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Re: A Year of Remembrance
« Reply #345 on: December 27, 2009, 09:37:13 AM »
Remembered today;

27th December 1917

52079 Private Percy Skaife. 18th Battalion. The Son of William and Charlotte Skaife of 16, Whiteacre Road, Ashton-under-Lyne. Killed in action on the 27th December 1917 aged 26. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.


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Re: A Year of Remembrance
« Reply #346 on: December 28, 2009, 09:17:38 AM »
Remembered today;

28th December 1917

51340 Private Albert Chapman. 2nd Battalion. Formerly 31935 East Surrey Regiment. The Son of William and Elizabeth; Husband of Millicent Chapman of 112, Crail Row, Darwin Buildings, Darwin Street, Walworth, London. Killed in action on the 28th December 1917 aged 33. Buried in St Julien Dressing Station Cemetery.



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« Reply #347 on: December 29, 2009, 08:21:37 AM »
Remembered today;

29th December 1917

4237 Private William Bernard Betts. 6th Battalion. The Son of Annie and the late William Betts of 178, Oxford Road, Chorlton-on-Medlock. Died on the 29th December 1917 aged 21. Buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery.


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« Reply #348 on: December 30, 2009, 09:31:44 AM »
Remembered today;

30th December 1916

43160 Private Harry Cookson. 17th Battalion. The Son of Thomas and Martha Alice Cookson of 36, Clegg Street, Briefield, Lancashire.
Killed in action on the 30th December 1916 aged 21. Buried in Bellacourt Military Cemetery, Riviere.

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Re: A Year of Remembrance
« Reply #349 on: December 31, 2009, 09:25:14 AM »
Remembered today;

31st December 1914

9181 Private Samuel Smith. 2nd Battalion. The Husband of Annie Smith of 6, Knott Street, Oldham. Died on the 31st December 1914 aged 30. Buried in Moston (St Josephs) Roman Catholic Cemetery.

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« Reply #350 on: January 01, 2010, 10:08:02 AM »
Remembered today;

1st January 1915

21034 Private Frank Dixon. 22nd Battalion. The Father of A.A. Dixon of  4, Jackson Street, Derby. Died on the 1st January 1915 aged 43. Buried in Manchester (Philips Park) Cemetery.

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« Reply #351 on: January 02, 2010, 09:29:08 AM »
Remembered today;

2nd January 1918

3859 Lance Corporal Tom Dickenson. 11th Battalion. The Son of Robert and Emma Dickenson of 4, Flower Street, Higginshaw, Oldham. Died of wounds on the 2nd January 1918 aged 22. Buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension.

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« Reply #352 on: January 03, 2010, 09:03:59 AM »
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3rd January 1916

16187 Private George Edward Watkin. 12th Battalion. The Husband of Alice Brown (Formerly Watkin) of 1, Old Fold, Mosley Common, Boothstown. Killed in action on the 3rd January 1916 aged 23. Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.


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« Reply #353 on: January 04, 2010, 06:51:11 AM »
Remembered today;

4th January 1917

Second Lieutenant William Leak Holden. 19th Battalion. The Son of John William and Annie Florence Holden of 6, Athol Road, Manchester. Killed in action on the 4th January 1917 aged 19. Buried in Douchy-Les-Ayette British Cemetery.


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« Reply #354 on: January 05, 2010, 07:21:20 AM »
Remembered today;

5th January 1917

18464 Private John Barker. 20th Battalion. The Son of William and Hannah; Husband of Susan Barker of 101, Sunderland Street, Harpurhey. Died of wounds on the 5th January 1917 aged 38. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.


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« Reply #355 on: January 06, 2010, 07:15:35 AM »
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6th January 1917

1793 Private John James Lee. 1st/5th Battalion. The Son of Frank and Eliza Lee of 26, Eliza Ann Street, Patricroft. Died on the 6th January 1917 aged 19. Buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.

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« Reply #356 on: January 07, 2010, 07:58:19 AM »
Remembered today;

7th January 1917

44144 Lance Corporal Joseph Dyas. 18th Battalion. The Son of Mary Jane Boyden of 2, Berrington, Woodseaves, Market Drayton. Died of wounds on the 7th January 1917 aged 22. Buried in Warlincourt Halte British Cemetery, Saulty.


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« Reply #357 on: January 08, 2010, 07:44:23 AM »
Remembered today;

8th January 1917

39118 Private William Haycock. 13th Battalion. The Husband of Ellen Ada Haycock of 1, Copeland Street, Everton. Died of wounds on the 8th January 1917 aged 35. Buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery, Salonika.

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« Reply #358 on: January 09, 2010, 09:36:34 AM »
Remembered today;

9th January 1917

Second Lieutenant William Watson Campbell. 7th Battalion. The Son of Thomas Henderson Campbell of the British Linen Bank, Motherwell, Scotland. Killed in action on the 9th January 1917 aged 24. Buried in Hamel Military Cemetery, Beaumont-Hamel.

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« Reply #359 on: January 10, 2010, 09:26:28 AM »
Remembered today:

10th January 1917

Captain Arthur Brooks Close-Brooks MC. 3rd Battalion. The Son of John and Emily Close-Brooks of Birtles Hall, Cheshire; Husband of Frances Mary Close-Brooks of Glemham Grove, Saxmundham, Suffolk. Died of wounds on the 10th January 1917 aged 32. Buried in Amara War Cemetery.


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