Lives of the First World War
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Pages of the Sea
Pages of the Sea
On 11 November 2018, communities gathered on beaches across the UK to say goodbye and thank you, to the millions of men and women who left their shores during the war, many never to return. On selected beaches around the UK, over the course of several hours, a portrait of an individual from the First World War emerged from the sand. And then, as the tide rose, were washed away as we took a moment to say a collective goodbye. These individuals were featured in the beach portraits.
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Born 1888
Died 1914
British Army Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
More about Ralph George Griffiths Cumine-Robson -
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Born 1891
Died 1916
British Army 3244 Trooper Household Cavalry 1st Life Guards C Squadron
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers 172 Tunnelling Company
More about Hugh Carr -
Born 1889
Died 1956
Indian Army 2129 Rifleman 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles 2nd Battalion
More about Kulbir Thapa -
Born 1885
Died 1914
British Army 18/295 Private Durham Light Infantry 18th Battalion
British Army 18/295 Private Durham Light Infantry
More about Theophilus Jones -
Born 1887
Died 1917
British Army 61117 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 15th Battalion
More about Ellis Humphrey Evans - Hedd Wyn -
Born 1893
Died 1917
Royal Navy A 5077 Seaman Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy 5077A Seaman Royal Naval Reserve - H.M.S. "Laurentic."
More about John Buckley -
Born 1895
Died 1918
British Army 1271 Serjeant Devonshire Regiment 7th Battalion
British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment Territorial Force
British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 7th (Cyclist) Battalion (Territorial)
More about Kenneth Walton Grigson -
Born 1888
Died 1918
British Army F/55 Lance Serjeant Middlesex Regiment
British Army F/55 Corporal Middlesex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Middlesex Regiment 5th Bn. attd. 23rd Bn. (formerly 17th Bn.)
More about Walter Daniel John Tull -
Born 1893
Died 1918
British Army Artist's Rifles
British Army Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
More about Wilfred Edward Salter Owen -
Born 1863
Died 1917
Royal Navy DA 9188 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve
Royal Navy DA/9/88 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve *mistake in CWGC records
Royal Navy DA/9188 Deck Hand Royal Naval Reserve, HM Trawler Evangel
More about Richard Davies -
Born 1895
Died 1917
British Army Captain Royal Irish Fusiliers
British Army Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
British Army Acting Major Bedfordshire Regiment 1st Battalion
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More about Charles Alan Smith Morris -
Born 1890
Died 1916
British Army F/32 Private Middlesex Regiment 17th (Service) Battalion
More about William Jonas -
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Born 1887
Died 1915
British Army Captain Devonshire Regiment 1st Battalion
More about Edward Hain -
Born 1886
Died 1918
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
British Army Staff Nurse Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service
More about Rachel Ferguson -
Born 1893
Died 1917
British Army Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
More about Robert William Taylor -
Born 1864
Died 1917
Other Empire Force Doctor French Red Cross
Other Empire Force Doctor Scottish Women's Hospital
More about Elsie Maud Inglis -
Born 1893
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion
More about Basil Perrin Hicks -
Born 1895
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Suffolk Regiment
British Army Captain Suffolk Regiment 7th Battalion
More about Charles Hamilton Sorley