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THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
8 August 1914
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AUSTRALIAN FORCES IN GALLIPOLI, 1915
8 August 1915
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Captain D Digges Latouche. Unit: 8th (Service) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (Pioneers). Death: 08 August 1915 Missing on Chinuk Bair Gallipoli / Dardanelles
Died 8 August 1915
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Corporal Albert Read Cubitt 839. Unit: G Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Australian Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 8 August 1915
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Corporal George William Greengrass 1434. Unit: 7th Platoon, 2nd Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 August 1915, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 8 August 1915
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Lance Corporal Arthur Norman Tetley 304. Unit: DTroop, BSquadron, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 8 August 1915
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Lieutenant Kenneth Curlewis. Unit: 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 8 August 1915
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Lieutenant Reginald William Foster. Unit: 6th Reinforcements, 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 August 1915, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Edward James Melling 2190. Unit: 6th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Gallipoli
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Hainsworth King 239. Unit: A Company, 7th Battalion, 2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Son of William and Amelia King, of 74, Tinning St., Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Jack Conlen 1326. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Killed in action Gallipoli
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Jack Edwards 2205. Unit: 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, Australian Infantry, 6th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Lone Pine Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 8 August 1915
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Private John Auguste Emile Harris 2251. Unit: "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 August 1915, killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Aged 15 years and 10 months.
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Norman Wakefield Folks 531. Unit: "D" Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 August 1915, Lone Pine, missing in action, Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 8 August 1915
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Private Walter Sydney Emery 2127. Unit: 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, Australian Infantry, 6th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Lone Pine Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 8 August 1915
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Lionel Gibson. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 08 August 1915, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1915
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THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN, APRIL 1915-JANUARY 1916
8 August 1915
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Trooper William Blake 372. Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1915 Lone Pine Dardanelles
Died 8 August 1915
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
8 August 1916
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
8 August 1916
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Corporal Benjamin Atkinson Kirkby 3582/201062. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 08 August 1916 wounded and missing, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1916
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Corporal Norman Hill 200640. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 8 August 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 August 1916
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Lance Corporal Leo J Miles 35373. Unit: 1st Battalion, Kingâ€™s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 08 August 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Lance Corporal Ronald Armstrong Reid 4412. Unit: D Company, 15th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1916 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Lieutenant Colonel John Plunkett Verney Hawksley DSO. Unit: 135th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, 4th Division, attached to the 110th Brigade, 32nd Division. Death: 8 August 1916, killed in action, Somme, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1916
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Lt Tisdall, a former Classics Scholar of Bedford and Peterhouse College, Cambridge, was commanding B Company when he was reported missing, aged 23, at Guillemont on 8 August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial
Died 8 August 1916
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Private Arnold Locke Beattie 3778. Unit: 9th Reinforcements, 18th Battalion, attached to the 20th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1916
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Private Eric Lang 5129. Unit: 48th Battalion, 12th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1916 Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Private James Ernest Beaney. Unit: Army Cyclist Corps, attached to D Company, 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 12th Division. Death: 08 August 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1916
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Private John Charles Michael 1700. Unit: 24th Battalion, 6th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1916 Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Private Owen McManus 5425. Unit: 45th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1916 Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Private Samuel Oliver 3478. Unit: 8th Platoon, B Company, 1st/4th Kingâ€™s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Death: 08 August 1916 Western Front
Died 8 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Douglas Osmond Evans. Unit: 1st Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 08 August 1916 missing in action Somme.
Died 8 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant Gordon MacGregor Hughes. Unit: 9th Battalion, attached to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 8 August 1916, wounded and missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant William Edward Mills. Unit: 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment. Death: 8 August 1916, Trones Wood, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
8 August 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8 August 1917
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Captain Lionel Robert McDougall MID. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 08 August 1917 Killed at Holnon St Quentin Western Front
Died 8 August 1917
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Chaplain 4th Class Frank Robert Harbord. Unit: Army Chaplains' Department, attached to the Royal Field Artillery within the 25th Division Chaplain's Depot. Death: 8 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1917
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HMS Dunraven, VC, In Action against the Submarine that Sank Her, 8th August 1917
8 August 1917
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IWM to Meyer Griffith, Mrs.
8 August 1917
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Lieutenant Gerald Arthur Hervey. Unit: 1st/1st Wessex Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 8 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1917
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Sergeant Wallace Alexander Henderson 16/963. Unit: 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 8 August 1917, wounded and missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial.
Died 8 August 1917
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Sheel, G. M., Mr. to IWM
8 August 1917
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 August 1917
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 August 1917
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'Springbok' Reis Naar Het Vasteland ['Springbok' Travel to the Continent]
8 August 1918
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
8 August 1918
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8 August 1918
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AUSTRALIAN FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8 August 1918
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Captain Norman Howard A. Wetmore MID. Unit: 25th Battalion, Nova Scotia Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918 killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
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Captain William MacIlwraith Cameron. Unit: 26th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Western Front. Son of Thomas and Margaret Cameron, of Glencoe St., Rockhampton, Queensland.
Died 8 August 1918
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Frost, V M to IWM
8 August 1918
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Langdale, Catherine, Mrs. to IWM
8 August 1918
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Lewes, Lucy J.P., Mrs to IWM
8 August 1918
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Lieutenant Reginald Basil Hingston. Unit: 24th Battalion, 1st Quebec Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 August 1918, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 8 August 1918
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OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 August 1918
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Private Edward William Wylie 2010. Unit: 59th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 August 1918
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918
8 August 1918
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