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July 19th – Aussies

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Battle of Fromelles: Australia’s darkest military day –

31st Bn. Sergeant Bertram Davies (27);

31st Bn. Private John Murray Kippie 42

31st Bn. Private John William Purcell 17

31st Bn. Private William Bede Stoddart 

53rd Bn. Private James Joseph Sullivan 22

59th Bn. Private William Ernest Barber 25

59th Bn. Private W O’sullivan 

Y/5a. Medium Trench Mortar Bty. Gunner John Kenning 39

60th Bn. Private Alex Sitlington 

58th Bn. Private William Arthur Bond 

58th Bn. Private James Russell Thomas 17

59th Bn. Private Thomas Charles Bishop 20

59th Bn. Private Allen James Boyd 20

59th Bn. Private M W Brache 

59th Bn. Private Albert Herbert Arthur Burden 19

59th Bn. Private C H Daley 

59th Bn. Private Michael Francis Donahoo 22

59th Bn. Private William Reid Fitton 20

59th Bn. Private Charles Clapham Gregory 31

59th Bn. Private Albert Henry John Jackson 

59th Bn. Private J Y Jamieson 

59th Bn. Corporal Daniel Hugh Mccoll 25

59th Bn. Private C R Mcrae 

59th Bn. Private Hugh Henry Percival Prescott 21

59th Bn. Private Charles John Reid 29

55th Bn. Sergeant George Alfred Blunt 24

1st Coy. Private Harry Maxim 

13th Bn. Private William Williams 

53rd Bn. Private Patrick Gearing 29

54th Bn. Private John Brown 

59th Bn. Private R R Bond 

60th Bn. Private A Jacobs 

59th Bn. Sergeant John David Tulloch 30

1st Lieutenant Elvas Elliott Jenkins 28

30th Bn. Private Charles Fiddling 34

29th Bn. Private Justin Hercules Breguet 19

29th Bn. Private Norman Leslie Brumm 19

29th Bn. Private Samuel Farlow 41

29th Bn. Private Herbert James Haslam 26

29th Bn. Private Arthur Joseph Johnson 38

29th Bn. Corporal David Frederick Livingston 40

29th Bn. Private William O’donnell 27

29th Bn. Private Ernest Robert Oliver 30

29th Bn. Private Frederick Parry 20

29th Bn. Private Herbert George Pollard 25

29th Bn. Corporal James Hugh Ross 23

29th Bn. Private Gordon Thomas Smith 23

29th Bn. Corporal Alfred George Tuck 22

29th Bn. Private Arthur Joseph Weir 27

29th Bn. Private Ernest Frank Wilkin 23

30th Bn. Private George Verner Benson 22

30th Bn. Private Malcolm Spence 23

31st Bn. Private Thomas Henry Bills 24

31st Bn. Private Sidney Broom 26

31st Bn. Private Harold Esam 22

31st Bn. Private William Alexander Jamieson 19

31st Bn. Corporal Hassall Marsden Harding Kendall 21

31st Bn. Private Colin Meyers 16

31st Bn. Corporal William Polding Ryan 20

32nd Bn. Private Arnold Holmes 27

32nd Bn. Private Robert Thomas Maudsley 27

32nd Bn. Private Hugh Mclean 28

32nd Bn. Private Alfred Victor Momplhait 29

32nd Bn. Private Raymond Holstein Pflaum 19

53rd Bn. Private Albert Clive Bromley 19

53rd Bn. Private Alexander Stanley Clingan 22

53rd Bn. Private Robert Carrington Forland 19

53rd Bn. Private George William Hungerford 25

53rd Bn. Lance Sergeant Ernest Augustus Jentsch 22

53rd Bn. Private William Moore 26

53rd Bn. Private Gilbert Major Morey 41

53rd Bn. Lieutenant Colonel Ignatius Bertram Norris 35

53rd Bn. Second Lieutenant Albert Ernest Pratt 23

53rd Bn. Private William Ronson 24

53rd Bn. Major Victor Horatio Buller Sampson 28

53rd Bn. Private Aime Constant Verpillot 25

53rd Bn. Private Eric Robert Wilson 20

53rd Bn. Private Samuel Charles Wilson 30

54th Bn. Lance Corporal William Andrew Craigie 34

59th Bn. Private Thomas Joseph Cosgriff 20

60th Bn. Sergeant Athol Halliday Mcdowell 26

60th Bn. Private Thomas Richard Webb 26

15th Coy. Private William Reid Brodie 

3rd Field Coy. Lance Corporal William Richardson Walker 

58th Bn. Sergeant William Leech 24

59th Bn. Private Thomas Aitken 

15th Field Coy. Sapper Francis Michael Lawler 33

29th Bn. Sergeant Albert Chalmers Power 

32nd Bn. Private Herman William Holzberger 

50th Bn. Private J W Cantwell 

53rd Bn. Private Sidney Reginald Bromley 23

53rd Bn. Sergeant Frederick Arthur Buckland 

53rd Bn. Private Colin Howatson 34

53rd Bn. Sergeant Charles Henry Janes 28

53rd Bn. Private Thomas James Maher 

53rd Bn. Private James Marshall 

53rd Bn. Second Lieutenant Charles Edward Mudge 34

53rd Bn. Private Victor Maxwell Owston 29

53rd Bn. Private William Hugh Robertson 22

53rd Bn. Private Henry Saunders 27

53rd Bn. Private John Scott 20

53rd Bn. Private Michael Noble Smith 24

53rd Bn. Private Dennis Joseph Staunton 18

53rd Bn. Private Henry Summers 

53rd Bn. Private Richard Alex Weaver 22

58th Bn. Private Robert Charles Chapple 24

58th Bn. Private Albert Edward Lepp 

59th Bn. Private George Francis Blake 

59th Bn. Private Thomas Breslin 

59th Bn. Private William Spencer Charles 

59th Bn. Private James Kennedy 18

59th Bn. Private James Richard Love 

59th Bn. Private John Henry Maddocks 22

59th Bn. Private Gilbert Joseph Mayo 22

59th Bn. Private Reginald Smith 27

59th Bn. Private Bernard Francis Wilson 19

59th Bn. Corporal Stanley Witham 

60th Bn. Private John Conley 

60th Bn. Private Arthur Francis Engel 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Victor Robert Gibson 

