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Arthur Hardman , Royal Army Service Corps
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

John Murray ,
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Ralph Aberdeen Phillips 304665,
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

2nd Lieutenant Carleton Douglas Yearwood , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry attached 7th Battalion
Died 16 August 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Brewis, Edward G., Mr. to IWM
16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Arthur Donald Thornton Smith D.S.O. , King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain Cecil Richard Langham , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain James Owen William Shine , Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Captain Jonathan Stanley Beck , Norfolk Regiment
Died 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
Imperial War Museum

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
Imperial War Museum

Captain W C Ross. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Willie Ross , South Wales Borderers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal John Dinsmore 14458. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Corporal John T Davies 34015, 1st Hampshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

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
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Thomas Johnstone 19282, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Corporal Thomas William Chick 13737, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Gunner Frank Moore 201512, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 August 1917
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Gunner Frederick William Nish 76711, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 August 1917
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Gunner Henry Daniel Garland 162652, Royal Field Artillery
Died 16 August 1917
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Gunner John Alderson Scott 157720, 287th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 16 August 1917
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IWM to Greene, G. W., Reverend
16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

IWM to Noble, Mrs.
16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal David William Barnett Flack 939. Unit: 13th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 16 August 1917, Ypres, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Edward Wilfred Hussey 551446, London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal George Guest 3/1192, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal John Hare 17832, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal John Hughes 20028, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Leonard Bertram Greenhead 12/41717, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Richard Broderick 16/604, Northumberland Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Lance Corporal Robert Evans 43195, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Quintus Ewart Hill 14/16595, Royal Irish Rifles
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Monsieur Emile Wetterlé, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, A 11 879
16 aoÃ»t 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Private Albert Champion 41791, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Stainer 41708. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Death: 16 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Arthur Edgar Scruby 534701, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

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
Imperial War Museum

Private Arthur James Farr 50026, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire) Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Charles Cooke G/52451, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Charles Frank Howe 20380, Norfolk Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Charles Jones 21289, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
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
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward Graham 240864, Lincolnshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Elwyn Edwards 535282, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Eric Percy Blaxland 535425, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Ernest Hubert Fennemore 33457, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Ernest Penistone 202328, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
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
Imperial War Museum

Private Frank Wiltshire 4093, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George Arthur Pass 43551, Durham Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George Frederick Upstone 202386, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George Holt 50517, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
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
Imperial War Museum

Private George Samuel Palmer 41743, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George William Alfred West 535389, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
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Private George William Waylen Honeyball 41167, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Gilbert Arthur Wagg 535237, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Gladstone Roberts 260063, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Harold Oscar Saunders 300269, London Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Harris Bertram Baker 28739, Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Harry Kaim Valencia 204079, London Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Henry Jesse Richardson 493179, London Regiment
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
Imperial War Museum

Private Henry Walker 28899, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Howard Percival Nind R35262, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Hugh Royle 35866, Lancashire Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Private John Cummings 25834, Somerset Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Private John Henry Saunders 9780, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private John Thomas Symons, M.M. 14/962, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Leslie Percival Bragington 41722, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Lindsay Percival Bond 41287, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Maurice Joseph Hyde Legg 19326, Dorsetshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Mrogoyi Tshikwase Madhlala 7163, South African Native Labour Corps
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Phillip Geraghty 19602, Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Richard James France 8756, South Wales Borderers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Robert Akid 33964, Manchester Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Robert Oram 534293, 1/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Sidney Albert Ed Jackson 295106. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusilliers). Death: 16 August 1917 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Sydney Oliver Gabourel 1638, British West Indies Regiment attached Royal Engineers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Cyril Madelin 18682, Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Thomas Jessiman 859234, Canadian Infantry
Died 16 August 1917
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Private Thomas Paul Brolly 40118, Royal Irish Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Tom Poole 24624, Manchester Regiment
Died 16 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

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
Imperial War Museum

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