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Bombardier George Lowther , 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Fergus George Arthur Forbes , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Frederick Albert Forster , Royal Fusiliers
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Frederick Forster. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 23 August 1914, Mons, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain John Penrice Benson , East Surrey Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Jonathan Edward Knowles. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Kenneth James Roy MID. Unit: 4th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Oswald Bethell Walker , 15th Hussars
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Oswald Bethell Walker. Unit: 15th Battalion, (The Kings) Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in Action during the retreat from Mons. Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Walter Richard Augustus Aston Dawes , Wiltshire Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Walter Richard Augustus Aston Dawes. Unit: A Company, 1st Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Walton Mellor , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Captain Walton Mellor. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Corporal A Rogers L/7281. Unit: D Company, 1st Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 near Mons Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Walter George Last 9742, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Drummer George Robert Duggan 9981, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Ernest Stretton 7510, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal John Stephen Corri 10255, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal William Roche 6820, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant John Rothes Marlow Wilkinson , Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Colin Knox Anderson , Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Everard Cecil Smith. Unit: 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Killed at Nimy near Mons Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Harold Martin Soames , 20th Hussars
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Harold Martin Soames. Unit: 20th Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed while on reconnaissance duty near Binche, in Belgium Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Jervis Moore Tylee. Unit: 15th Hussars. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant John Rothes Marlow Wilkinson. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Approximate date. Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Kenneth Parnell Henstock. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914, killed in action at Mons, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Maurice James Dease VC , 4th Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant Maurice James Dease VC. Unit: Machine Gun Officer, 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 23 August 1914 Died of wounds at Nimy near Mons Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major Charles Stewart Holland. Unit: 120th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1914, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major John Southern Maidlow , 40th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major John Southern Maidlow. Unit: Commanding 49th Battery, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Major William Henry Abell , Middlesex Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Major William Henry Abell. Unit: 4th Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Obourg Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

MAPS OF THE WESTERN FRONT
23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Private Alfred Doyle 10535, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Edward Merriman 8282, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis Albert Bartlett 8319, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private James Ryan 8613, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Private John Joseph Condon 7347, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Lawrence Gallagher 6910, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Patrick John Ryan 4834, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Robert McLernon 6968, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Samuel Reeves 8933, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Stephen Ryan 6726, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private Thomas Ward 4517, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
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Private William Walsh 6520, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Charles Barry Gibbons , Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Herbert Wilfred Holt , Royal Engineers
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Pepys , King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant John Pepys. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Joseph Frederick Mead , Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Joseph Frederick Mead. Unit: 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 23 August 1914 Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Neville Lascelles Ward , East Surrey Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Neville Lascelles Ward. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 23 August 1914 Killed in Action leading a charge at Boussy near Mons Western Front
Died 23 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Serjeant Denis Walsh 4969, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War

Serjeant Thomas Francis Hayes 9748, Royal Irish Regiment
Died 23 August 1914
Lives of the First World War