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THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1915
9 October 1914
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THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE, AUGUST-OCTOBER 1914
9 October 1914
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Corporal Arthur John Stransom 4255/302537. Unit: 12th Platoon, C Company, 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 09 October 1916 MIA at Les Boeufs Western Front
Died 9 October 1916
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Lieutenant Henry Aulus Duncan. Unit: 16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 09 October 1916 Killed in action Western Front. Son of Horace and Charlotte Duncan, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Died 9 October 1916
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Major Frederick John Rowan MID. Unit: 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Death: 09 October 1916 Western Front
Died 9 October 1916
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Private Clarence Hewert Hawken 491173. Unit: "C" Company, 4th Battalion, Central Ontario Regiment, 1st Brigade, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 9 October 1916, wounded and missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 9 October 1916
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Private John Leslie Wright 5/2477. Unit: 5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Death: 09 October 1916 Died of wounds Western Front
Died 9 October 1916
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Private Peter Geekie 628509. Unit: 6th Platoon, No. 2 Company, 16th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Death: 8 October to 9 October 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 9 October 1916
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Private Russel Alexander Moore 429673. Unit: 2nd Company, 16th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 09 October 1916 Missing on the Somme Western Front
Died 9 October 1916
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Rfmn Orton was reported missing, aged 19 on 9 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 9 October 1916
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Rifleman Frederick Albert Sach 4739/302836. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 09 October 1916 Missing Lesboeufs Western Front
Died 9 October 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
9 October 1916
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AUSTRALIAN FORCES ON THE WESTERN FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
9 October 1917
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Bacteria : in the laboratory of a field hospital the London specialist and his assistant examine the contents of a test tube
9 October 1917
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DESTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
9 October 1917
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IWM to Knight, S., Mr.
9 October 1917
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IWM to Lafayette, Messrs.
9 October 1917
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IWM to Ward, J.
9 October 1917
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Lance Corporal Ernest East 103. Unit: 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 October 1917 Daisy Wood Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Lance Corporal Frederick James Tate 200763. Unit: DCompany, 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Wounded and Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Lance Corporal John Shaw 37706. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waleâ€™s Own). Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action
Died 9 October 1917
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Lance Corporal Robert Montgomery 4734. Unit: A Company, 24th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 October 1917 Near Ypres Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Lieutenant Arthur Douglas Hogan. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to the 21st Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 9 October 1917, killed in action at Brooadseinde Ridge, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Lieutenant Duncan MacKinnon. Unit: Royal North Devonshire Yeomanry, attached to the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards. Death: 9 October 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Lieutenant Herbert Seymour Benjamin. Unit: D Company, 1st/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, attached to Inns of Court Officer Training Corps. Death: 9 October 1917
Died 9 October 1917
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Lieutenant John Maher Lyons MC MM MSM. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force.. Death: 09 October 1917 At Passchendaelle Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Lieutenant The Hon Denis Sydney Buxton. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Official photograph
9 October 1917
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Private Aaron Hampson 205058. Unit: 12th Platoon, "C" Company, 1st/8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own). Death: 9 October 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Abraham Silverman 2815. Unit: D Company, 20th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Andrew Law 33353. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Charles Jubb 38783. Unit: 2nd/8th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 9 October 1917 reported as missing, Western Front. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Cormick McIntyre 306018. Unit: 4 Platoon, A Company, 1st/6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Edward Turner 700. Unit: 17th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 9 October 1917, wounded and missing in action, Ypres, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Frederick William Patterson 10041. Unit: C Company, 2nd Battalion, Honorable Artillery Company. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private George Andrews 48429/35856. Unit: West Yorkshire Regiment, attached to 9th Section, 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private George Blake 3043. Unit: 28th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 October 1917 France Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private H N McKears 44835. Unit: 15th Platoon, D Company, 2nd/9th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Halstead Ogden 203390. Unit: B Company, 1st/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales Own). Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Henry James Simmons 42932. Unit: D Company, 2nd/5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.. Death: 09 October 1917 Killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Joe Kirk Duxbury 25451. Unit: 6th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front. Son of Joe Kirk Duxbury and Mary Alice Duxbury, of 6, Joseph St., Hunslet, Leeds.
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Joseph Mark Tatton 10309. Unit: BCompany, 7th Platoon, Honourable Artillery Company. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Lewis Frank Stroud 10250. Unit: 11th Platoon, C Company, Honourable Artillery Company. Death: 09 October 1917 MIA reported Killed in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Robert Butler Walsh 6399. Unit: 21st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 09 October 1917 Died of wounds at the 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Sidney Alfred Roberts 242521. Unit: C Company, 1st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Stanley Newton Allaway 11044. Unit: 10th Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company. Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private Walter H Saunders 285104. Unit: 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (formerly Cambridge Regiment). Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action
Died 9 October 1917
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Private William Edward Thorpe 204508. Unit: 1st/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Private William John Fuller G/36853. Unit: 12th Platton, "Y" Company, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 9 October 1917, Western Front. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Died 9 October 1917
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Private William Prentice G/65978 MM. Unit: Z Company, 16th Platoon, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 09 October 1917 Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant Aylmer Eade. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Poelcapelle Village- Missing in action Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant Eric Joseph Woods. Unit: B Company, 9th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 09 October 1917 Missing in Action near Poel-Capelle Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant George Edwin Sensicall. Unit: 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Death: 09 October 1917 Missing and reported killed Western Front
Died 9 October 1917
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Second Lieutenant Glase. Unit: "A" Company, unknown battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Death: 9 October 1917, Western Front.
Died 9 October 1917
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Signaller N. V. Fearnehough. Unit: 14th Battalion (Royal Montreal Rifles), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 9 October 1917, missing in action, Western Front.
Died 9 October 1917
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THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE, JULY-NOVEMBER 1917
9 October 1917
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The Hospital at Mahemdia : for a mile along the beach stretch the tents of a Stationary Hospital. Beyond the boat is the screen of an open-air cinema.
9 October 1917
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WAR CEMETERIES ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
9 October 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
9 October 1918
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BATTLE OF CAMBRAI, 8 OCTOBER 1918
9 October 1918
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Don't Wait for Conscription - Go and Help!
9 October 1918
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IWM to Conyers, E A.
9 October 1918
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IWM to Leach, Burleigh.
9 October 1918
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IWM to Miss MacDonald.
9 October 1918
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Lance Corporal Charles Henry Grix G/30733. Unit: 8th Battalion, Queens Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Death: 09 October 1918, Cambrai, Western Front.
Died 9 October 1918
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Lieutenant John Howard Cooke. Unit: Army Service Corps, Mechanical Transport, attached to Royal Garrison Artillery. Death: 09 October 1918.
Died 9 October 1918
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Lorance Carter, Henrietta to IWM
9 October 1918
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Matilda E Green, Canadian Army Medical Corps. Died of pneumonia in Etaples 09 October 1918.
Died 9 October 1918
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Take a Long View - Your Pals in Europe Need You.
9 October 1918
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THE HUNDRED DAYS OFFENSIVE, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1918
9 October 1918
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