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Able Seaman Joseph John James Wilson J9905, H.M.S. "Excellent"
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Augustus O'Brien , Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Charles Vyvyan Lyne , Welsh Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Horace Charles Gracey. Unit: 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 18 October 1916, Thiepval, Somme, Western Front.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain Robert Clyde Beech. Unit: Scottish Horse, attached to the 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 18 October 1916, missing, Les Boeufs, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Eadie. Unit: 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 18 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Herbert Henry Strange 18463. Unit: A Company, 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 18 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Daily Sketch. A framed front page of the Daily Sketch with article on William Walker. The page also contains three images of William Walker; one pictured with his family, another blowing on a bugle and thethird proceeding to accpet his award whilst being
18 October 1916
National Maritime Museum

Gunner John William Francis Hunt 117, Royal Field Artillery
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Ralph Bolton 1806, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Died 18 October 1916
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Lance Serjeant Edward Mears 50657, Royal Defence Corps
Died 18 October 1916
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Lieutenant Andrew Montgomery Rees. Unit: 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 18 October 1916 Guendecourt Western Front
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Stewart Blackie , Rifle Brigade
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lt Verran was reported missing, aged 21, on 18 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Major Harry Woodhead MID. Unit: Commanding Officer A Company, 1st Regiment, South African Infantry. Death: 18 October 1916 Missing in Action in an attack at Butte de Warlencourt Western Front
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert Botfield 12772, South Staffordshire Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Arthur William Merrill 80380, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Charles J A Taitte 1530, British West Indies Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Dennis Wilby 29984, Yorkshire Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Harry T Farr 8871, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Reginald Arthur Cable 18217, Duke Of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
Died 18 October 1916
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Private Stephen Stewart 6400, British West Indies Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
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Second Lieutenant Christopher Gilbert Durant , Worcestershire Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Errol Russell Garnett. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 18 October 1916, Guendecourt, Western Front.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Graham Brymner Thomas Jardine. Unit: 13th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, attached to 5th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 18 October 1916 missing Le Sars-Baupaume Western Front.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Harold John Badcock. Unit: 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 18 October 1916 Western Front
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Nicol Shaw John. Unit: Army Service Corps. Served in Mesopotamia, date of entry 18 October 1916. Death: Not known.
Died 18 October 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Noel Fisher. McCarthy , Yorkshire Regiment
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant John Ernest Fairclough 45622, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 18 October 1916
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Temporary Second Lieutenant William Watson Smith , Gordon Highlanders
Died 18 October 1916
Lives of the First World War