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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Aircraftsman First Class Percy Maurice Yeatman 215822,
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

First Lieutenant Ernest Brereton Greenhous , The Royal Flying Corps
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Gunner Bernard Stuart Anderson 83777, Canadian Field Artillery
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lance Serjeant William Guest 30086, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant John Gardner White. Unit: 5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached to 32nd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 26 August 1917 Missing in Action near Albert Western Front
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Oswald Camplyon Hutchinson Osmaston , Royal Engineers
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Major Thomas Weeding. Unit: 1st Battalion, The Queens (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Death: 26 August 1917 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Cyril Robertshaw 270389, Royal Scots
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Duncan Smith S/17741. Unit: 13th Platoon, D Company, 8th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 26 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Ernest Christopher Boucher 202836, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Eustace Dixon 7312, British West Indies Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private George Arthur Wilson 10184, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Henry Cowell 240987, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 26 August 1917
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Private Herbert Bentley Heseltine 37954, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private James Leslie S/15582. Unit: 12 Platoon, "C" Company, 8th/10th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 26 August 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Joseph E Pugh 2235, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph Grewcock 270210. Unit: 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 26 August 1917, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Private Percy James Scannell 267368, Monmouthshire Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private Thomas Francis Senescall 41221, Suffolk Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
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Private William Grinnell 240280, Worcestershire Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
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Private William Jabez Dunn 202823, Suffolk Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Private William Millard 13/654, York and Lancaster Regiment
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Pte Bertram William Whitehead 89552, Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
Died 26 August 1917
Lives of the First World War

Rifleman William Coleman S/31169. Unit: 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 26 August 1917 Died of wounds Western Front. Husband of Lily Coleman, of 9, Morland Buildings. Earl St., Westminster.
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant William Ewart Rushbrooke. Unit: 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Death: 26 August 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST RUSSIA, 1914-1918
26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
26 August 1917
Imperial War Museum

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