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Captain Ralph George Griffiths Robson (or Cumine-Robson). Unit: Corps of Indian Miners and Sappers, attached to 3rd Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 23 December 1914 Killed in action near Neuve Chapelle Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
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Lieutenant Colonel Henry Anderson Lempriere DSO. Unit: 7th Battalion (Princess Royals) Dragoon Guards. Death: 23 December 1914
Died 23 December 1914
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Lieutenant George Lewis Sparrow. Unit: 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds received on 20 December1914 Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
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Lieutenant Ian Maclean Macandrew MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 23 December 1914 Festubert Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
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Second Lieutenant (Temporary Lieutenant) Douglas Holme Wiggin. Unit: 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 23 December 1914 Died of wounds. Wounded near Festubert on 21 December. Western Front
Died 23 December 1914
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1915
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Lt Leighton interrupted his studies at Oxford University to enlist. He died, aged 19, of wounds received in the trenches at Hebuterne on 23 December 1915. Lt Leighton was the fiance of Vera Brittain, author of 'Testament of Youth' in which she describe
Died 23 December 1915
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M E Wilson, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Died of illness contracted on duty 23 December 1915.
Died 23 December 1915
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Nativity, France, 23 December 1916
23 December 1916
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Sergeant Norman Farquhar Bruce Huon 2592. Unit: 18th Reinforcements, 8th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 23 December 1916 Killed in action at El Arish Egypt
Died 23 December 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
23 December 1917
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Engineer Lieutenant Commander David Duncan Cuninghame. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Surprise. Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in action in the North Sea North Sea
Died 23 December 1917
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Lieutenant George Herbert Whyte MC. Unit: 2nd/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles). Death: 23 December 1917 Killed in Action in Jerusalem Palestine
Died 23 December 1917
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
23 December 1917
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Fox, (?) to IWM
23 December 1918
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THE US NAVY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
23 December 1918
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THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES IN NORTHERN IRELAND, 1920 - 1980
23 December 1932
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UNITED STATES NINTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1933
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THE MANCHESTER BLITZ
23 December 1940
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1941
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1942
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1942
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THE POLISH ARMY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1942-1943
23 December 1943
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1943
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1943
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THE STRATEGIC BOMBING OF GERMANY, 1942-1945
23 December 1944
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
23 December 1944
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