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THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
16 August 1914
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DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
16 August 1915
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Private Walter D'Ancie Appleyard 14789. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1915 Suvla Bay Dardanelles
Died 16 August 1915
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Second Lieutenant Bryn Atherton Brodie Thomas. Unit: 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment. Death: 16 August 1915 Killed in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1915
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
16 August 1916
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Lance Corporal Eric Albert Peppiette. Unit: 10th Battalion (attached 13th), Kingâ€™s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front
Died 16 August 1916
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Lieutenant Victor Gillard Dridan. Unit: B Company, 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
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Private Alfred Lionel Cooper 3047. Unit: 47th Battalion, 12th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
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Private Charles Bailey 6178/357297. Unit: "E" Company, 1st/10th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
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Private James Booth 26797. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
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Private Roy Charles Goman 5097. Unit: 4th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
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Pte Neal of 13 Platoon, D Company, was reported missing during the Battle of the Somme on 16 August 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
16 August 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
16 August 1917
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Brewis, Edward G., Mr. to IWM
16 August 1917
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Captain Joseph Cecil Harris. Unit: 3rd (North Midland) Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the "A" Casualty Clearing Station. Death: 16 August 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Captain Noel William Ward Webb MC and Bar. Unit: 70th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Captain W C Ross. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Corporal John Dinsmore 14458. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Corporal Sydney Herbert Fulcher 42196. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
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IWM to Greene, G. W., Reverend
16 August 1917
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IWM to Noble, Mrs.
16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal David William Barnett Flack 939. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal John C P Watson 202968. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in Action at Langemarck. Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Alfred Stainer 41708. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Arthur Holdsworth 17/1713. Unit: 13th Section, 8th Platoon, "B" Company, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
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Private David R Sturges 202354. Unit: 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Private F J Pitt 45122. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George Inman G/52481. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Henry Rossiter 40111. Unit: 9th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Sidney Albert Ed Jackson 295106. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusilliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Wallace Hedge 30188. Unit: 7th Battalion, Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917, wounded and missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
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Private William Louis Pecry 204681. Unit: 1st Battalion, attached to 1st/2nd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman & Signaller Hamish George Young 302988. Unit: A Company, 1st/5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Last seen in Polygon Wood Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman Ernest Gotlop 47093. Unit: 6th Platoon, "B" Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman Frank Robert Pitchers 302036. Unit: C Company (Lewis Gun Section), 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman Percy A Brown 301448. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Ypres Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman Thomas Alfred Brightwell R/34375. Unit: B Company, 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Rifleman William Jones 303269. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Adam Cyril Darley Hill. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 16 August 1917, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Douglas William Ormond Townshend. Unit: 7th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps and General List. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action (with Observer Lieut L V Gray) Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant George Carleton Brooksby Elmitt. Unit: 7th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917.
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Harry Albert Mostyn Hoops. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Francis Clery. Unit: Royal Munster Fusiliers, attached to 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Granville Berry MC. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 16 August 1917 Ypres Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant Joseph Kent Nowell. Unit: 8th Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), Attached to 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Frederick Munsey. Unit: 12th Battalion, Kings Royal Rifle Corps, formerly London Regiment (Artists Rifles). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Harold Trant Williams. Unit: 29th Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Hunter Clements MSM. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Roche Brereton-Barry. Unit: 10th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
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