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Captain Cyril Oswald Denman-Jubb. Unit: Adjutant, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 24 August 1914 Killed in action at Wasmes near Mons Western Front.
Died 24 August 1914
Imperial War Museum

Captain Ernest Felix Victor Briard. Unit: 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 24 August 1914 near Dour Mons Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Captain John Erskine Young. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 24 August 1914 Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Lieutenant Charles Arthur Campbell. Unit: 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Death: 24 August 1914 Killed in action at Mons Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Lieutenant Cyril Herbert Spencer Whittle. Unit: 15th (The Kings) Hussars. Death: 24 August 1914 Killed in Action near Mons. Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Lieutenant Eric Llewelyn Welchman. Unit: 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 24 August 1914 Died of wounds during the retreat from Mons. Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Major Chandos Leigh DSO. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Kingâ€™s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 24 August 1914 At Mons Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Major John Boyd Orr DSO. Unit: 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 24 August 1914 Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Major Percy Belcher Strafford. Unit: 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellingtonâ€™s (West Riding Regiment). Death: 24 August 1914 Killed in action at the Battle of Mons. Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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MAPS OF THE WESTERN FRONT
24 August 1914
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Second Lieutenant Charles William North Garstin. Unit: 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers. Death: 24 August 1914, Western Front.
Died 24 August 1914
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Second Lieutenant Maximilian Francis Broadwood. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 24 August 1914 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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Second Lieutenant Maximilian Francis Broadwood. Unit: B Company, 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 24 August 1914 Wasmes Mons Western Front
Died 24 August 1914
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THE BATTLE AND RETREAT FROM MONS, AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1914
24 August 1914
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THE RETREAT FROM MONS, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1914
24 August 1914
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Your King and Country Need You - A Call to Arms
24 August 1914
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
24 August 1915
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
24 August 1915
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THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
24 August 1915
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Private Oscar Alfred Horsten 3830/A. Unit: 25th Battalion, attached to the 49th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 24 August 1916, died of wounds at Brighton, England.
Died 24 August 1916
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Pte Oldroyd was reported missing, aged 20, on 24 August 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 24 August 1916
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Second Lieutenant William Nicklin. Unit: C Company, Special Brigade, Royal Engineers. Death: 24 August 1916 Western Front
Died 24 August 1916
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THE FRENCH AIR FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
24 August 1916
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT, 1917
24 August 1917
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS TRAINING, ALDERSHOT, HAMPSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK
24 August 1917
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Captain Lee was killed in action, aged 20, on 24 August 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. Captain Lee's father, Brigadier General Noel Lee, was also a casualty of the First World War. Brigadier Genera
Died 24 August 1917
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THE WOMEN'S WORK IN THE WAR INDUSTRY, 1914-1918
24 August 1917
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Vlamertinghe Church, August 24 1917
24 August 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
24 August 1918
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
24 August 1918
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Andrews, C. J., Mrs. to IWM
24 August 1918
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Galvin, W S (?) to IWM
24 August 1918
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Lieutenant Arnold Ashton Justice Warner. Unit: 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
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Lieutenant Arnold Ashton Justice Warner. Unit: 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
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Lieutenant Gilbert Edgar Adamson MC. Unit: C Company, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 24 August 1918. He received his commission on 5 March 1915, subsequently serving with C Company on the Western Front from July to August 1917 and again from Oc
Died 24 August 1918
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Lieutenant Leonard Gustav Byng MC 2080. Unit: Inns of Court Officers Training Corps, attached to Royal West Kent Regiment and then to 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards. Death: 24 August 1918 Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
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Morton, M.B. to IWM
24 August 1918
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Nurse Eveline Fidgeon Shaw, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry. Died of illness contracted on duty 24 August 1918.
Died 24 August 1918
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Second Lieutenant Donald Stuart Hicklenton. Unit: 86th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Death: 24 August 1918, killed in action at Bray-sur-Somme, Somme, Western Front.
Died 24 August 1918
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Second Lieutenant G R T Marsh. Unit: Royal Flying Corps.. Death: 24 August 1918 Missing Western Front
Died 24 August 1918
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918
24 August 1918
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Lieutenant Charles Henry Settrington (alias Gordon-Lennox). Unit: Irish Guards, attached to 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 August 1919 Died of wounds in Russia Russia
Died 24 August 1919
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 August 1942
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Chinese and Indian Labourers Arriving at the Jungle Camps, 24 August 1943
24 August 1943
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 August 1943
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 August 1943
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THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORMANDY 1944
24 August 1944
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THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1940-1947
24 August 1944
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 August 1944
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
24 August 1944
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Lance Corporal G J Swart MM, 25th RE Coy SAEC
24 August 1945
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Land and People: Four - Greece
24 August 1946
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