60th Bn. Private Peter James Latham 22

60th Bn. Private George Henry Mcclaren 34

60th Bn. Private Alfred James Mcewan 

60th Bn. Private Edward Roach 

60th Bn. Company Quartermaster Sergeant Thomas Wilkins 23

60th Bn. Private John Willis 28

60th Bn. Private William Wilson 

31st Bn. Private Robert James Howard 22

53rd Bn. Private Michael Sullivan 

53rd Bn. Private Charles Thompson 

60th Bn. Private Frederick Leonard Brown 25

60th Bn. Private E D Fletcher 

60th Bn. Private Hedley Vasey Potts 36

60th Bn. Private William Alfred Rowe 28

60th Bn. Private Frederick Watkins 

8th Field Coy. Sapper Alexander Mckinley Eadie 43

8th Field Coy. Sapper J Reeves 

8th Field Coy. Sapper Richard Dustan Ward 

8th Field Coy. Sapper Arthur Henry Young 29

14th Coy. Private Cyril Rupert Wotton 25

15th Coy. Private John Thomas Borneman 

15th Coy. Corporal George William Jennings 

15th Coy. Private Arthur Spalding Price 26

15th Coy. Private Alexander Shearer 26

15th Coy. Private Lisle Ben Sutherland 21

2nd Coy. Sapper Charles Pamell Mcdonald 27

53rd Bn. Corporal John Beresford Bryson 25

53rd Bn. Private John Stephen Carey 23

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Duffecy 

53rd Bn. Sergeant Geoffrey De Quetteville Robin 21

53rd Bn. Private James Sharp 43

58th Bn. Private Edwin Bunn 24

58th Bn. Private Charles Collins 

58th Bn. Private James Fitzgibbon Daly 17

58th Bn. Private Frank Herbert Davis 37

58th Bn. Private George Joseph Farrell Dial 28

58th Bn. Private Charles Stanley Dupe 19

58th Bn. Private William Ferguson 39

58th Bn. Private Frank James 

58th Bn. Private William Charles Phillips 20

58th Bn. Private Robert Claude Neil Smithers 

59th Bn. Sergeant David Dobson 46

59th Bn. Private Vincent Grenville 32

59th Bn. Private William West Anderson Jennings 19

59th Bn. Private Albert Johnston 26

59th Bn. Private Charles Edward Joyce 

59th Bn. Private Frederick Edmund Ratcliffe 34

59th Bn. Private Roy William Stephens 22

59th Bn. Sergeant Walter James White 31

60th Bn. Private Arthur Artis 

60th Bn. Private Charles Bannon 24

60th Bn. Private Edward Leslie Bull 27

60th Bn. Private Ernest Edward Catchpole 

60th Bn. Private Dennis Christensen 

60th Bn. Private Charles William Dicker 

60th Bn. Private John Alexander Douglas 18

60th Bn. Private Matthew Thomas Forrest 25

60th Bn. Private James Henry Kingham 34

60th Bn. Major Geoffrey Gordon Mccrae 26 Mentioned In Despatches

60th Bn. Private Arthur James Perry 28

60th Bn. Private William Charles Shawe 31

60th Bn. Private James Shore 19

60th Bn. Private Gerald Malyon Slattery 27

60th Bn. Second Lieutenant John Huntingdon Smith 

29th Bn. Lance Corporal Arthur Eric Cheshire 21

29th Bn. Private Horace Lund 

29th Bn. Private Robert Ritchie Strachan 37

30th Bn. Sergeant Charles Stewart Garland 30

31st Bn. Private W Barry 

31st Bn. Lance Corporal Francis Lambert Baynes 19

31st Bn. Private W E J Castles 

31st Bn. Lance Corporal James Gavin 30

31st Bn. Private Franciscus Jacobus Otterspoor 20

31st Bn. Private G S Shadforth 

31st Bn. Lance Corporal Ernest William Tozer 19

32nd Bn. Private Lewis George Brown 

32nd Bn. Private David William Davy 26

32nd Bn. Private Bert Edgley 21

32nd Bn. Lance Sergeant Edgar Sydney Emery 20

32nd Bn. Private John James Griffin 26

32nd Bn. Private R Liddle 

32nd Bn. Private Wallace Salisbury Lodge 

32nd Bn. Private Dugald James Mcarthur 19

32nd Bn. Private Charles Herbert Minter 28

32nd Bn. Private Frank Stanley Pearce 26

32nd Bn. Sergeant John Pearse 24

32nd Bn. Private E J Ryan 

32nd Bn. Private Percival Charles Sedunary 24

32nd Bn. Private Albert Roy Bennett Webber 25

32nd. Bn. Private Charles Leonard Hopper 26

53rd Bn. Private C H Fryer 

53rd Bn. Private Edwin George Parkinson 34

58th Bn. Sergeant Cecil George Bird 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Vivian John Clements 23

59th Bn. Private Richard Frederick Holten 22

59th Bn. Private Leslie John Jacobs 24

59th Bn. Private H N S Saunders 

59th Bn. Company Sergeant Major Charles Frederick Sydes 31

60th Bn. Private A E C Cottren 

8th Field Coy. Sapper Samuel Betts 27

8th Field Coy. Second Lieutenant Christian Peter Tenbosch 28

14th Field Coy. Sapper Harry Norton 31

29th Bn. Private Henry Bell 39

29th Bn. Private James Alfred Cozens 19

29th Bn. Private James Gordon 

29th Bn. Private Stanley Richard O’donnell 27

30th Bn. Second Lieutenant John Stanley Havelock Lees  Mentioned In Despatches

30th Bn. Private Arthur Frederick Matthews 32

30th Bn. Private Douglas Chaplin Rich 21

31st Bn. Private James Joseph Curran 

31st Bn. Private William Stanley Hicks 

31st Bn. Second Lieutenant Arthur Hudson 

31st Bn. Private Sydney Joseph Walter Hyams 19

31st Bn. Private Andrew Olsen 24

31st Bn. Private Harold Edgar Perrin 31

31st Bn. Private Herbert Saddler 

31st Bn. Private George Sutherland 19

31st Bn. Private Richard Tanner 45

32nd Bn. Private Jack Lawrence Ambler 26

32nd Bn. Private George Edward Bonney 41

32nd Bn. Private Joseph Bottrall 

32nd Bn. Private Duncan Peter Cameron 

32nd Bn. Private Ian Alistair Cameron 22

32nd Bn. Private Samuel Isaac Cann 

32nd Bn. Private John James Cowland 23

32nd Bn. Private William Glen Crisp 19

32nd Bn. Private Willie Gordon Croser 

32nd Bn. Corporal Gordon Llewellyn Crossman 22

32nd Bn. Private Leslie Gordon Daniels 23

32nd Bn. Lance Corporal Jack Dean 20

32nd Bn. Lance Corporal Sydney William Dennis 

32nd Bn. Lance Corporal Livingstone Thomas Fisk 

32nd Bn. Private Alfred Hugh Fraser 

32nd Bn. Private Albert Ernest Gillett 19

32nd Bn. Lieutenant Thomas Percival Hagan 22

32nd Bn. Private William Craven Hollings 25

32nd Bn. Private George Honey 

32nd Bn. Lieutenant Frederick Hulks 

32nd Bn. Private James Wesley Hutchinson 21

32nd Bn. Private Victor Robert Ingram 28

32nd Bn. Private Roy Wilfred Jamieson 20

32nd Bn. Private Sydney Lacey 24

32nd Bn. Private James Thomas Lee 

32nd Bn. Private Frederick William Lydiate 29

32nd Bn. Private Alexander Mcculloch 35

32nd Bn. Lance Corporal Peter Mcgregor 33

32nd Bn. Corporal Harry Miller 42

32nd Bn. Private Albert James Mitchell 

32nd Bn. Private James Parsons Murphy 

32nd Bn. Private George Henry Rostron 19

32nd Bn. Private Charles Francis Shepherd 39

32nd Bn. Lance Corporal Alfred George Sinigear 19

32nd Bn. Private William James Smith 27

32nd Bn. Private Morton Solomon 

32nd Bn. Sergeant Henry Wilson 

53rd Bn. Private David Roylstone Leslie Abbott 

53rd Bn. Second Lieutenant George Ernest Allan 23

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Henry Allanson 29

53rd Bn. Private George William Allen 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Charles Anderson 

