This site is an expanded and significantly upgraded version of the Flickr Commons based tool I created several years ago. As well as a major design/UX overhaul, it now includes data from further providers (see full list below). I'd welcome further suggestions as the harvesting tool and database are easily extendable.
For information, questions and bug reports please contact James Morley @jamesinealing | james@jamesmorley.net
Current totals by data source
Current totals by date accuracy
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Europeana
Het Nationaal Glasmuseum - 22336 items; Sjöhistoriska museet - 11809 items; Bohusläns museum - 7936 items; Vänersborgs museum - 7561 items; Kulturarv Västernorrland - 4090 items; Rijksmuseum - 3241 items; Tekniska museet - 2444 items; Armémuseum, Stockholm, Sweden - 2317 items; Karlsborgs fästningsmuseum - 2007 items; Miliseum - 1287 items; Örebro läns museum - 1254 items; Flygvapenmuseum - 1058 items; ModeMuseum Provincie Antwerpen - 1042 items; Marinmuseum - 735 items; Skansen - 629 items; Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Austrian National Library - 579 items; Riksantikvarieämbetet - 381 items; Stiftelsen Nordiska museet - 288 items; Historisch Museum Ede - 254 items; Stedelijk Museum Zutphen - 221 items; Ajuntament de Girona - 106 items; CODA Museum - 103 items; INP - National Heritage Institute, Bucharest - 103 items; Upplandsmuseet - 102 items; The Archaeological Heritage Agency of Iceland - 95 items; Aaltense Musea - 58 items; Stadsmuseum Harderwijk - 56 items; Sundsvalls museum - 50 items; National library of Montenegro "Đurđe Crnojević" - 44 items; Länsmuseet Gävleborg - 37 items; Nederlands Openluchtmuseum - 31 items; Vasamuseet - 28 items; Images of Old Cluj - 27 items; Nederlands Tegelmuseum - 20 items; Postmuseum - 18 items; Δήμος Τρίπολης - 11 items; Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem - 9 items; Cluj County Library - 9 items; Slovak National Library - 8 items; Csorba Győző Könyvtár - Pécs - 7 items; Stadskasteel Zaltbommel - 7 items; Stichting Liemers Museum - 6 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus - 4 items; Žemaičių muziejus „Alka“ / Samogitian Museum "Alka" - 3 items; Deventer Musea - 3 items; NOC*NSF - 3 items; Nationalmuseum, Sweden - 2 items; Wikimedia Commons Community - 2 items; Lietuvos švietimo istorijos muziejus / Museum of Lithuanian Education History - 2 items; Rippl-Rónai Megyei Hatókörű Városi Múzeum - Kaposvár - 2 items; Museum Elburg - 1 items; National Library of Bulgaria - 1 items; Horniman Museum and Gardens - 1 items; jNederlands Openluchtmuseum - 1 items; Lietuvos dailės muziejus / Lithuanian Art Museum - 1 items; Kauno IX forto muziejus / Kaunas 9th Fort Museum - 1 items; A. Baranausko ir A. Vienuolio-Žukausko memorialinis muziejus / Antanas Baranauskas and Antanas Vienuolis-Žukauskas Memorial Museum - 1 items; Slot Loevestein - 1 items; Museon - 1 items
Breakdown of institutional data retrieved through Flickr Commons
The U.S. National Archives - 1730 items; The Library of Congress - 1093 items; SMU Libraries Digital Collections - 1038 items; State Library and Archives of Florida - 912 items; State Library of Queensland, Australia - 891 items; Cornell University Library - 840 items; bibliothequedetoulouse - 821 items; Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons - 567 items; Swedish National Heritage Board - 559 items; National Library of Ireland on The Commons - 494 items; State Library of New South Wales collection - 402 items; Vestfoldmuseene | Vestfold Museums - 385 items; MissouriStateArchives - 371 items; National Library of Australia Commons - 295 items; NASA on The Commons - 262 items; Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums - 249 items; National Library of Norway - 229 items; Royal Australian Historical Society - 216 items; Deseronto Archives - 183 items; Provincial Archives of Alberta - 177 items; Powerhouse Museum Collection - 170 items; UW Digital Collections - 123 items; National Library NZ on The Commons - 123 items; UA Archives | Upper Arlington History - 114 items; National Library of Scotland - 105 items; Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest - 89 items; Australian War Memorial collection - 88 items; Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office Commons - 78 items; National Archives of Estonia - 67 items; Museum of Photographic Arts Collections - 64 items; Stockholm Transport Museum Commons - 61 items; Liberas / Liberaal Archief - 59 items; National Museum of Denmark - 55 items; Costică Acsinte Archive - 49 items; The Gallen-Kallela Museum - 46 items; Archives of the Finnish Broadcasting Company Yle - 46 items; Museum of Hartlepool - 45 items; George Eastman Museum - 33 items; San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives - 32 items; The National Archives UK - 31 items; tyrrellhistoricallibrary - 29 items; Preus museum - 27 items; Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane - 21 items; OSU Special Collections & Archives : Commons - 21 items; The Finnish Museum of Photography - 20 items; National Science and Media Museum - 17 items; Schlesinger Library, RIAS, Harvard University - 9 items; Huron County Museum & Historic Gaol - 7 items; Smithsonian Institution - 4 items; Getty Research Institute - 4 items; Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland - 4 items; The British Library - 2 items; Camden Public Library (Maine) - 2 items; Center for Jewish History, NYC - 1 items; Kalamazoo Public Library - 1 items; Aalto University Library and Archive Commons - 1 items;
The data has been harvested from providers using some custom php scripts to query respective APIs based on dates. Data is harmonised and stored in a local mySql database.
