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THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
20 July 1914
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DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
20 July 1915
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
20 July 1915
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THE WOMEN'S WORK IN SERVICES, 1914-1918
20 July 1915
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Captain Harold Ewart Rudman. Unit: D Company, 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, 183rd Brigade. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing at Picatin Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Corporal David Frederick Livingston 1168. Unit: 29th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Fromelles, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Charles Nuttall 5384. Unit: "C" Company, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, High Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lance Corporal Robert Dealtry 25568 Unit: "A" Company, 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lieutenant Clarence Timbrell Collier. Unit: 18th Battalion, attached to C Company, 53rd Battalion, 14th Australian Infantry Brigade, 5th Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916 Wounded and missing in action during the Battle of Fromelles,
Died 20 July 1916
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Lieutenant George Alfred Herman. Unit: 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lieutenant Michael Arthur Raymond Barthorp. Unit: 1st Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916 Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lieutenant William John Langford. Unit: 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916, Fromelles, Western Front. Commemorated on the Loos Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Lt Williams was born in Natal, South Africa in 1893 and was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, England before entering the Civil Service. On outbreak of War in 1914, he enlisted in the Black Watch. In March 1915, he received his commision in the DCLI..
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Alexander McGregor McKenzie 1797A. Unit: 32nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Alfred Doney 3084. Unit: "D" Company, 60th Battalion, 15th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Ambrose Oâ€™Neill 200691. Unit: 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Arthur Hurtle Morphett 340. Unit: "A" Company, 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Fromelles, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Frank Almond 17172. Unit: 9th Platoon, "C" Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Frank Herbert Aysom 3004. Unit: 1st Battalion, transferred to 53rd Battalion, 10th Reinforcements, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916 Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Fred Moffat 7435. Unit: 8th Platoon, "B" Company, unknown battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, missing, Ovillers, Somme, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Frederic James (known as Joe Wood) Wood PS/5958. Unit: C Company, 20th Service Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing in Action at High Wood or Fourreaux Wood near Albert Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Private George Alan Bradley GS/8878. Unit: C Company, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, High Wood, Bois des Foureaux, Somme, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private George Hector Mackenzie 3234. Unit: 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private John Kershaw PS/5156. Unit: Observation Section, "C" Company, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, missing at Bois des Foureaux, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private John McLeod Maclachlan 201480. Unit: 9th Platoon, "C" Company, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private John William Chaloner 4618. Unit: Observation Section, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, High Wood, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Nissim Lisbona PS/5212. Unit: "C" Company, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Public Schools Battalion). Death: 20 July 1916, Longueval, Somme, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Robert Morgan 7710/200680. Unit: 3rd Company, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Samuel Scott 9219/201190. Unit: 6th Platoon, D Company, 5th Battalion, Scottish Rifles. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing
Died 20 July 1916
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Private Victor John Backhouse 4432. Unit: 54th (late 13th) Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: between 19 and 20 July 1916.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private William Inglis 686. Unit: "C" Company, 30th Battalion, 8th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, Fromelles, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Private William Kenneth Smethurst 5646. Unit: C Company, 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing
Died 20 July 1916
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Private William Stanley Russell 5568. Unit: 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing 1 July 1916 Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Pte Signaller Bulwer 13418. Unit: 10th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916. He was reported missing on 20 July 1916 at Delville Wood during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Rifleman Benjamin Harrison 5376/307145. Unit: "A" Company, 1st/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own). Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Rifleman John Dougall 7404/200576. Unit: 9th Platoon, "C" Company, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 20 July 1916
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Rifleman Thomas Anderson 9239/201204. Unit: 10th Platoon, "C" Company, 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Sapper Robert Norman Murray 5651. Unit: 2nd Field Company, attached to the 14th Field Company, 5th Australian Divisional Engineers, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Albert Cecil Taylor. Unit: YCompany, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916 Missing in action at Delville Wood, Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Leslie Evans. Unit: X Company, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 20 July 1916 missing in action, Delville Wood, Somme.
Died 20 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant Francis James Dixon Ritchie. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 20 July 1916 Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Second Lieutenant John Thomas Price. Unit: 20th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, (University and Public Schools Brigade). Death: 20 July 1916 Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Sergeant Oscar Eric Baumann. Unit: "A" Company, 32nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916, Fleurbaix, Western Front.
Died 20 July 1916
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Sergeant Ralph Bertram Webb Cracknell 1025. Unit: A Company, 30th Battalion, 8th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Sergeant Walter Westlake Bull 3036. Unit: Lewis Machine Gun Section, 57th Battalion, 15th Brigade, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 20 July 1916 Fleurbaix Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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Signaller William Knapton Taylor 5738. Unit: ACompany, 20th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 20 July 1916 Western Front
Died 20 July 1916
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THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT WARFARE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
20 July 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
20 July 1916
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The Canche River
20 July 1916
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Wail, near Hesdin
20 July 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
20 July 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
20 July 1917
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Conway, Helen K., Mrs. to IWM
20 July 1917
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Henderson, Alfred, Commodore to IWM
20 July 1917
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Lieutenant Colonel Edward Byng George Gregge-Hopwood DSO. Unit: Commanding 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 20 July 1917, West Flanders, Western Front. Major Stephen John Burton. Unit: 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 20 July 1917, West F
Died 20 July 1917
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Second Lieutenant Thomas Russell Bland. Unit: 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, attached to York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 20 July 1917
Died 20 July 1917
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THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
20 July 1917
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THE US ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1917-1918
20 July 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
20 July 1918
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