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Lieutenant Colonel Robie Fitzgerald, Uniacke. Unit: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers / General Staff. Death: 17 May 1914 Western Front
Died 17 May 1914
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Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Philip Charles Lytton Routledge. Unit: 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Captain Charles Harland Judge. Unit: 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
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Captain Francis Edward Fish. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915, Festubert, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
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Captain Herbert Eustace Hathorn Johnston-Stewart. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant (Temporary Captain) Donald Kenworthy. Unit: 2nd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front. Son of John and Mary H. Kenworthy, of Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant Arthur Trewby. Unit: 11th Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant Herbert Sarif Roy Montesole. Unit: Special Reserve, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 La Basse Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant Howard Thomas Elder. Unit: Headquarter Signalling Officer, 5th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915 Cape Helles Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant John Dampier Hallifax. Unit: "D" Company, 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915, killed in action near Festubert, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant John Stanser Rich. Unit: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Kingâ€™s (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 17 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant Reginald Denman Apps. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1915 Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Lieutenant William Spens. Unit: 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Major Charles Herbert Villiers-Stuart MID. Unit: 56th Punjabi Rifles (Frontier Force), atached H.Q. Staff Australian and N.Z. Army Corps.. Death: 17 May 1915 Gallipoli / Dardanelles
Died 17 May 1915
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Private Alfred Terah Elwood 507. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915 Gallipoli Gallipoli Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
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Private Francis Edward Greene 1347. Unit: 7th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 17 May 1915
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Private John Joss 8750. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Western Front. Son of Mrs. M. D. Joss, of 3, Arden St., Maryhill, Glasgow.
Died 17 May 1915
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Private John Kerr 12144. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 17 May 1915 Missing Western Front. Son of Mrs. Francis Kerr, of 23, Kenmare St., Belfast.
Died 17 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Archdale Gillam Walker. Unit: 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 17 May 1915 Killed in Action at Festubert. Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant George Richard Murray Udny. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 17 May 1915 At Festubert Western Front
Died 17 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Herbert Dickie Kidd. Unit: 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 17 May 1915 wounded and missing at Festubert, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1915
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Second Lieutenant Robert Stobo Crawford. Unit: Reserve of Officers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 17 May 1915 Killed in action Western Front. Son of John Wilson Crawford, of Kilburn, Largs, Ayrshire.
Died 17 May 1915
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
17 May 1916
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
17 May 1916
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Durham Quad.
17 May 1916
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Lieutenant John L Stewart-Richardson. Unit: Wellingtons Mounted Rifles Regiment, attached to 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 17 May 1916 See Remarks Column
Died 17 May 1916
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Second Lieutenant Henry Grove Morton Mansel-Pleydell MC. Unit: 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. Death: 17 May 1916 Western Front
Died 17 May 1916
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Sergeant Francis Thomas Hooks 3505. Unit: 24th Battalion, attached to the 8th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 17 May 1916, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 17 May 1916
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THE FRENCH AIR FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 May 1916
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THE FRENCH NAVY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 1914-1918
17 May 1916
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Cameron-Swan, D., Lieutenant to IWM
17 May 1917
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DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 May 1917
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Lance Corporal Alan Henry French TF/240090. Unit: "B" Company, 1st/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, Sniper and Observer. Death: 17 May 1917, Cavalry Farm, Monchy, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 17 May 1917
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OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
17 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant (Acting Captain) David Edward Dow MID. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 17 May 1917 Died of wounds Western Front. Son of Peter Dow, M.A., J.P., and Marjorie Dow, of Mayne Rd., Elgin.
Died 17 May 1917
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