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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Captain Archibald James Sanderson. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Kingâ€™s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 02 May 1915 Wounded while leading charge to retake some trenches on 26 April 1915. Died on Hospital Ship Sicilia on buried at sea. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Cecil Vernon Down 805, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Corporal James Richard Crossley 1205, Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
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Corporal Launcelot Wake Brown 10160, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Selwyn Lord Curlewis 6, Australian Infantry
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Selwyn Lord Curlewis. Service number: 6. Unit: 16th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Frederick Herbert Hook 8679, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal James Henry Robinson 9131, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer , Canadian Field Artillery
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Alexis Hannum Helmer. Unit: 2nd Battery, 1st Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. Death: 2 May 1915, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Arthur Edward Carse MID. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia), Australian Infantry. Death: 02 May 1915, WIA on 27 April 1915 Died of wounds in hospital in Alexandra Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Arthur Sidney Pelham Burn , Gordon Highlanders
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Bernard Henry Herford ,
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Bernard Henry Herford. Unit: Royal Marines, Chatham Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Death: 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Charles Herbert George Martin. Unit: 1st/3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force). Death: 02 May 1915 Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Charles Stirling Walter Greenland. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Colonel Owen Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett , 7th Essex Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Colonel Owen Godfrey Godfrey-Faussett DSO. Unit: Commanding 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 2 May 1915.
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Ernest Otto Alfred Bruns. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia), Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli Peninsula
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant James Montague Smith. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion (Queenâ€™s Edinburgh Rifles) Territorials, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment). Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action at Gallipoli Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Francis Bernal Greenwood. Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 2 May 1915, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Kieran Leopold Anderson. Unit: 16th Battalion (South Australia, West Australia) Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Percy Mytton. Unit: 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 02 May 1915 Missing Hill 60 Ypres Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
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Lieutenant Robert Arthur Douglas McCulloch. Unit: 1st Battalion, Kings Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 02 May 1915 Ypres Western Front
Died 2 May 1915
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Major Herbert Joseph Sammut. Unit: 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 02 May 1915 Killed in action near Krithia. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 2 May 1915
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Ordinary Seaman Horace Blakeley J34867, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur James Richardson 10060, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
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Private Brunel John Nash 702. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 May 1915 Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 2 May 1915
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Private Charles Milne Abernethy 8/316,
Died 2 May 1915
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Private Edgar Watson Bell 9, 16th Infantry Battalion
Died 2 May 1915
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Private Edward Warner VC 7602, Bedfordshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Edwin Henry Edwards 3/8383, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Frank Norman Fisher 436. Unit: "A" Company, 10 Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st South Australian Expeditionary Force, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Private Frederick William Pattemore 3/8786, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Bonner 10065, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Silk 9170, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Thomas 10336, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private George Thomas Jordan 2104, Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Henry Glover 16141, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private James Cannan 317233, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private James Miller Ivison 710. Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Missing in action Gallipoli Front.
Died 2 May 1915
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Private John Lynn VC 1272, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Leslie Bucher 287. Unit: C Company, 6th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Gaba Tepe Dardanelles. Son of Albert and Mary Ann Bucher, of 57, Fraser St., Richmond Victoria, Australia.
Died 2 May 1915
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Private Oscar Samuel (Pickles) Stembridge 1488, Honourable Artillery Company
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Hooker 9527, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Smith 9767, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private Vernon Coldham-Fussell 1333. Unit: 2nd Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 2 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Private Walter King 10859, South Wales Borderers
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private William Eastham 257, Infantry
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

Private William Joseph Keenan 847. Unit: 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 02 May 1915 Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 2 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Timothy Sullivan. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers. Death: 02 May 1915 Died of wounds Gallipoli
Died 2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Serjeant Ernest Todd 9148, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 2 May 1915
Lives of the First World War

THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1915
2 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN, APRIL 1915-JANUARY 1916
2 May 1915
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