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Able Seaman Harold Parker R/143. Unit: Nelson and Drake Battalions, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Able Seaman Ormonde Merry KP/134, Royal Naval Division
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Arthur Benedict E. Hillas. Unit: 1st Company, 7th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Cyril Walter Keenan Hook. Unit: 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain David Philip Hirsch VC , Yorkshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Captain Homer Reginald Herring , Durham Light Infantry
Died 23 April 1917
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Captain Percival Knight Allen , West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Company Sergeant Major Charles W. Greig 6128/6706/292861. Unit: "A" Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Death: 23 April 1917, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Company Serjeant Major Herbert Marke 8683, Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Alexander Burnett 201406. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Andrew Turnbull 39532, Royal Scots
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Douglas Macey Hands Sth/420, 10th Royal Fusiliers
Died 23 April 1917
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Corporal Sydney Joseph Godwin 16421, 3rd Worcestershire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
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Corporal William John Kelly 8876, South Wales Borderers
Died 23 April 1917
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Driver Joe Lomas Fletcher T3/026115, Army Service Corps
Died 23 April 1917
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Gunner J S Lapidge 40663. Unit: 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Gunner William Henry Holmes 543. Unit: 36th, 54th and 56th Battery, Siege Artillery, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Harry Nunn 8251, Norfolk Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Hubert Gurney 41624, Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
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Lance Corporal James Shaw 27413, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal John Flinders Robinson 3390. Unit: 5th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 April 1917 Dies from wounds at Lagnicourt Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal John Kidd 202715. Unit: 5th Platoon, B Company, 1st/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 wounded and missing, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal William Henry Peck 25397. Unit: 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lance Serjeant Hubert Dawson 6232, Manchester Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Serjeant Thomas Sawyer 54098, Durham Light Infantry
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Le marais vu depuis la forêt bleue, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 823
23 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Le marais, Propriété d\'Albert Kahn, Boulogne, France, B 822
23 avril 1917
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Leading Seaman George Hakin KW/597, Royal Naval Division
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Brian Wilmot L'Estrange Malone , Devonshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
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Lieutenant Colonel Albert George Dawson , Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
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Lieutenant Colonel David Brynmor Chiles-Evans , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 23 April 1917
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Lieutenant Colonel Francis Savage Nesbitt Savage-Armstrong DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment, Secondary regiment: Commanding 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Killed in action at Neuve Chapelle Western
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel John Willoughby Scott, D.S.O. , Somerset Light Infantry
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Geoffrey Robert Youngman THURLOW , Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
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Lieutenant George King Turnbull , Royal Naval Division
Died 23 April 1917
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Lieutenant John Stanley Stephens. Unit: D Company, 8th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Robert Milne Ballantyne Welsh. Unit: 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lt Col Scott, the son of Sir John and Lady Scott, received his commission with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars. He was commanding 8 Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry when he was killed in action, aged 38, on 23 April 1917. Lt Col Scott is buried at
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Major Frank William Dust MC. Unit: Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front. Son of William and Margaret Mellor Dust, of 9, Gladstone Rd., Ranmoor, Sheffield.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert James Cross 27573. Unit: 16th Platoon, D Company, 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action near Oppy Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert Wykes 17908, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Alexander Catto 202632. Unit: 12th Platoon, C Company, 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Andrew Alexander Cameron Adam 41124, Royal Scots
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Arnold Tyers 12984, King's Own Scottish Borderers
Died 23 April 1917
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Private Arthur Kilgour Webster 201865. Unit: Sniper Section, 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private C Tucker 26608. Unit: 4th Company, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Cecil Harold Lawson 33347. Unit: 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing near Vimy. Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Charles Frederick Parker 34307, Manchester Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Henry Johnson A1360, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Clarence Stock 266174, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private David James Davies 10523, South Wales Borderers
Died 23 April 1917
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Private David Ross 202703. Unit: 6th Platoon, B Company, 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private David Turnbull 23217, Royal Scots
Died 23 April 1917
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Private Douglas Philip Aston 43329, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Died 23 April 1917
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Private Eli Mitchell 201630/4707. Unit: East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Ernest Richard Challinor 40564, South Wales Borderers
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Ernest William Dawson 27536. Unit: 12th Platoon, C Company, 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front. Son of J. and S. Dawson, of 29, Morris Avenue, Manor Park, Essex.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Francis Albert Howard 21442, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Frank Walshaw PS/9955, Royal Fusiliers
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick S Brittain 16059. Unit: 4th and 8th Battalions, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private George Albert Webb G/22206. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private George Cranston Pringle 351560. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private George Silvester Cooke G/37051. Unit: 6th Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private George Wilfred Jelfs 10146, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 23 April 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Gordon Frank Caws G/37056. Unit: 8th Platoon, B Company, 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum

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