitaphs can be viewed in the C.W.G.C. records by accessing the full page set . The additional records provide details about the person choosing the epitaph.
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Born 1898
Died 1918
British Army 35436 Private Royal Warwickshire Regiment 10th Battalion.
More about Leonard Ernest Bennett -
Born 1894
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 195837
Canadian Expeditionary Force 195837 Lance Corporal Canadian Infantry
More about Daniel Crawford -
Born 1887
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 72167
Canadian Expeditionary Force 72167 Private Canadian Infantry
More about John Waterhouse Children -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 28669 Private Manchester Regiment
More about Ernest Emile Roberts -
Born 1884
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1015429 Corporal Canadian Infantry, British Columbia Regiment 72nd Battalion
More about Ernest William Hall -
Born 1897
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 301222
Canadian Expeditionary Force 301222 Driver Canadian Field Artillery
More about Charles William Henzell -
Born 1899
Died 1917
Canadian Expeditionary Force 315883
Canadian Expeditionary Force 315883 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery
More about Robert Maurice Hill -
Born 1883
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 193099
Canadian Expeditionary Force 193099 Private Canadian Infantry
More about Arthur Henry Kendall -
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Born 1895
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 757933
Canadian Expeditionary Force 757933 Private Canadian Army Service Corps
More about Wilfred Lewis Simmons -
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army 267754 Private Seaforth Highlanders
More about James M Kirkpatrick -
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Born 1882
Died 1918
British Army 34286 Private Royal Berkshire Regiment
British Army 95150 Private Labour Corps
More about Sidney Herbert Pethen -
Born 1895
Died 1916
Australian Imperial Force 5229 Private 3rd Brigade 12th Battalion
Australian Imperial Force 5229 Private 13th Brigade 52nd Battalion
More about Lewis Norman Shepherd -
Born 1885
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 174067
Canadian Expeditionary Force 174067 Private 86th Bttln, Canadian Infantry
More about Robert Hollingworth -
Born 1890
Died 1916
Canadian Expeditionary Force 415000
Canadian Expeditionary Force 415000 Private Canadian Infantry
More about George Albert North -
Born 1896
Died 1915
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86777
Canadian Expeditionary Force 86777 Gunner Canadian Field Artillery
More about Henry Adrian Horn -
Born 1897
Died 1915
British Army 584 Private Royal Newfoundland Regiment
More about John Fielding Chaplin -
Born 1891
Died 1918
British Army 6042 Private Welsh Regiment
British Army 288043 Private Welsh Regiment
More about Ellis Jones -
Born 1893
Died 1918
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2138250
Canadian Expeditionary Force 2138250 Private Canadian Infantry
More about Irwin Percy Lehman