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Able Seaman John Moon Z/3438, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Acting Corporal Charles Moon M.M. GS/653, Royal West Kent Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Charles Meyrick Pritchard , South Wales Borderers
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Robert Glynne Davies. Unit: 4th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 14 August 1916
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain William Ambler Wayman , Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Henry Walters 9659, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Guardsman John Edward Hartland 5460, Scots Guards
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lieutenant William Ambler Wayman. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Death: 14 August 1916, missing in action, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert Brown Langford 3078/200834. Unit: 1st/4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Death: 14 August 1916 Wounded and missing Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Edward Henry Tolhurst 5026, 2/15 London Regiment (Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles)
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John William Johnson 10672, Royal Berkshire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Richard Bird 5707, West India Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Joseph Doolan 3738. Unit: A Company, 49th Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 14 August 1916 Killed in action at Mouquet Farm Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Sapper Andrew Leakie Brand 42835, Royal Engineers
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sapper Henry Dyson 112695, Royal Engineers
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Patrick Gilbert Warwick O'Hara , East Surrey Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Sydney Vernon Phillips , Leicestershire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant William Herbert Leslie Vesey-FitzGerald , Devonshire Regiment
Died 14 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Henry Alexander Charles Mead. Unit: 51st Battalion, Australian Infantry, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 14 August 1916 Western Front
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Sergeant Richard Blake 81310. Unit: 206th Field Company, Royal Engineers. Death: 14 August 1916, Cuinchy, Western Front.
Died 14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, JULY-NOVEMBER 1916
14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
14 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Florence Klindworth , Voluntary Aid Detachment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Maurice William Tovey J1071,
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Able Seaman William George Harry Coldrey J10922, H.M.S. "Victory"
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

BRITISH OFFICIAL PANORAMAS OF THE WESTERN FRONT 1914 - 1918
15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain Francis Hastings Thomas, D.S.C. , HMS Talbot
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal Alan Keats Gordon 3324. Unit: 11th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: wounded at Mouquet Farm on 15 August 1916, died at Le Touquet on 2 September 1916, Somme, Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Corporal Percival William Brookfield Woodruff 4627,
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Hôpital de Moreuil, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 805
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Hôpital de Moreuil, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 806
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Messe du 15 août [autel en plein air], Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 807
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Messe du 15 août, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 808
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Messe sur le front, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 809
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Messe sur le front, Moreuil, Somme, Picardie, France, A 7 812
15 aoÃ»t 1916
Albert-Kahn Museum / Department of Hauts-de-Seine

Miss Florence Klindworth, Voluntary Aid Detachments. Died August 1916 15 August 1916.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Alexander Chiffith 4465, Australian Infantry, A.I.F
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Allan Edward Folks 3816. Unit: "A" Company, 24th Battalion, 6th Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 15 August 1916, Etaples, Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Douglas Maxwell Dawson 1720, 6th Cheshire Regiment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private James Charles Bilsborough 2560, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private John McCormick 20882, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Joseph James Wilkinson 1747,
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Michael Glassman 5014/266974. Unit: 1st/1st Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Death: 15 August 1916, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Richard Clarkson Forrest 4124, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private William Askew 5487, London Regiment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Goulbourne Hayward Jennings , Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Second Lieutenant Goulbourne Hayward Jennings. Unit: 20th Battalion, attached to 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Death: 15 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Second Lieutenant Robert Harold Beckh , East Yorkshire Regiment
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant Leonard Raine 31294, Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Sergeant William Doyle Hobson 1855. Unit: Lewis Gun Section, 49th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 15 August 1916, killed in action at Pozieres, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Died 15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Stoker 1st Class Sidney Snow K2650, HM Submarine E4
Died 15 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

THE FRENCH INDUSTRY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

THE OFFICIAL VISITS TO THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918
15 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Troopship ORONTES, Melbourne
Taken 15 Aug 1916
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY ON THE WESTERN FRONT
16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Captain George Stanton , Royal Army Medical Corps
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Captain Lewis De Burgh Atkinson , Royal Sussex Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Corporal George Winston 5379, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Lance Corporal Eric Albert Peppiette. Unit: 10th Battalion (attached 13th), Kingâ€™s Liverpool Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Lieutenant Victor Gillard Dridan. Unit: B Company, 50th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916 Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Albert Lummas 26345, Suffolk Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Alfred Lionel Cooper 3047. Unit: 47th Battalion, 12th Brigade, Australian Imperial Force. Death: 16 August 1916, died of wounds, Western Front.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Charles Bailey 357297, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Charles Bailey 6178/357297. Unit: "E" Company, 1st/10th Battalion, the King's (Liverpool Regiment). Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

Private Clifford Shortus Sharp 4193, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Cyril Cholmeley Humphreys 357451, Liverpool Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Francis Joseph Murphy 12564, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick George Hutchison 3000, Royal Fusiliers
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Frederick Lewis 235387, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private George Scott F/1583, Middlesex Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Ellis 11228, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Gilbert Keen 4116, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private Harry Rumsey 3/8931, Suffolk Regiment
Died 16 August 1916
Lives of the First World War

Private James Booth 26797. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Death: 16 August 1916, missing, Somme, Western Front. Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.
Died 16 August 1916
Imperial War Museum

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