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Private Alexander Clark 153149. Unit: 3rd Company, 43rd Battalion (Cameron Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 8 October 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Private Charles Norman Mortimer 461487. Unit: 4th Company, 16th Battalion, Canadian Scottish Infantry. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private Charles Stuart Laverty 201844. Unit: Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private Edwin Frederick Andrews 424514. Unit: "A" Company, 43rd Battalion, 3rd Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 8 October 1916, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Private James Duncan 192485. Unit: B Company, 13th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private James Pickard Bell 153353. Unit: Grenade Section, 1st Company, 43rd Battalion (Manitoba Regiment), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 8 October 1916, missing in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Vimy Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Private James Thom Dougal 540399. Unit: 8th Platoon, 2nd Company, 16th Battalion, Canadian Scottish, Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment). Death: 08 October 1916 to 09 October 1916 missing in action at Regina Trench on the River Somme Western Front.
Died 8 October 1916
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Private John Robb 3080. Unit: 1st Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 08 October 1916 Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private Philip Ezra Mallory 461412. Unit: 16th Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment, Canadian Infantry. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private S S McLeod 193115. Unit: 13th Platoon, 4th Company, 13th Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Private Thomas James Ward 6773. Unit: B Company, 1st/3rd Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Death: 08 October 1916 Wounded and Missing in Action Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Pte Masters was reported missing on 8 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Pte Olgesby was reported missing, aged 25, on 8 October 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Rifleman Edgar Roland Porter 4339/302576. Unit: D Company, 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Rifleman Henry James Braddick 6821/653293. Unit: 15th Platoon, "D" Company, 1st/21st Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles). Death: 8 October 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Rifleman John Littler Fincham 4994/322228. Unit: 1st/6th Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles). Death: 8 October 1916, Flers, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 8 October 1916
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Rifleman Sydney Henry Withall 3398/302140. Unit: 11th Platoon, C Company, 1st/5th Battalion, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). Death: 08 October 1916 Missing in Action Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Sergeant William Tocher 435204. Unit: C Company, 49th Battalion, Canadian Infantry. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing in action Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Signaller Clifford V Linton 475920. Unit: 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, Canadian Forces. Death: 08 October 1916 Missing Western Front
Died 8 October 1916
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Lance Corporal Frank Raymond James 5217. Unit: 3rd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 November 1916 Western Front.
Died 8 November 1916
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Private Edwin John Byrne 4780. Unit: 18th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 8 November 1916, killed in action at Flers, Somme, Western Front.
Died 8 November 1916
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Second Lieutenant Irvin Preston Waterhouse. Unit: 10th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own). Death: 08 November 1916 Killed in Action Western Front
Died 8 November 1916
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Lance Corporal Hurtle Samuel Mills 105. Unit: Machine Gun Section, 38th Battalion, 10th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 December 1916 Near Armentieres Western Front
Died 8 December 1916
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Private Roy Cecil Glover 3142. Unit: 52nd Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Expeditionary Force. Death: 8 December 1916, Leicester, Britain.
Died 8 December 1916
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THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE SOMME, 1916-1918
8 December 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY EQUIPMENT, 1914-1918
8 December 1916
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THE FRENCH ARMY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8 December 1916
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Corporal Peter Olaf Anderson 1116. Unit: Headquarters Details, 37th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 January 1917 Western Front
Died 8 January 1917
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J Crawford. Unit: 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 1917 Killed in action
Died 8 January 1917
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Lt Vickers enlisted as a private in 8 Battalion in 1914 and was subsequently commissioned in the field. He served on the Western Front and was Mentioned in Despatches. Lt Vickers was wounded in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and died at R
Died 8 January 1917
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Private George Scott Jamieson Patterson 4493. Unit: 11th Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, Australian Infantry. Death: 08 January 1917 Western Front
Died 8 January 1917
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Grande Matinée
8 February 1917
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Private Arthur Smith G/18756. Unit: 11th Battalion, Queenâ€™s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment), formerly Royal Fusiliers. Death: 08 February 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 February 1917
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THE SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL G H COOKE IN THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918
8 February 1917
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Captain Claude Dawson Hempson DSO. Unit: 10th Battalion, attached to the 6th Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment). Death: 8 March 1917, killed in action, Mesopotamia.
Died 8 March 1917
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Lieutenant Hugh Vaughan Massie MC or MM. Unit: A Company, 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 March 1917 KIA Western Front
Died 8 March 1917
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Lieutenant Hugh Vaughan Massie MC or MM. Unit: ACompany, 22nd Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 March 1917 KIA Western Front
Died 8 March 1917
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THE GERMAN NAVY IN THE NORTH SEA, 1914-1918
8 March 1917
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AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
8 April 1917
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Lieutenant R A Logan. Unit: Royal Flying Corps.. Death: 08 April 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 April 1917
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Private Francis John Bond 4763. Unit: 12th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 April 1917 Boursirs Western Front. Son of Richard and Rose Bond, of Ranelagh, Huon, Tasmania.
Died 8 April 1917
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Private Robert Glendinning Jemison 2178. Unit: 10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 April 1917 Western Front.
Died 8 April 1917
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THE BATTLE OF ARRAS, APRIL-MAY 1917
8 April 1917
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THE FRENCH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 April 1917
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THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
8 April 1917
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THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
8 April 1917
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Captain Eugene Gilbert Sulivan. Unit: 4th Battalion attached to 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 MIA believed Killed in action at Fresnoy Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Lieutenant Herman Hepner. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to the 11th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Death: 8 May 1917, missing in action, Macedonia. Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.
Died 8 May 1917
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Lieutenant Hugh Sheardown Staveley. Unit: 11th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Private Peter McKinlay 2648. Unit: Machine Gunner, C Company, 11th Battalion, 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 08 May 1917 Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Arthur Walter Merrell. Unit: 1st/2nd Battalion, attached 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant E A Weeks. Unit: East Surrey Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 Missing in Action south of Arras Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Jack Alfred Whittard Bigger. Unit: 4th Battalion, attached to 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant John Titcombe Ryde. Unit: 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment, attached to 12th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Death: 08 May 1917 Missing Western Front
Died 8 May 1917
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Second Lieutenant Stanley Michael Gashion. Unit: 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Death: 8 May 1917, Fresnoy, Western Front. Commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Died 8 May 1917
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