Lives of the First World War
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My Black Poppies and Tommies
My Black Poppies and Tommies
Lives found in the course of my research* of service men and women from the West Indies, Africa and Asia. They have also been added to the community inspired by the book written by Stephen Bourne. *From December 2018 supplemented by the book 'Black Tommies' British Soldiers of African descent in the first World War written by Ray Costello 2015
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/community/2018
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Born 1881
British Army 252249 Private Durham Light Infantry 2/6th Battalion
British Army 53331 Private Royal Defence Corps 4th Observation Company
More about Henry 'harry' Glover -
Born 1897
British Army 613632 Private Labour Corps
British Army 31059 Rifleman Rifle Brigade
More about Henry 'harry' Clement Solomon -
British Army 48481 Private Yorkshire Regiment
British Army 23502 Private British West Indies Regiment
More about Sampson Davis -
Born 1891
British Army 26222 Private Cheshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
More about Goldburn Or Golborne Mayers -
Born 1890
Other Empire Force Legionnaire French Foreign Legion
British Army 15370 Private Coldstream Guards 4th (Reserve) Battalion
More about James Slim -
Born 1890
British Army 5636 Private British West Indies Regiment 5th Battalion
British Army 44 Private Royal Army Medical Corps Non European Section
More about Clarence Harold St. C Seale -
Born 1889
British Army 4200 Private Yorkshire Regiment 2/4th east Battalion
British Army 201369 Private East Yorkshire Regiment 3/4th Battalion
More about Austrian Nathalbert Donavon -
Born 1897
British Army 5152 Private London Regiment 4/4th Battalion
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Born 1893
British Army R/15828 Private King's Royal Rifle Corps
British Army 225 Private British West Indies Regiment 1st Battalion
Royal Navy Z/39 Bristol Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division
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British Army 17289 Private Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion
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Born 1883
British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 290th Area Labour Company
British Army 371288 Private Labour Corps 827th Area Labour Company
British Army 9867 Private Lancashire Fusiliers 3rd Battalion
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Born 1893
British Army 68273 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
More about Charles Ford -
Born 1890
Died 1972
British Army Acting Lieutenant Sierra Leone Medical Service
British Army Lieutenant West African Frontier Force
More about Macormack Charles Farrell Easmon,m.d, Obe -
Born 1883
Died 1919
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Field Artillery 4th Brigade
More about John Percy Hume Atkin -
Born 1866
British Army 4560 Sergeant King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion
British Army 3435 Boy King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment 1/4th Battalion
British Army 269491 Sergeant Labour Corps Western Command
More about Alfred Frederick Davis -
Born 1894
Died 1958
British Army 53643 Private Somerset Light Infantry 3rd Battalion
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Born 1884
British Army 68267 Private King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
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Born 1885
British Army 65401 Private Suffolk Regiment 1st (Reserve) Garrison Battalion
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Born 1886
British Army WR/339033 Pioneer Royal Engineers Inland Water Transport
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