CWGC family information: son of Harold Chaloner Lewin and Frances Elizabeth Lewin, of Birchdale, Bromley, Kent. Educated at Marlborough College. His brother Lieut. E.C. Lewin also fell.
CWGC family information: son of the late John Abbott King and Mary Jane King, of Ben Rhydding, near Ilkley, Yorks. Former England Rugby Football International.
Private Guy Seward Bucknam 180010. Unit: 47th Battalion (Victoria Fusiliers), Canadian Expeditionary Force. Death: 07 May 1917 Western Front
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Son of Mary Sinclair, of 8, Mary St., St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, and the late James Sinclair. CWGC has date of death as 20 April 1917. Buried at Beersheba War Cemetery
Son of the Rev. R. P. and Mary Isabel Roseveare, of 5, Kingsley Place, Halifax.
Not found in CWGC
My favourite part of the Toronto Reference Library's postcard collection are its silk embroidered WW1 era postcards. With the 100thanniversary of WW1 upon us, they are very timely reminders of earlier times. These unique postcards were sent home by soldiers to their loved ones. Instead of regular post mail, many...
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Of all my postcards, my most treasured one is the one below. The image on the front is a boring country scene of Wandsworth Common, South London in 1907 – nothing remotely interesting. But it’s words mean so much to me. The recipient of the card was a Mrs Kemp of the Royal Oak, Great …
Ruined Hotel de Ville in Peronne, 10 November 1917.
Horse show organised by the XIII British Corps at Ecoivres, 20 June 1917. Led horse jumping.
CWGC family information: only son of the late Matthew Henry and Kate Horsey, of Finchley, London; husband of Gynor Mostyn Horsey, of The Grange, Rhyl.
CWGC family information: medical student. Son of Robert and Mary J. Gordon, of Pitkerrie, Fearn, Ross-shire.
One hundred years ago tomorrow one of the bloodiest battles in human history began against the German Empire - the worst day in the history of the British Army
The Bentley BR.1 was a British rotary aircraft engine of the First World War. Designed by the motor car engine designer W. O. Bentley, the BR.1 was built in large numbers, being one of the main...
The map of British participants in the battle was launched today by the National Museum of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth, which is hosting a centenary exhibition on the battle this year.
Lieutenant William Leonard Ringrose Hatch. Unit: 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Death: 25 January 1915, killed in action, Western Front. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial.
A group portrait of six New Zealand Presbyterian chaplains serving in France during World War I. Three are seated and three are standing. All are w...