53rd Bn. Private Ernest Ashton 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Aspinall 26

53rd Bn. Private William James Austin 

53rd Bn. Private Richard Clarence Back 

53rd Bn. Private Walter John Bacon 

53rd Bn. Private Gilbert Bailey 

53rd Bn. Private John Andrew Bainbridge 

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Norman Baker 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Eric Victor Baldwin 

53rd Bn. Sergeant Roy Gordon Barrack 

53rd Bn. Company Quartermaster Sergeant Herbert Henry Bartley 

53rd Bn. Private William Sydney Beck 

53rd Bn. Private Charles Frederick Bell 

53rd Bn. Sergeant Archibald John Black 31

53rd Bn. Private Fred Gordon Blomfield 24

53rd Bn. Private Alfred Robert Bolton 19

53rd Bn. Private William Stanley Booth 

53rd Bn. Private William Boyd 

53rd Bn. Private Charles Brown 

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Sydney Bryant 21

53rd Bn. Private Leslie James Bugg 

53rd Bn. Private William John Bundy 20

53rd Bn. Sergeant Austral Hunter Burns 

53rd Bn. Private John Alphonsus Byrne 

53rd Bn. Private James David Cairns 

53rd Bn. Sergeant John William Camp 35

53rd Bn. Private Timothy Joseph Carey 27

53rd Bn. Private Roy Albert Carmichael 

53rd Bn. Private John Bowman Clarke 

53rd Bn. Driver Richard Coady 

53rd Bn. Private Michael Comerford 

53rd Bn. Private William James Connell 

53rd Bn. Private Sydney Ernest Cooke 

53rd Bn. Private Claude George Coote 

53rd Bn. Private William Crossman 

53rd Bn. Private William Roy Elwin Croucher 21

53rd Bn. Private Roy Cruickshanks 17

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Davies 

53rd Bn. Private Richard David Davies 33

53rd Bn. Private Frederick James Davis 26

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Dixon 20

53rd Bn. Private Reginald Dodd 

53rd Bn. Private Edward Leslie Downie 

53rd Bn. Private Sidney Drane 

53rd Bn. Private James Andrew Duncan 

53rd Bn. Private William Oliver Edwards 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Evans 29

53rd Bn. Private William Francis Evans 22

53rd Bn. Private Cecil Hamilton Flaus 28

53rd Bn. Private Henry John Fleming 26

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Alonzo Fuller 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Robert John Fulton 

53rd Bn. Private Bertie Gardiner 26

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Cedric Dalmahoy Gardiner 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Sidney John Gavel 

53rd Bn. Private Andrew Gilbert 22

53rd Bn. Private Sylvester James Gollan 21

53rd Bn. Private John Goold 25

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Henry Gould 

53rd Bn. Private Archibald John Green 35

53rd Bn. Private George Greenwood 46

53rd Bn. Private Robert Priory Grimmond 

53rd Bn. Private Anthony Hall 

53rd Bn. Private James Hall 19

53rd Bn. Private William Henry Harden 22

53rd Bn. Private Percy Hatchett 

53rd Bn. Private Michael Hawley 23

53rd Bn. Private William Henry Heaton 

53rd Bn. Private Stanley George Herbert 

53rd Bn. Private Sydney Percy Higgison 25

53rd Bn. Sergeant Charles Stevens Hill 28

53rd Bn. Corporal Alexander Unwin Hillyar 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Edwin Arthur Hubbard 22

53rd Bn. Private Sydney Edward Ingram 22

53rd Bn. Private George Henry Johnston 22

53rd Bn. Corporal Percy Robert Kearney 

53rd Bn. Private Leo Milton Kemp 20

53rd Bn. Private William John Kendall 22

53rd Bn. Private Joseph Vincent Kennedy 23

53rd Bn. Private George Stanley Kentwell 

53rd Bn. Private Wilfred Kilburn 37

53rd Bn. Private Christopher Charles King 22

53rd Bn. Private William Lewis Laing 22

53rd Bn. Private Edwin Lawrence Landsler 21

53rd Bn. Private John Larkin 19

53rd Bn. Private Edwin Lawler 

53rd Bn. Private Samuel Lawson 42

53rd Bn. Private Charles Henry Layton 

53rd Bn. Private Herbert William Le Maitre 19

53rd Bn. Private Charles Martyn Legate 22

53rd Bn. Private Lionel Harold Levy 

53rd Bn. Private John Alexander Loudon 

53rd Bn. Private Alfred Ernest Main 

53rd Bn. Private Nicholas Mainger 42

53rd Bn. Private Roy Major 19

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Joseph Marshall 

53rd Bn. Private Walton Martin 

53rd Bn. Private Daniel Mcgrath 26

53rd Bn. Private Roger Bede Mchugh 22

53rd Bn. Private Archibald James Mckay 

53rd Bn. Private Donald Henry Mckenzie 28

53rd Bn. Private Murdo Mclennan 22

53rd Bn. Corporal William Edward Mcleod 29

53rd Bn. Private Sydney Alexander Meloy 19

53rd Bn. Private James Silver Milne 

53rd Bn. Private Percy Gladstone Moate 

53rd Bn. Lieutenant Harry Lowry Moffitt 

53rd Bn. Private John Moran 

53rd Bn. Private Melton James Leslie Morrison 

53rd Bn. Private Peter Murphy 

53rd Bn. Sergeant Reuben Neil 19

53rd Bn. Second Lieutenant Beresford Joseph Nelson 

53rd Bn. Private Benedict Francis Newman 

53rd Bn. Private John William Nicholl 36

53rd Bn. Lieutenant William Edward Noble 

53rd Bn. Private William O’donnell 

53rd Bn. Private Axel Olof Ohlson 40

53rd Bn. Private William Samuel Outlaw 22

53rd Bn. Private Ralph Oswald Cleveland Pain 29

53rd Bn. Private Gerardus Johannes Verburgh Paling 33

53rd Bn. Private Philip Palmer 19

53rd Bn. Private Richard Parton 

53rd Bn. Captain Harry Paulin 

53rd Bn. Private Richard James Percy 29

53rd Bn. Private John Patrick Phillips 20

53rd Bn. Private William Henry Phillips 34

53rd Bn. Private Reginald Pike 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Elver Gordon Plummer 