Additional jQuery plugins are used to enhance the display, including Masonry and Bootstrap Image Gallery (based on blueimp).
The website code and generated data is openly licensed so please feel free to copy, modify, distribute as you please (subject to any restrictions as imposed by the content and toolset providers).
Private John B. W. Haggart 28774. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 23 April 1917, missing in action, Arras, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John McAdam Ritchie 25804. Unit: 9th Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private John Thompson 11948. Unit: ACompany, 2nd Platoon, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Private Thomas S. M. Grant 5403/202122. Unit: 4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917, missing in action, Arras, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 23 April 1917
Imperial War Museum
Private William Ewart Sims 57686. Unit: 18th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 23 April 1917 Killed in action at Battle of Arras Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Private William Lyall 201982. Unit: A Company, 1st Platoon, 1st/4th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Private William Neil Aitken 351676. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 23 April 1917 Rouex near Arras Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Pte Williamson was born in 1877 near Ullswater in the Lake District and was a keen mountaineer. Although offered a commission, he refused, preferring to continue to serve in the ranks of A Company. Williamson was killed in action, aged 41, near Armentie
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Richard Henry. Unit: 5th Battalion, attached to the 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Cuthbert Turner. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant David Trench. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Edmund Faithfill Peer. Unit: 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Frank William Hoare. Unit: 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917, killed in action at Avion near Lens, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant George Hood Lofthouse. Unit: East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing at Arras Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Gerald Dicey. Unit: Royal Scots Fusiliers. Death: 23 April 1917 Wounded and Missing in action
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Douglas Cowl. Unit: 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Kennedy. Unit: Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), attached 7th Battalion, Border Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 missing at Monchy le Preux, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Robert Mungall. Unit: Royal Scots. Missing Arras Western Front April 23rd 1917 at Battle of Arras
Died 23 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Wilfrid Anthony Earle. Unit: 4th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Killed in action Arras Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Signaller Albert Ernest Hole 21745. Unit: 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Death: 23 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front.
Died 23 April 1917
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Signaller William Gladstone Tyldesley 46598. Unit: 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 23 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 23 April 1917
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Sub Lieutenant Donald Frank Bailey. Unit: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division. Death: 23 April 1917
Died 23 April 1917
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Captain W Legge. Unit: 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Death: 24 April 1917 Western Front
Died 24 April 1917
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Lieutenant Samuel Farish. Unit: 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers. Death: 24 April 1917, Monchy-le-Preux, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Also wounded at Tartali, Macedonia on 8 December 1915 (while serving with the Royal Inn
Died 24 April 1917
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Private Charles Armitage 33422. Unit: 7th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 24 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 24 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Lionel Jack Hardwicke Cowie. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 24 April 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 24 April 1917
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Sub Lieutenant Leslie Spencer Savill. Unit: Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Death: 24 April 1917 Killed at Gavrelle Western Front
Died 24 April 1917
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Private James Cue Monteith 40323. Unit: 9th Battalion, Royal Scots, transferred to 10th Battalion, Cameronians and the Trench Mortar Battery, also possibly in 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).. Death: 25 April 1917 Wounded in the Battle of the
Died 25 April 1917
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Private James Senior 300101. Unit: 14th Platoon, D Company, 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Death: 25 April 1917 Western Front
Died 25 April 1917
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Private John Willie Naylor served with the 12th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. He was recorded as missing on 25 April 1917 aged 26. He was married to Martha Naylor of Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. He is commemorated at the Arras memorial.
