Lives of the First World War
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Born 1896
Died 2009
Air Force (RAF/RFC) 208317 Air Mechanic 2nd Class RAF Dunkirk
Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class 12 Squadron RNAS
Royal Navy F8317 Acting Air Mechanic 1st Class RNAS Dunkirk
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More about Henry William Allingham -
Born 1878
Died 1918
British Army 8445 Driver Royal Field Artillery 6th Battalion
British Army 272490 Private Labour Corps
British Army 8445 Driver Royal Field Artillery
More about John Edward Bennett -
Born 1880
Died 1916
British Army 14162 Private Worcestershire Regiment
British Army Essex Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Voluntary Service Corps, Essex Regiment
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More about Horace S Lovell -
Born 1895
Died 1916
British Army 27327 Corporal Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion
More about James Albert Maguire -
Born 1887
Died 1915
British Army 1134 Rifleman London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
British Army 1134 Corporal London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
British Army 1134 Acting Corporal London Regiment 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles)
More about Joseph Edward Taylor -
Born 1873
British Army 4348 Private 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars
British Army 4348 Private 19th (Queen Alexander's Own) Hussars 14th Reserve Cavalry Regiment
More about Thomas Edward Gilkes -
Born 1897
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers Cavalry Branch
Indian Army Second Lieutenant Indian Army Reserve of Officers, attached 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force)
More about John Ernest Bate Roberts -
Born 1890
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Engineers
British Army Temporary Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery
British Army 1853 Private Honourable Artillery Company
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More about Ralph Crook -
Born 1890
Died 1914
British Army 9838 Rifleman London Rifle Brigade 5th (City of London) Battalion
More about Lewis Martin Potts -
Died 1915
British Army 51448 Acting Bombardier Royal Field Artillery
British Army 51478 Bombardier Royal Field Artillery
More about Frederick Hulbert -
Born 1896
Died 1916
British Army 26869 Private Royal Welsh Fusiliers 13th Battalion
More about Joseph Henry Sheppard -
Born 1884
Died 1914
Royal Navy 206051 Leading Seaman H.M.S. "Vivid" formerly H.M.S. "New Zealand"
More about Arthur Roderick Howe -
Born 1894
Died 1962
British Army 43009 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 2207 Private Essex Regiment 3/8th (Cyclist) Battalion
More about Herbert Richard Barnes -
Born 1882
Died 1964
British Army 2nd Lieutenant Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derbyshire Reg) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion
British Army Captain Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derbyshire Reg) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion
British Army Major Sherwood Forresters (Notts and Derbyshire Reg) 12th (Pioneers) Battalion
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More about Frederick John Roberts -
Born 1878
Died 1940
British Army Captain Army Postal Service
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Territorial Force Reserve
British Army Captain Royal Engineers Postal Section
More about Ernest Tristram Crutchley -
Born 1880
Died 1917
British Army T/330909 Driver Army Service Corps
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Army Service Corps
More about Leslie Morier Evans -
Born 1889
Died 1918
British Army 14173 Acting Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry
British Army 14173 Serjeant Somerset Light Infantry
More about William Henry Hillier -
Born 1893
Died 1915
Royal Navy SS112713
Royal Navy SS/112713 Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. "Formidable"
More about Horace Frank Bernthal -
Died 1918
British Army 12775 Serjeant Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
More about William Edward Emans -
Born 1886
Died 1916
Royal Navy M267
Royal Navy Mate(E) HMS BLACK PRINCE
More about Henry Thornton Cleare