Desert Island Discs is a radio programme first aired on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a 'castaway' is asked to choose recordings, a book and a luxury item to take with them if they were cast away on a desert Island. This community seeks to identify those 'castaways' who served during the First World War.
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British Army Second Lieutenant East Kent Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Royal Air Force
Born 1892
Died 1973
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment 1/4th Battalion.
Born 1897
Died 1968
British Army S4/060960 Private Army Service Corps
British Army S4/060960 Staff Serjeant Army Service Corps
Born 1893
Died 1964
British Army 6278 Private London Regiment 28th lond Battalion
British Army Lieutenant Scottish Rifles
Born 1877
British Army Captain Royal Army Service Corps
Born 1897
Died 1980
British Army 7244 Private Honourable Artillery Company
Born 1893
Died 1983
British Army Second Lieutenant Dorsetshire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Indian Infantry
British Army Captain Punjabis
British Army Second Lieutenant Scots Guards
British Army Lieutenant Scots Guards
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Scots Guards
Born 1896
Died 1984
British Army 20481 Lance Corporal Somerset Light Infantry 6th Battalion
Born 1892
Died 1965
British Army Staff Major Royal Fusiliers
British Army Temporary Captain Royal Fusiliers 23rd Battalion
Born 1890
Died 1971
Royal Navy Z/159 Sub-Lieutenant RNVR: Royal Naval Division: Hawke Battalion
Born 1880
Died 1957
Royal Navy Commander
Royal Navy Lieutenant
Royal Navy Admiral
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Born 1895
Died 1981
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 First Aircraftman Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 Acting Corporal Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 14975 Corporal Royal Flying Corps 12 Squadron
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Born 1891
Died 1957
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 92114
Born 1890
Died 1968
Canadian Expeditionary Force 504753
Born 1891
Died 1975
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Fusiliers
British Army Captain Royal Fusiliers
British Army Captain Grenadier Guards
Born 1891
Died 1964
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lieutenant Canadian Engineers
Born 1885
Died 1967
British Army Second Lieutenant Hampshire Regiment
British Army Captain Hampshire Regiment 1/8th Battalion