Died 25 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Basil Tempest. Unit: 13th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 25 April 1917 Killed in action Greece
Died 25 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Eric James Hatherell. Unit: 9th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Death: 25 April 1917, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 25 April 1917
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Private William Anderson S/12753. Unit: A Company, Cameron Highlanders. Death: 26 April 1917 Western Front
Died 26 April 1917
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Private Bertrand Brocklehurst 27317. Unit: 7th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. Death: 27 April 1917. Son of Thomas and Ellen Brocklehurst, of 46, Glossop St., Leicester. Native of Hinckley.
Died 27 April 1917
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Sergeant John Huon Hooke 274. Unit: "C" Company, 6th Battalion, 1st Australian Division, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 April 1917, wounded on 25 April 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles. Commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial.
Died 27 April 1917
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Trooper William Kemp 2952. Unit: 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 27 April 1917 Egypt. Son of Richard and Jane Kemp, of Allandale East, South Australia.
Died 27 April 1917
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Captain Charles James Spencer. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Killed while leading an attack on German trenches. Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lance Corporal Henry Tattesall Whittaker CH/1492(S). Unit: 8th Platoon, B Company, 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lance Corporal Ian Mackenzie PO/1425 (S). Unit: 12th Platoon, S.C. Company, 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal naval Division. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lance Corporal John Marshall 7941. Unit: 13th Platoon, D Company, 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lance Corporal Philip Charles Furneaux F/794. Unit: 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917, Arras, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant Edwyn David Dickson. Unit: 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant George Olaf Damien Ceadda Jackson. Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 28 April 1917, Western Front.
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant Hugo Antony Launcelot Ceadda Jackson. Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion (Alberta Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 28 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant Neville I Lion. Unit: 1st Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant Ralph Shaw DSO. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing, believed wounded probably in attack on Greenland Farm near Gavrelle in Arras district. Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant Ronald Henry Evan Rose. Unit: 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Near Arras Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Lieutenant William Brown Paterson MC. Unit: 3rd Battalion, attached to 13th Battalion, Essex Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Albert Gale PO/1620(S). Unit: 6th Platoon, N Company, 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Alfred George Thomas Crawford PO/1621(S). Unit: 1st Royal Marine Batallion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front. Son of George and Mabel Crawford, of Goose St., Beckington, Bath.
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Arthur Alexander Johnson 285125. Unit: 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Arthur Moore CH/422(S). Unit: 2nd Royal Marines Battalion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, Royal Naval Division. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Bruce Stewart 18154. Unit: B Company, Machine Gun Section, 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Ernest Tilney 21480. Unit: 6th Platoon, BCompany, 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private George W Spittle G/40978. Unit: 17th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private George Woodham 1276. Unit: Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private James Walton 47014. Unit: 6th Platoon, B Company, 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Walter McFarlane 35277. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Walter Miller 12349. Unit: 12th Platoon, C Company, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Believed killed Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private William Gascoigne Preston 35091. Unit: 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private William Sewell 35962. Unit: 10th Platoon, C Company, 6th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing north of Arras. Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Private Willie Johnson 44470. Unit: 25th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusilliers. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front.
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Alfred Douglas Hooke MC. Unit: 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917, wounded and missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant David Henry Walker. Unit: 2nd Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Marine Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Elliot Lavender. Unit: 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Arras Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Elliot Lavender. Unit: 10th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917, Arras, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Samuel Smith. Unit: D Company, 5th Battalion, attached to 2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Laurence Croneen. Unit: 6th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant William Mitchell. Unit: Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Sergeant Frank Henry MM A/34396. Unit: 10th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 28 April 1917, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 28 April 1917
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Sergeant Frank Herbert Smith 43037. Unit: 16th Platoon, D Company, 7th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. Death: 28 April 1917 Wounded and missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Sergeant George Clare 21499. Unit: B Company, 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing in action at Oppy Wood Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Signaller William Leeming 270056. Unit: C Coy, 10th Platoon, 15th Battalion, Royal Scots. Death: 28 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 28 April 1917
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Corporal J E Parker 24887. Unit: A Company, 1st Platoon, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Western front
Died 29 April 1917
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Private Albert John Mouzer 19435. Unit: 11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Private Arthur Thomas Collins G/61630. Unit: 24th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Killed in action Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Private Edgar William Sugden 40740. Unit: 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing in action Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Ben Holt Mills. Unit: 5th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Francis St. Vincent Morris. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, attached to 3rd Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant Harry Menzies. Unit: 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 29 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant J E Davies. Unit: London Regiment, attached to Royal Flying Corps. Death: 29 April 1917 Missing in action
Died 29 April 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Jamieson DCM. Unit: Cameron Highlanders, attached to 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion, Northumberland Fusilliers. Death: 29 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 29 April 1917
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