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'Carmania' sinking the 'Cap Trafalgar' off Trinidade Island in the South Atlantic, 14 September 1914. Signed and dated by the artist, lower left, and with the ships' names also inscribed in the sea below them. The British 'Ca
1923
National Maritime Museum

BATTLE OF THE AISNE, 12 - 15 SEPTEMBER 1914
14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Alexander (Allister) William Ponsonby Peddie. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Alexander Horne , Cameron Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Alexander Horne. Unit: 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 14 September 1914, killed in action near Vendresse, Western Front. Commemorated on the La-Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Algernon Foulkes Attwood , Royal Fusiliers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Arthur Maitland Byng , Royal Fusiliers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Arthur Vincent Hay. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 14 September 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Augustus Ernest Cathcart , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Augustus Ernest Cathcart. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action Age 39 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Douglas Keith Lucas Lucas-Tooth , 9th Queen's Royal Lancers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Edward Erskine White , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Edward Erskine White. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in Action during the Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Gabriel Roy Fitzpatrick , Welsh Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain George Clark Briggs , Royal Scots Fusiliers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain George Clark Briggs. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 14 September 1914 Vailly-sur-Aisne Western Front. Only son of Francis Briggs, of Huntington, Haddington, East Lothian.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Gerald Ernest Lea. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Near Aisnes Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Gerald Wynter Blathwayt , 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Gerald Wynter Blathwayt. Unit: 56th Battery, 44th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 14 September 1914 Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Hamilton Hugh Berners , Irish Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Harold Lutwyche Helme , Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Harold Lutwyche Helme. Unit: "D" Company, 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914, killed in action at Aisne, Western Front. Commemorated on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Harry Stanley Toppin Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (French). Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action at the River Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Heneage Greville Finch. Unit: 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Death: 14 September 1914, Soupir, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Herbert Edward Dawson. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action near Vailly on the River Aisne Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain John Banks Jenkinson , Rifle Brigade
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain John Banks Jenkinson. Unit: Rifle Brigade; Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Leonard Slater , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Leonard Slater. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in the early part of the Battle of Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Lord Arthur Vincent Hay , Irish Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Orr received his commission on 14 September 1914 and served throughout the War until demobilisation in Feburary 1919.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Reginald Heyworth Watson. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Wounded and Missing in Action at the Battle of the Aisne. Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Richard Francis Gatehouse. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 14 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Riversdale Nonus 'Rivy' Grenfell , Royal Bucks Hussars
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Riversdale Nonus Grenfell. Unit: Buckinghamshire Yeomanry (Royal Bucks Hussars), attached to the 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Death: 14 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Robert James McCloughin. Unit: 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Missy-sur-Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Theodore Wright VC , Royal Engineers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Theodore Wright VC. Unit: 57th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in Action while helping wounded men into shelter at Vailly Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Edward Murray. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, The Gordon Highlanders. Death: 14 September 1914
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Thomas Payne-Gallwey , Grenadier Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Charles Burgess 7205, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Corporal George Edward Springall 9343, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Richard Bond 6069, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Charles Hatton 7105, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Montague Bicknell 5244, Coldstream Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Percival Charles Markham 7025. Unit: 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Robert Stevenson Turnbull 9306, Black Watch Royal Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Joseph GUIVER 10400, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Athelstan Key Durrance George. Unit: 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914, wounded in action on 11 September 1914 at Bezu-le-Query, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Athelstane Key Durance George , Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Charles Lewis Moore. Unit: Royal Australian Navy, HMA S/M AE1 on loan from the Royal Navy. Death: 14 September 1914
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Grant Duff , Royal Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Henry Montresor MID. Unit: Commanding 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Louis St Gratien Le Marchant DSO. Unit: Commanding 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Sir Evelyn Ridley Bradford , Seaforth Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Reginald Lloyd. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 At Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant David Cecil Bingham , Coldstream Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant David Cecil Bingham. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 14 September 1914 Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Edward Charles Daun , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Frederic Hornby Lever Rushton , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Frederick William Des Voeux , Grenadier Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Frederick William Des Voeux. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Geoffrey William Polson , Royal Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant George Godfrey Brandreth Paget. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant George Owen Birch. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Heneage Greville Finch, Lord Guernsey , Irish Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Herbert Lyttelton Pelham. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Herbert Reuben Loomes. Unit: 1st Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Edward Langton Clarke , Royal Field Artillery
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant John Edward Langton Clarke MC. Unit: 50th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action at Moussy-sur-Ainse Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Irwin Fraser. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Death: 14 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Lewis Robertson Cumming. Unit: 1st Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Maurice Frederick Blake. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 14 September 1914 Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Mervyn Taylor Johnson , South Wales Borderers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Percy Lyulph Wyndham , Coldstream Guards
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Percy Lyulph Wyndham. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in Action at the Aisne near Soissons Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Ralph Lesingham Spreckley , Connaught Rangers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Ralph Lessingham Spreckley MC. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed on.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Rhys Ivor Thomas , Connaught Rangers
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Robert Harold Bond , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Robert Harold Bond. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Robert Harold Bond. Unit: 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 14 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Ronald Lucas Quixano Henriques , Battalion attached Royal West Surrey Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Ronald Lucas Quixano Henriques. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 14 September 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Russell Kenneth Swanwick , Gloucestershire Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Russell Kenneth Swanwick. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action near Troyon, on the River Aisne. Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Sir Archibald Charles Gibson-Craig , Highland Light Infantry
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lt Scott enlisted in 2/5 Battalion, the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment on 14 September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of War. He received his commission in the same regiment on 10 November and served in that capacity until he was seconded for duty
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Alfred Henry Maitland. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queenâ€™s Own (Cameron Highlanders). Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Babazon Foljambe. Unit: "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 14 September 1914, Aisne, Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Hubert Francis Fitzwilliam Brabazon Foljambe , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major John Herbert Kerrich , Welsh Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major John Herbert Kerrich. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, the Welsh Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Western Front.
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Lord George Stewart-Murray , Royal Highlanders
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major Mostyn Eden Cookson , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 14 September 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major Mostyn Eden Cookson. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Rhys Ivor Thomas MC, MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Death: 14 September 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

MAPS OF THE WESTERN FRONT
14 September 1914
Imperial War Museum

Parade of Queensland Expeditionary Force through the streets of Brisbane, 14 September 1914
Taken 14 Sep 1914
State Library of Queensland, Australia

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