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2nd Corporal Alfred Lunn 13867, Royal Engineers
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Boatswain Francis Stephens , SS Memphian
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain James Edward Holme. Unit: 16th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 8 October 1917, wounded and missing in action at Polderhoek Chateau, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Herbert Hawkins 64601, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal James N Grieves 297745, Canadian Forestry Corps
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Joseph Calderbank 225684, Royal Engineers
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal William Alexander Diplock 371, Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal William Alexander Diplock 371. Unit: 1st Light Trench Mortar Battery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 October 1917 Killed in action at Glencourse Wood Western Front. Son of John and Sarah Diplock, of Wollombi, New South Wales.
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Gunner Joseph Malcom Bell 700158, Royal Field Artillery
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

IWM to Haig, Lady
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Knight, S., Mr. to IWM
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Andrew Gardiner 14764, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Lewis Charlesworth 163, Manchester Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Francis Horace Berry. Unit: Royal Scots, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 08 October 1917
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Julius Diamond , Royal Flying Corps
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Official photograph
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Ordinary Seaman Leslie George Roughton Turner Bristol Z/5597, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Albert Webb 32965, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alexander Dickinson 12726, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Eggitt 40685, Essex Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur Robert Howes 29255, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Arthur William Cusack Butler 2083, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles George Coward CH/12542 , Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Cyril Joseph Smith 42837, Manchester Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Horace Simms 32640, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private James Collins 44136. Unit: W Company, 8th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 08 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front. Husband of Ethel Collins, of 7, Wharram St., Hull.
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private John Clare Murphy 4530. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Forces. Death: 08 October 1917 Western Front
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private John Robert Johnson 29254, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Richard Preen 8841, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Robert Fredrick Swadling 16452, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Atkinson 320053, Durham Light Infantry
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Walter France 65824, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William Bruford 205094, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William Jenkins 7149, South Wales Borderers Depot
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Romani Station
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Romani: No 6 Post
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant John Leask Foubister , Royal Flying Corps
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Cyril Beaven Wattson , Royal Flying Corps
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Cyril Beaven Wattson. Unit: 7th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 08 October 1917 Missing in Action near Poelcappelle near Ypres. Western Front
Died 8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Stoker 1st Class Ernest George Watson K/6534, H.M.S. Marshal Ney
Died 8 October 1917
Lives of the First World War

THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Trenches before Gaza
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

Turner, Isabel B., Mrs. to IWM
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

WAR CEMETERIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 October 1917
Imperial War Museum

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