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THE SECOND BOER WAR, 1899 - 1902
31 May 1902
Imperial War Museum

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Captain Arthur Moore Oâ€™Sullivan MID. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Death: 31 May 1915 Killed in Action Fromelles Western Front
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lance Corporal Cecil Herbert Hanigan 1157. Unit: 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1915, killed in action, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Huntly Hooper. Unit: Royal Horse Artillery, attached to the British Expeditionary Force as Deputy Assistant Adjutant General. Death: 31 May 1915, died in the Royal Free Hospital, London from illness contracted on active service i
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant William Fielding Sames. Unit: 4th Battalion (Territorial), East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 May 1915 Wounded 23 May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula, died at sea. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Basil Hutton Richardson. Unit: 2nd/8th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry. Death: 31 May 1915 Wounded on 25 April 1915 taken prisoner and died of wounds at Paderborn Western Front
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Frank Stansfield. Unit: 1/5th Battalion (Territorials), East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 May 1915 Killed in action while going to the aid of an injured man at Gallipoli. Gallipoli/Dardanelles
Died 31 May 1915
Imperial War Museum

Able Seaman Andrew ? Potts 228087. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916 Lost at Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Acting Leading Stoker William Richard Charles Wiseman K/8075. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Fawn and HMS Invincible. Death: 31 May 1916 Killed in Action during the Battle of Jutland when the â€œInvincibleâ€ was sunk by enemy gunfire. Home Waters, North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Blacksmith Thomas Aubert Duffey 343400. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916 Missing in action when the Battle Cruiser Queen Mary was blown up during the Battle of Jutland North Sea.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal George McKnockiter 455 MM. Unit: B Company, 8th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1916 En route to Australia wounded Gallipoli
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Interned Missionaries, Alexandra Palace, May 1916
31 May 1916
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Leading Stoker Ralph ? Potts K/6070. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916 Lost at Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Peel Hamilton. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916 Killed in action North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Alexander Douglas Peel Hamilton. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry, HMS Defence. Death: 31 May 1916, killed in action at the Battle of Jutland when his ship HMS Defence was blown up, North Sea. Commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Henry George Stobart Laing. Unit: Royal Navy â€“ HMS Indefatigable. Death: 31 May 1916 At Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Victor Alexander Ewart. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Frederick Rae McPhie 3239. Unit: A Company, 27th Battalion, 7th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1916 Western Front
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Rifleman Arthur L Blackburn 1658. Unit: 8th Battalion, City of London (Post Office Rifles). Death: 31 May 1916 Zouave Valley near Souchez Western Front
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Senior Midshipman Percy Arthur Wells Wait. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Queen Mary. Death: 31 May 1916, killed in action at the Battle of Jutland when the battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary was destroyed by enemy fire, North Sea.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Signalman Harold Record Paxton J/18695. Unit: HMS Queen Mary, Royal Navy. Death: 31 May 1916 Battle of Jutland North Sea
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

Stoker 1st Class Robert Francis Kitt K/25413. Unit: Royal Navy, HMS Indefatigable. Death: 31 May 1916 at Battle of Jutland. Son of Thomas and Lucretia Kitt, of Notter Cottage, Hatt, Cornwall.
Died 31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND 31 MAY 1916
31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, 31 MAY 1916
31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
31 May 1916
Imperial War Museum

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Captain Walter Johnson Forster. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to the 8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Death: 31 May 1917, Moncy-le-Preux, Western Front.
Died 31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

Kriegsanleihetag der Österreichischen Bühnen [War Loan Day of the Austrian Theatres]
31 May 1917
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Private Cyril James Hoodless 1837. Unit: "B" Company, 9th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 31 May 1917, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

The Arrival in Port
31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, APRIL-MAY 1917
31 May 1917
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
31 May 1917
Imperial War Museum

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