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Hilda Mary Knox , Australian Army Nursing Service
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Jacob Clive Fitt ,
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Able Seaman James Francis Archer Mersey Z/34, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain Leon Simons , Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain Leon Simons MC. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 17 February 1917
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Hilda Knox, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
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Hilda Knox, Australian Army Nursing Service. Died of illness contracted on duty 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
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John Wright of the Scouts, Artists Rifles
17 February 1917
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Lance Corporal Harold Leonard Perkins R 2845, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Harold Leonard Perkins R/2845. Unit: 1st Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 February 1917 Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Lance Corporal Richard Louis Whittington Bartlett G/51986. Unit: A Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917.
Died 17 February 1917
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Lance Corporal Richard Louis Whittington Bartlett GS/51986, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred E Fulcher 8956, Shropshire Light Infantry
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Ben Ellis B/20409. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Somme. Husband of Doris Amy Barham Ellis, of 53, Salisbury Rd., Watford, Herts.
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Ben Ellis GS/20409, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Christopher Dobree Benson G/82. Unit: 23rd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Miramont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Corrie Morse G/50375, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private David Hamilton Lawrence 3220, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest William Powell 16053, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Francis Charles Williams 28527, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis Charles Williams 28527. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Private George John Gatward 11054, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private H Croudace E/1136, 17th Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Croudace MM. Service number: 47864. Unit: B Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Killed in action at Petit Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Jacob Clive Fitt 8876. Unit: Signal Section, "C" Company, 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917, Albert, Western Front.
Died 17 February 1917
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Private James Hugh Tapp 1892, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
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Private James Spilsbury 35282, Cheshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Oswald Gregory Worlidge G/40055, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Reginald Charles Crewes G/40139, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
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Private Thomas Robert Marchant GS/27841, Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
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Private William Morrey 36741, Cheshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
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Rifleman John William Denn R/17867. Unit: 7th Platoon, B Company, King's Royal Rifle Corps. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing in action
Died 17 February 1917
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Sapper James Phillips 58904, Royal Engineers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Sapper James Phillips 58904. Unit: 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Sapper Matthew Kidd Miller 58065. Unit: 1 Section, 106th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Sapper Matthew Miller 58065, Royal Engineers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Arthur Bernard Swain. Unit: Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17 February 1917 MIA on the River Ancre near Miraumont Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Symonds , Royal Fusiliers
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Clarence Carpenter , Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant James Babington Boulton , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant James Babington Boulton. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 6th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 17th February 1917, Western Front, age 28.
Died 17 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Carlton Manning , Cheshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
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Second Lieutenant Tom Freeman , Northamptonshire Regiment
Died 17 February 1917
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Sergeant Edward Josselyn Hallum 51982, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 17 February 1917
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Sergeant Ernest Gilbert Stanbrough 483. Unit: 22nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 17 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 17 February 1917
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Sergeant William Henry Laverty 1218, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Alan Amery Okell , The Royal Marine Light Infantry
Died 17 February 1917
Lives of the First World War

THE FRENCH NAVY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 February 1917
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