53rd Bn. Private William Henry Porter 

53rd Bn. Private Walter Ernest Potter 

53rd Bn. Private John Walter Poulton 20

53rd Bn. Private Sidney Richard Pratt 30

53rd Bn. Private Rupert Gustav Quist 

53rd Bn. Second Lieutenant Thomas Nathaniel Rickard 27

53rd Bn. Private Richard Norman Rilen  

53rd Bn. Private David Roach 

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Claude Austral Roberts 

53rd Bn. Private William John L. Robinson 

53rd Bn. Private Peter Shannon 

53rd Bn. Private Thomas Shepherd 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Charles Sims 36

53rd Bn. Private Edward Albert Slate 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick William Alexander Smith 

53rd Bn. Private John Sparks 

53rd Bn. Private Samuel Stephenson Stacker 

53rd Bn. Private Albert Edward Stapleton 

53rd Bn. Private Thomas William Stephenson 46

53rd Bn. Private Alfred Henry Steuart 31

53rd Bn. Private Jack Edward Swinfield 

53rd Bn. Private Sydney Leslie Taylor 31

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Peter Alexander Thompson 25

53rd Bn. Private Arthur Clement Thomson 32

53rd Bn. Private George Horace Thorpe 23

53rd Bn. Lance Corporal Oliver Bernt Tollefson 

53rd Bn. Private Reuben Henry Creighton Tollis 24

53rd Bn. Private Arthur Turner 

53rd Bn. Private Harry Turner 

53rd Bn. Private Benjamin Wall 32

53rd Bn. Private Francis John Walsh 20

53rd Bn. Private Edgar Waters 26

53rd Bn. Private John Edward Watkins 19

53rd Bn. Private John Henry Watson 25

53rd Bn. Private Leonard Leslie Watson 

53rd Bn. Private Frederick Alfred Weiss 24

53rd Bn. Private Eric Stanley Whitbread 20

53rd Bn. Private Francis James Williams 

53rd Bn. Private Walter Williamson 

53rd Bn. Private Albert Edward Wilson 

53rd Bn. Private Arthur William Wilson 21

55th Bn. Sergeant Jason Taylor 19

57th Bn. Private George Ernest Jenkin 24

58th Bn. Private Desmond Claude Allen 

58th Bn. Private Ralph Sinclair Allen 20

58th Bn. Private Frank Colin Apperly 

58th Bn. Private William Harold Aspinall 27

58th Bn. Private Charles Vincent Baines 

58th Bn. Second Lieutenant Andrew Ernest Ralph Barnfather 24

58th Bn. Company Sergeant Major Edward Alfred Bassett 

58th Bn. Private William Edward Ernest Bond 18

58th Bn. Private Edgar Henry Bright 

58th Bn. Private Philip Browne 

58th Bn. Private George Owen Bruce 

58th Bn. Private John Thomas Butler 31

58th Bn. Private Thomas Chandler 

58th Bn. Private Thomas Leslie Clarke 24

58th Bn. Private Michael Thomas Coogan 

58th Bn. Private Thomas Matthew Cooper 

58th Bn. Private George Robert Deakin 30

58th Bn. Private William Duncan 27

58th Bn. Lance Corporal Arthur Henry Ellis 20

58th Bn. Private Robert Porter Ellis 

58th Bn. Private Frederick Rowland Fair 

58th Bn. Private Clarence Rupert Glew 

58th Bn. Second Lieutenant Clark Maxwell Gray 19

58th Bn. Sergeant Edward Hannan 28

58th Bn. Lance Corporal Herbert Hansen 25

58th Bn. Private Ernest George Hargreaves 

58th Bn. Sergeant Robert Marines Harvey 35

58th Bn. Private Percy Hollioake 

58th Bn. Private John Hunter 

58th Bn. Private William Thurman Hutcheson 20

58th Bn. Major Arthur Justin Sanford Hutchinson 

58th Bn. Private Bernard Jasper 23

58th Bn. Corporal William Johnston 44

58th Bn. Sergeant Arthur Ralph Kenney 22

58th Bn. Private Samuel Knight 

58th Bn. Private John James Lamb 19

58th Bn. Private William Joseph Landy 

58th Bn. Private Alfred Bernard Leary 22

58th Bn. Private Leonard James Mcdonald 

58th Bn. Private Huey Walter Mclean 20

58th Bn. Private James Francis O’neill 

58th Bn. Private Alfred Roy Payne 22

58th Bn. Private William John Pearson 29

58th Bn. Private James Plozza 30

58th Bn. Second Lieutenant George Norman Scott 

58th Bn. Private Charles Henry Smith 23

58th Bn. Private Sydney Smith 

58th Bn. Private Denholm Brown Stevenson 

58th Bn. Private Raymond Leslie Trigg 23

58th Bn. Lance Sergeant George Watt 33

58th Bn. Private John Alger Whitehill 

58th Bn. Private Edgar Williams  M M

58th Bn. Private Thomas Edward Williams 

59th Bn. Private Duncan Campbell Affleck 32

59th Bn. Private James Anderson 

59th Bn. Sergeant George Andrews 31

59th Bn. Private Leonard Armstrong 

59th Bn. Private Percy Baker 

59th Bn. Private Arthur Gordon Balfour 

59th Bn. Private Jacob Bambury 30

59th Bn. Private James Grisby Barker 

59th Bn. Private William James Archibald Bastin 

59th Bn. Private Phillip John Bellingham 33

59th Bn. Private Clyde James Bennett 

59th Bn. Private Albert Benton 

59th Bn. Private Thomas Joseph Beston 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Rupert Charles Bethune 27

