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Captain John Colloyran Michel. Unit: 12th (Price of Walesâ€™s) Royal Lancers. Death: 28 August 1914 Western Front
Died 28 August 1914
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Captain Malcolm Leckie DSO. Unit: Royal Army Medical Corps. Death: 28 August 1914 Western Front
Died 28 August 1914
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Captain Reginald Walter Morton Stevens MID. Unit: Brigade Major, 9th Infantry Brigade, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 28 August 1914 Wounded 26 August 1914 at Le Cateau Western Front
Died 28 August 1914
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Captain Walter Adrian Carnegie Bowden-Smith. Unit: 4th Battalion, Royal Fusilliers (City of London Regiment). Death: 28 August 1914
Died 28 August 1914
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Colonel Frank Ridley Farrer Boileau MID. Unit: Royal Engineers, attached as General Staff Officer 1 to 3rd Division, General Staff. Death: 28 August 1914 Of wounds received at Ham Western France
Died 28 August 1914
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Lance Corporal AG Evans joined the North Staffordshire Regiment on 28 August 1914. He was killed, aged 20, in Belgium on 1 June 1915. He is buried in the Royal Engineers Farm cemetery.
Died 28 August 1914
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Major Foster Swetenham. Unit: 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys). Death: 28 August 1914 Killed in action near St.Qentin, during the retreat from Mons. Western Front
Died 28 August 1914
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photograph
28 August 1914
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THE BATTLE OF THE FRONTIERS, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1914
28 August 1914
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THE RETREAT FROM MONS, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1914
28 August 1914
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THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
28 August 1914
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
28 August 1915
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BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
28 August 1915
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Major Clive Emerson Connelly. Unit: Officer Commanding, D Company, 14th Battalion, 4th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1915 Killed in action at Hill 60 Gallipoli
Died 28 August 1915
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Trooper Cyril Benjamin Levien 897. Unit: 9th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles.
Died 28 August 1915
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Trooper James Alexander MacGillivray 312. Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Light Horse Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1915 Hill 60 Gallipoli
Died 28 August 1915
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Private George Mackay 2707B. Unit: D Coy, 7th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916
Died 28 August 1916
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Private Herbert Gibbs 4433. Unit: 28th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 28 August 1916, Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 28 August 1916
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Rifleman J W Townend 4512. Unit: 1st/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Walesâ€™s Own). Death: 28 August 1916 Killed in action Western Front
Died 28 August 1916
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THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
28 August 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY TRAINING DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
28 August 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY TRAINING IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
28 August 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
28 August 1916
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
28 August 1917
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Elverdinghe Church, August 28 1917
28 August 1917
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Furniss, W. H., Mr. to IWM
28 August 1917
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Halley, William, Mr. to IWM
28 August 1917
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Major Harry Denison DSO. Unit: O Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. Death: 28 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 28 August 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Dickinson. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 13th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 28 August 1917 Killed in action Western Front.
Died 28 August 1917
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(?), Priscilla to IWM
28 August 1918
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Barnikel, W. J., Mr. to IWM
28 August 1918
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Garrett, Ethel to IWM
28 August 1918
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IWM to Drew, H., Mr.
28 August 1918
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Major George Henry Musgrove DSO MID. Unit: 20th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Death: 28 August 1918 Western Front
Died 28 August 1918
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Morton, M.B. to IWM
28 August 1918
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THE GERMAN AIR FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
28 August 1918
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918
28 August 1918
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THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 1917-1918
28 August 1918
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THE ROYAL ENGINEERS SIGNALS SERVICE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
28 August 1918
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
28 August 1942
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
28 August 1942
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THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1944
28 August 1944
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THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945
28 August 1944
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UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
28 August 1944
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SHIPS OF THE ROYAL NAVY 1945-1989
28 August 1957
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UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES (USAAF) IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945
28 August 1962
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