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2nd Lieutenant Norman John Thorpe , 1/8th Bn., Hampshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Norman Gilbert Pelton. Unit: 58th Battalion, 15th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917 Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Theodore Victor Chapman , The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain William George Bransby Williams, M.C. , Royal Flying Corps
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Henry Huxley 19297, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Deck Hand Thomas Robert Jones DA 7836, Royal Naval Reserve
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gilbey, Lady to IWM
12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Gunner Frederick John Workman 300958, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Thomas Hilton Horbury 295657, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant James Daniel Dempsey. Unit: 58th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 12 May 1917 Wounded and Missing in action at Vimy Ridge Western Front. Son of Daniel Dempsey, of Stratford, Ontario.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Ross Robertson. Unit: Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, attached Royal Flying Corps. Death: 12 May 1917 Arras sector Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Samuel James Topp. Unit: CCompany, 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917 Killed in action at Bullecourt Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Alfred William Turner G/71818, Middlesex Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Burton William Hamlyn 2665. Unit: 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917, killed in action at Bullecourt, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Charles Henry Hicks 2430. Unit: 57th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917, killed in action at Bullecourt, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward George Russell G/42623. Unit: 11th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 12 May 1917 Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Frederick Arthur GUIVER G/40161, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private George Startin 240927, Leicestershire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Harold Percy Harrison 1669. Unit: 60th Battalion, attached to the 58th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Harry Roffey G/17325, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Henry J W Purdew 18658, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Hyman Costa 43606, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private John Ball 13773, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private John Charles Vernon Muschamp 265605, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private John William Fell 14/1052, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph Cotterill 25399, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph Gorringe G/10674, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Richard John Brown G/8119. Unit: 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 12 May 1917 Western Front. Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown, of 17, Churchill Rd., Great Yarmouth.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Robert Higgitt 840840, London Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Robert Turnbull 201087, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Wallace Smith Gordon 220363, Canadian Infantry
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William Joseph Gordon 4790. Unit: Lewis Machine Gun Section, 58th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 12 May 1917, Bullecourt, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Sapper John DUTTON 217985, Royal Engineers
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Edward James Knight. Unit: 7th Battalion, attached to 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 12 May 1917 Western Front.
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Frank Mitchell. Unit: 50th Company, Machine Gun Corps. Death: 12 May 1917 Gavrelle Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Sergeant Norman H Alderdice G/6613. Unit: 6th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 12 May 1917 Western Front
Died 12 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Serjeant Alfred Cleveley 9627, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant James Ross 200099, Seaforth Highlanders
Died 12 May 1917
Lives of the First World War

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