59th Bn. Private George A. Bevan 19

59th Bn. Private William Frederick Biggs 22

59th Bn. Private Clive Bill 20

59th Bn. Private George Glouis Blee 

59th Bn. Private William Joseph Bond 

59th Bn. Private Frederick Charles Botterill 

59th Bn. Second Lieutenant John Charles Bowden 35

59th Bn. Private Albert John Boyce 

59th Bn. Private Hugh James Boyd 19

59th Bn. Private Frederick James Bradshaw 

59th Bn. Private Hendrick Cornelius Brinckmann 24

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Alexander Malcolm Brown 

59th Bn. Private Frederick Henry Brown 22

59th Bn. Private Joseph Brownridge 

59th Bn. Private John Henry Burford 34

59th Bn. Private Arthur Ormond Butler 33

59th Bn. Private Frederick Thomas Byrne 19

59th Bn. Private William Patrick Cahill 

59th Bn. Private Walter James Cain 

59th Bn. Private Percy Colston Caines 22

59th Bn. Private Norman Cameron 

59th Bn. Private Arthur Campbell 19

59th Bn. Private Charles Rutherford Cant 23

59th Bn. Lieutenant Eric Thomas Carr 

59th Bn. Private Orlando Julius Christian 24

59th Bn. Private John Leslie Christie 

59th Bn. Private William Jennings Christie 

59th Bn. Private Stanley Talbot Claude Clark 23

59th Bn. Private Owen James Clarke 

59th Bn. Corporal Harold George Clements 26

59th Bn. Private Eden Dennis Connor 

59th Bn. Private Henry Ackroyd Cooper 27

59th Bn. Private Edward Arthur Corin 

59th Bn. Private William Clarke Cotter 23

59th Bn. Second Lieutenant Frank Leicester Cousins 28

59th Bn. Private Edward Thomas Cox 42

59th Bn. Private William Frederick Crow 

59th Bn. Private Alexander John Cunningham 23

59th Bn. Private Frederick Gillman Curtis 

59th Bn. Private Frederick Dale 19

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Bertram Allen Dalzell 24

59th Bn. Private Harry Gordon Daniel 19

59th Bn. Private Henry Gascoigne Davies 37

59th Bn. Private John William Dewsnap 38

59th Bn. Lance Sergeant Frank Allen Dixon 22

59th Bn. Private Joseph Cavan Duffy 

59th Bn. Private George Robert Duncan 19

59th Bn. Private Edwin William Dunstan 31

59th Bn. Private John Edward Edney 24

59th Bn. Private Arthur William George Ellis 19

59th Bn. Private Henry Robert Elsden 21

59th Bn. Private Martin Farrelly 19

59th Bn. Private John Lawrence Fitzgerald 25

59th Bn. Private Alfred Walter Flack 

59th Bn. Private Japhet Money Fletcher 25

59th Bn. Private John Kearn Fletcher 

59th Bn. Private Wilfred Field Carlyle Flowers 

59th Bn. Private Harry Forster 33

59th Bn. Private Roderick John Fraser 

59th Bn. Private Arthur Rupert Fulton 22

59th Bn. Private Thomas Leopold Gaborit 

59th Bn. Private Thomas Galloway 

59th Bn. Private Walter Garry 24

59th Bn. Private Albert Geal 28

59th Bn. Lieutenant Richard Horace Maconochie Gibbs  M C

59th Bn. Private Cecil Woods Giblett 23

59th Bn. Corporal William Alexander Gill 31

59th Bn. Private Ernest C Gittoes 

59th Bn. Sergeant William Goldby 20

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Charles Edward Goldie 

59th Bn. Private Robert George Henry Goldsmith 

59th Bn. Private Alfred Basil Harrison Goodwin 32

59th Bn. Private George Henry Grace 22

59th Bn. Private John Millyard Gray 

59th Bn. Corporal Sidney Frank William Harold Green 26

59th Bn. Sergeant Charles Albert Grumont 30

59th Bn. Private Timothy Halloran 

59th Bn. Private Gershun Harbert 

59th Bn. Private Robert Harris 29

59th Bn. Private John Ernest Hart 24

59th Bn. Private William Henry G. Hart 

59th Bn. Sergeant Henry Seymour Hayes 33

59th Bn. Private Frederick Arthur Henderson 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Frank Horace Heward 

59th Bn. Private James Hind 

59th Bn. Private Glynn Rupert Hitzeroth 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Edgar Charles Holmes 25

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Gustave George Hosie 

59th Bn. Private Charles Joseph Hotham 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Herbert Humphreys 26

59th Bn. Sergeant William Henry Hunt 

59th Bn. Private David Hunter 18

59th Bn. Private Reginald Arthur Hunter 

59th Bn. Private David William Hutcheson 

59th Bn. Private Samuel Jessop 20

59th Bn. Private Herbert James Jewell 

59th Bn. Corporal Robert William Johnson 

59th Bn. Private John Jones 

59th Bn. Private John Cameron Kerr 29

59th Bn. Corporal Otto James Kiellerup 

59th Bn. Corporal Walter Tasman King 22

59th Bn. Private William Henry Ladd 21

59th Bn. Private Cecil Lancelot Lake 27

59th Bn. Private Thomas Arthur Lane 42

59th Bn. Private Isaac James Lear 22

59th Bn. Private Frank Albert Lee 22

59th Bn. Private Cecil Thorold Leigh 

59th Bn. Private John Letts 

59th Bn. Captain Aubrey Liddelow 39

59th Bn. Private Archie Fred Lidgett 21

59th Bn. Sergeant Robert Murray Lister 

59th Bn. Lance Sergeant Horace Stanley Lucas 

59th Bn. Private Ellery Gordon Lynch 23

59th Bn. Private Percy Roy Mann 

59th Bn. Private Alec Duncan Matthew 21

59th Bn. Private Alexander John Maule 

59th Bn. Private Frederick Henry Alexander Mcculloch 

59th Bn. Private Ronald Mcdonald 41

59th Bn. Private Thomas Michael Mcewan 

59th Bn. Private Donald Mcghee 

59th Bn. Private William John Mcinerney 

59th Bn. Private Donald Mcinnes 

59th Bn. Private James Joseph Mckeone 

59th Bn. Private Christopher Henry Mclear 

59th Bn. Private Thomas Joseph Mcmahon 26

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Christopher James Mcnamara 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Frank Meginess 

59th Bn. Private Charles Merton 45

59th Bn. Private Walter O’malley Miles 19

59th Bn. Private Thomas Sidney Milham 22

59th Bn. Private Leslie Charles Mills 18

59th Bn. Private Albert Edward Mitchell 23

59th Bn. Private Alfred Charles Mitchell 21

59th Bn. Private Sydney James Mitchell 23

59th Bn. Private William Henry Montgomery 18

59th Bn. Corporal George More-Reid 25

59th Bn. Private Leslie Charlton Morris 

59th Bn. Private Harry Deering Mossenton 29

59th Bn. Private Christopher Murphy 

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Leonard John James Neil 22

59th Bn. Private Horace Roland Newey 

59th Bn. Private Ernest Frederick North 21

59th Bn. Private William John O’day 19

59th Bn. Private James Augustine O’hara 18

59th Bn. Private Walter Patrick O’keeffe 24

59th Bn. Private Joseph O’leary 

59th Bn. Private John Augustus Olston 36

59th Bn. Private Patrick Julian O’meara 20

59th Bn. Corporal William Henry Orenshaw 26

59th Bn. Private Roy James Outen 19

59th Bn. Lance Corporal William Edward Palmer 22

59th Bn. Private James George Pamphlet 18

59th Bn. Private Robert Duncan Parry 19

59th Bn. Private William Parsons 

59th Bn. Private Roy Victor Pearce 

59th Bn. Private Robert Frederick Peiper 26

59th Bn. Private Colin Ernest Perkins 23

59th Bn. Private Eric Perkins 25

59th Bn. Private Stanley Charles Perrett 23

59th Bn. Private Robert Francis Perry 

59th Bn. Private John Francis Phelan 19

59th Bn. Lance Corporal William Thomas Phelps 19

59th Bn. Private Alfred Ernest Phillips 32

59th Bn. Private Arthur Egbert Phillips 24

59th Bn. Lance Corporal Clemons William Phillips 20

59th Bn. Private Basil Bernard Pitcher 21

59th Bn. Private Charles Alexander Polglase 20

59th Bn. Private John Powell 

59th Bn. Private Bezelle Rabinovitch 

59th Bn. Lance Sergeant Walter Whitfield Raw 20

59th Bn. Sergeant Robert Edward Reeves 22

59th Bn. Private Frank Richardson 33

59th Bn. Private John Leslie Richardson 

59th Bn. Private Lawrence Arthur Ricketts 

59th Bn. Private Charles Edward Roberts 

59th Bn. Private Harry Ernest Rogers 28

59th Bn. Private Peter Jeremiah Rosney 

59th Bn. Private Roy Leigh Ross 23

59th Bn. Private Frederick George Russell 

59th Bn. Private Thomas Lippett Russell 23

59th Bn. Private Edward Ephraim Barnet Samuel 30

59th Bn. Private Abraham Prosser Sawyer 27

59th Bn. Private Charles Stanley Schimleck 

59th Bn. Private Reginald James Scowcroft 24

59th Bn. Private Emmanuel Serong 39

59th Bn. Private George Stuart Sibbin 24

59th Bn. Private Norman Thomas Simmons 21

59th Bn. Private Walter Stanley Simpson 26

59th Bn. Private Francis Patrick Slattery 

59th Bn. Private Stephen Sleigh 29

59th Bn. Private Robert Sloan 38

59th Bn. Private Anthony Slockwitch 33

59th Bn. Private James Smith 25

59th Bn. Private Frank Joseph John South 24

59th Bn. Private Albert Victor Summers 

59th Bn. Private Norman Bowman Taylor 

59th Bn. Private James Winwick Thexton 23

59th Bn. Private Walter Herbert Thompson 

59th Bn. Private Eric Moslyn Thomson 

59th Bn. Private George James Thomson 

59th Bn. Private William Albert Tolley 

59th Bn. Private Murray Tracey 22

59th Bn. Private Ludwic John Trost 18

59th Bn. Corporal Stanley George Turner 22

59th Bn. Private Frederick George Usher 26

59th Bn. Private William James Vennell 22

59th Bn. Private Leslie George Walker 25

59th Bn. Private Richard Ernest Wallis 

59th Bn. Private Harry Raymond Walsh 25

59th Bn. Private Allan Watt 

59th Bn. Private William James Wheeler 21

59th Bn. Private John Whitehurst 23

59th Bn. Private James Allan Whylie 

59th Bn. Private Robert Thomas Wiggins 

59th Bn. Private Ernest Victor Wild 18

59th Bn. Lance Corporal William Bruce Wilkinson 32

59th Bn. Private Josiah Willey 38

59th Bn. Private Henry Charles Windram 18

59th Bn. Private Ernest Winfield 33

59th Bn. Private Douglas Wood 

59th Bn. Private Arnold Woodcock 24

59th Bn. Private Raymond Lee Woodhouse 

59th Bn. Corporal Walter Wallace Woods 21

59th Bn. Private George Roy Reginald Yendle 16

60th Bn. Sergeant Robert Douglas Anderson 19

60th Bn. Corporal William Henry Andrews 25

60th Bn. Private John Hubert Armstrong 

60th Bn. Private Walter Smith Arnold 27

60th Bn. Private William Arnold 

60th Bn. Private Percy Alexander Ashworth 24

60th Bn. Private Andrew Bailey 

60th Bn. Private Clarence Bailey 22

60th Bn. Private William Henry Bannister 

60th Bn. Private William Gabriel Barger 30

60th Bn. Private Phillip Barker 

60th Bn. Private Hurtle Edgar Barnes 

60th Bn. Private David Barr 

60th Bn. Private George Hamilton Barr 21

60th Bn. Private Benjamin James Barrett 22

60th Bn. Private Douglas Clarence Bartlett 21

60th Bn. Private John Barton 

60th Bn. Private Walter George Beattie 

60th Bn. Private Royce John Betancor 20

60th Bn. Private Matthew Dunlop Bicket 

60th Bn. Private George Bleazby 22

60th Bn. Private Leslie Bloore 21

60th Bn. Private Richard Henry Bone 21

60th Bn. Private Ernest Edward Bonetti 

60th Bn. Private Frank Arthur Bowden 

60th Bn. Private Cyril Tasman Boyd 23

60th Bn. Private Thomas Hector Cameron Boyd 

60th Bn. Private Edward Joseph Bradley 

60th Bn. Corporal Arthur Robert Bragg 40

60th Bn. Private William Brasher 

60th Bn. Private Charles Henry Brear 21

60th Bn. Private Arthur Stanley Brook 

60th Bn. Private John Henry Brown 20

60th Bn. Private Walter Douglas Bruce 

60th Bn. Private Stephen Bullen 

60th Bn. Private William Wallace Cameron Butler 23

60th Bn. Private Edward Thomas Caldwell 

60th Bn. Corporal Claude Branscombe Vaughan Cameron 

60th Bn. Corporal Ewen Alexander Cameron 32

60th Bn. Private Leslie George Cameron 

60th Bn. Private George Candy 

60th Bn. Private George Carlin 

60th Bn. Private Patrick Carroll 

60th Bn. Private Allen Cassell 

60th Bn. Private Frederick Chamberlain 

60th Bn. Private Clarence Roy Claridge 

60th Bn. Corporal Thornton Gainsborough Clarke 24

60th Bn. Private Charles John Clayton 21

60th Bn. Private Albert Clery 

60th Bn. Private Leslie Walter Francis Clout 18

60th Bn. Private Cyril Sidney Cohen 19

60th Bn. Lance Corporal George Stanley Collins 

60th Bn. Private John Charles Condon 19

60th Bn. Company Sergeant Major John Conway 32

60th Bn. Private Harry Edward James Cooper 

60th Bn. Private Robert Henry Cowl 23

60th Bn. Lance Corporal James Henry Crammond 26

60th Bn. Private Joseph Currie 

60th Bn. Private Vernon Rudolph Adrian Curwen 26

60th Bn. Private Arthur Victor William Dalton 

60th Bn. Private John Michael Daly 22

60th Bn. Private George Davies 23

60th Bn. Private James Davis 19

60th Bn. Private Tom Dawson 41

60th Bn. Private Clarence Vernon De Lisle 22

60th Bn. Sergeant Henry De Melker 34

60th Bn. Private Patrick Anthony Delaney 

60th Bn. Private Frederick Dixon 29

60th Bn. Private Thomas Cancel Docter 

60th Bn. Private Frank Harold Donaldson 

60th Bn. Private William Pietrel Donohue 33

60th Bn. Corporal Benjamin Robert Dugdale 27

60th Bn. Private Woodley Cole Easom 

60th Bn. Private Benjamin East 

60th Bn. Private Richard Eddy 

60th Bn. Private Hugh Henry Edwards 23

60th Bn. Private John Edwards 21

60th Bn. Private Patrick William Elliott 

60th Bn. Major Thomas Patrick Elliott 

60th Bn. Captain Ernest Andrew Evans 

60th Bn. Private Frederick Alfred Evans 

60th Bn. Private Leslie James Fackrell 

60th Bn. Private Philip Athol Fargher 25

60th Bn. Private William Fletcher 36

60th Bn. Private Frank Flowers 30

60th Bn. Lance Corporal James Patrick Fogarty 21

60th Bn. Private John Williamson Forsyth 

60th Bn. Private Walter Henry Fowler 

60th Bn. Private Charles Wyndham Franklin 26

60th Bn. Private Herbert Leyshon Franklin 24

60th Bn. Private Alexander Gregory Fraser 25

60th Bn. Private Arthur Albert Frazer 44

60th Bn. Private Alfred George Fry 

60th Bn. Private Francis George Gilbee 

60th Bn. Private Andrew Moncrief Given 

60th Bn. Private David Joseph Gleeson 25

60th Bn. Private Frederick Gregory 

60th Bn. Private Cecil Vincent Griffiths 26

60th Bn. Sergeant Vincent Michael Grogan 

60th Bn. Private Edwin Innes Gunn 19

60th Bn. Private Herbert Thomas Hamilton 

60th Bn. Private William Hamilton 44

60th Bn. Private Wallace Hill Hammond 

60th Bn. Private Jack Hansen 

60th Bn. Private Mellor Harrison 19

60th Bn. Private Sydney Harold Harry 31

60th Bn. Private James John Hart 

60th Bn. Private Vincent Havey 

60th Bn. Private Horace Gordon Heather 

60th Bn. Private Elton Sydney Heeps 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Allan Dow Heggie 24

60th Bn. Private Ernest Albert Henderson 

60th Bn. Private Leslie Donald Henderson 20

60th Bn. Private Thomas Gustave Hoberg 24

60th Bn. Private Frederick Giffen Holst 21

60th Bn. Private Benjamin Dennis Hopkins 

60th Bn. Private Henry Hopper 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Roy Horsley 25

60th Bn. Private Russell William Hosie 

60th Bn. Private Ernest Howes 22

60th Bn. Private Joseph Henry Humphries 

60th Bn. Private Charles Hussey 22

60th Bn. Sergeant Eryx Gabriel Incledon 

60th Bn. Private John Mcdonald Irvine 

60th Bn. Private Thomas Jackson 23

60th Bn. Sergeant William Benjamin Jewell 

60th Bn. Private Cyril David Jones 20

60th Bn. Sergeant Geoffrey Ernest Jones 21

60th Bn. Private George Jones 26

60th Bn. Private Herbert Evan Jones 22

60th Bn. Private Mark Somerville Jones 22

60th Bn. Private Rictor Jones 19

60th Bn. Private Albert William Jourdain 19

60th Bn. Private Sydney Kann 

60th Bn. Private Walter William Keegan 

60th Bn. Private John Kelly 35

60th Bn. Private William Alfred Kenny 

60th Bn. Private Henry Kerr 

60th Bn. Private James Lee Kett 

60th Bn. Private W J King 

60th Bn. Private Shrewsbury Frederick Kingsford 

60th Bn. Corporal Percy Thomas Knight 

60th Bn. Private Stanley Lakeman 

60th Bn. Private John William Lancaster 28

60th Bn. Private Alfred Le Roy 

60th Bn. Corporal Joseph Edward Lee 25

60th Bn. Lance Corporal William Lee 

60th Bn. Private George Daniel Leheny 

60th Bn. Corporal Robert Thomas Lennox 22

60th Bn. Corporal John Gordon Letcher 23

60th Bn. Private Stanley Little 

60th Bn. Private Charles William Lock 

60th Bn. Corporal Henry Lockett 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Alfred Luckhurst 29

60th Bn. Private Charles William Lukey 

60th Bn. Private Michael Lynch 

60th Bn. Private George Mackay 28

60th Bn. Private Robert Henry Mackenzie 19

60th Bn. Private Frank Forbes Maclaren 19

60th Bn. Private Horace Maidment 32

60th Bn. Private Henry Anthony Beresford Maning 22

60th Bn. Sergeant Albert Charles Marshall 

60th Bn. Private Harry Marshall 

60th Bn. Private Claude Joseph Martin 

60th Bn. Private Frederick William Martin 

60th Bn. Private Clarence George Mathieson 16

60th Bn. Private James Edward Matthews 19

60th Bn. Private William Henry John Mays 

60th Bn. Sergeant Donald Curteis Mccaul 20

60th Bn. Private William Cyril Mcclure 

60th Bn. Private John Mccooke 19

60th Bn. Private William R. P. Mcdermott 

60th Bn. Sergeant James Donald Mcintosh 30

60th Bn. Sergeant Robert John Mckenna 

60th Bn. Private James Mckenzie 

60th Bn. Private John Mckenzie 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Kenneth Fraser Mckenzie 29

60th Bn. Private John Patrick Mckinery 

60th Bn. Second Lieutenant Andrew Charles Mckinnon 

60th Bn. Company Sergeant Major John Alexander Mckinnon 

60th Bn. Private Alexander Leslie Mclean 22

60th Bn. Private Victor Henry Mclean 19

60th Bn. Private Patrick Mcmanus 24

60th Bn. Private Samuel Mcmanus 21

60th Bn. Private William John Mildren 

60th Bn. Private Robert Charles Miller 

60th Bn. Private William Henry Miller 26

60th Bn. Private William Henry Milligan 

60th Bn. Private Leslie Mogg 

60th Bn. Private Henry Macdonald Molloy 48

60th Bn. Private James John Moore 19

60th Bn. Private Robert Edwin Morgan 27

60th Bn. Sergeant Edwin Joseph Morley 31

60th Bn. Corporal Albert Edward Mortimer 31

60th Bn. Private Vincent Edward Morton 

60th Bn. Private Hugh Mullin 29

60th Bn. Private Joseph Edward Munro 

60th Bn. Sergeant William Murray 34

60th Bn. Private Harold Roy Murton 25

60th Bn. Lance Sergeant Frederick Joseph Nathan 25

60th Bn. Private Joseph Naylor 19

60th Bn. Private Thomas Neill 

60th Bn. Private Martin Nelson 

60th Bn. Private Albert Edward Newman 

60th Bn. Private James Louis Nitchie 27

60th Bn. Private Norman John Noble 32

60th Bn. Private Leonard Norris 

60th Bn. Private Walter Ernest Nott 

60th Bn. Private Stanley Milton Nunn 21

60th Bn. Private Gerald Augustine O’connor 21

60th Bn. Private John O’grady 23

60th Bn. Private Patrick Aloysius O’grady 

60th Bn. Private Edwin Percival Olney 23

60th Bn. Private Frank O’neill 

60th Bn. Private Martin Hosker Orchard 

60th Bn. Private William Harrison Oriel 

60th Bn. Private Walter William Osmond 19

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Victor Alfred Godfrey Paice 21

60th Bn. Private Henry Pattison 35

60th Bn. Private Roy Carlan Peart 23

60th Bn. Private Joseph Pegler 35

60th Bn. Private Thomas Alfred Pemberton 46

60th Bn. Private Edgar Briton Penaluna 

60th Bn. Private Alfred Pengelly 23

60th Bn. Private Edwin John Phillips 34

60th Bn. Captain Hugh Mcdonald Plowman 27

60th Bn. Private Frederick John Pollard 25

60th Bn. Private Albert Patrick Power 20

60th Bn. Sergeant George Power 

60th Bn. Private William Henry Power 21

60th Bn. Private Horace Rudolph Pritchard 26

60th Bn. Private Robert Purvis 

60th Bn. Private Patrick Vincent Rahilly 30

60th Bn. Private George Rainsbury 

60th Bn. Private William Rainsbury 

60th Bn. Company Quartermaster Sergeant James Ralston 

60th Bn. Private George Seamer Ramsay 24

60th Bn. Private Arthur Alexander Rattray 24

60th Bn. Private Alfred Reeves 34

60th Bn. Private Charles Wakeman Reynolds 

60th Bn. Private George William Reynolds 

60th Bn. Lieutenant James Morison Rhind 28

60th Bn. Private Percy Richardson 20

60th Bn. Private Albert James Roberts 

60th Bn. Private William Robertson 

60th Bn. Private Albert Douglas Robinson 

60th Bn. Private Roy Charles Rogers 

60th Bn. Private Stanley Arthur Rogers 

60th Bn. Private Ernest Francis Rojo 

60th Bn. Private George Roney 

60th Bn. Sergeant Raymond Francis Routley 26

60th Bn. Private Clarence Timothy Ryan 

60th Bn. Private William Ryan  

60th Bn. Lance Corporal Roy Stuart Salter 21

60th Bn. Private Henry Mervyn Santwyk 

60th Bn. Private Stanley Sydney Sawers 23

60th Bn. Private Archibald Allen Scott 

60th Bn. Private Hector Thomas Sergeant 23

60th Bn. Private Frank Sheehan 31

60th Bn. Private Richard Sheldrick 

60th Bn. Private George Arnold Shephard 

60th Bn. Private Thomas Henry Phillip Shephard 

60th Bn. Private Henry Frank Shine 19

60th Bn. Private Roy Stanley Shurmer 21

60th Bn. Private John Silver 

60th Bn. Private John Edward Theodore Sims 

60th Bn. Lance Sergeant Henry Bowyer Smyth 24

60th Bn. Private Henry William Smyth 20

60th Bn. Private James Edward Spooner 

60th Bn. Second Lieutenant John Harold Sterling 29 M C

60th Bn. Private Frederick John Steward 

60th Bn. Private George Stobans 

60th Bn. Private Arthur Joseph Sullivan 24

60th Bn. Private John Henry Sullivan 

60th Bn. Lance Corporal David Summers 22

60th Bn. Private Ernest Howard Terry 21

60th Bn. Private Edward James Thompson 

60th Bn. Private Charles William Thomson 

60th Bn. Private Arthur Otto Tiedeman 17

60th Bn. Private Henry Tippett 

60th Bn. Private James Larkan Tipton 

60th Bn. Private Arthur William Toogood 19

60th Bn. Private James Towe 

60th Bn. Private David Charles Trainer 16

60th Bn. Private Francis Stanley Tredrea 

60th Bn. Private Walter Allen Tully 20

60th Bn. Private William Robert Turnbull 31

60th Bn. Private Albert Charles Underwood 

60th Bn. Private Francis Wallmeyer 

60th Bn. Private Frederick Charles Walters 20

60th Bn. Private Rupert Charles Ward 

60th Bn. Private Arthur Percy Montague Wardell 20

60th Bn. Private Samuel Madden Warren 24

60th Bn. Private George Donald Watt 

60th Bn. Private Herbert Henry Waugh 20

60th Bn. Private Francis Joseph Whelan 

60th Bn. Private Victor Whelan 22

60th Bn. Private Isaac White 

60th Bn. Private Walter White 

60th Bn. Private Alfred William Findlay Wickham 27

60th Bn. Private Kenneth Richard Wilde 

60th Bn. Private Harry Templeton Williamson 

60th Bn. Private Harry Windley 20

60th Bn. Private Arthur Beaumont Wood 25

60th Bn. Lieutenant Ernest Edward Wright 32

60th Bn. Lance Corporal John Ralph Wright 

60th Bn. Private Kensey Wright 22

60th Bn. Private Reuben Wright 26

60th Bn. Private Charles John Wyatt 

60th Bn. Private Walter Cornelius Wynne 26

60th Bn. Private William Victor Young 

8th Field Coy. Lance Corporal Harold Thomson Smith 

Aust Imp Force (M E) Staging Camp. 53rd Bn. Private William Royan 25

59th Bn. Private James Allen Seymour 33

60th Bn. Private William Henry Layton 

24th Bde. Captain Gordon Kingsley Thompson 

53rd Bn. Private George Craig 19

53rd Bn. Private Walter Henry Peat 25

53rd Bn. Private Samuel Philp 19

58th Bn. Private Joseph Ernest Ryan 

59th Bn. Private Henry Brunston 24

59th Bn. Private William Joseph Coleman 33

59th Bn. Private M Mclean 

59th Bn. Private Clarence Powell 24

59th Bn. Private R Watson 

60th Bn. Private Archbold Clark 26

60th Bn. Private V T J Coubrough 

60th Bn. Private John James Purcell 27

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July 19th

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101 years ago today 19/7/1915: Private James Donovan (Age 300 1st/5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Foster Son of Harriet King, of 45, Raffles Rd., Higher Tranmere, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Private H Jones 1st/5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

Private O Prandle 1st/5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

Private JT Taylor 1st/5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium.

 

100 years ago today 19/7/1916: Corporal Samuel Kirkham (Age 28) MM 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of Charles Kirkham; Husband of Eliza Kirkham, of 3, Albert St., Chester.

Private William Shaw (Age 27) 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq. Son of the late William and Charlotte Shaw.

Private Edward Skelly 8th Bn. Basra Memorial, Iraq.

Private William Green (Age 22) 8th Bn. Basra War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Joseph and Mary Green, of 18, Greenall Rd., Northwich.

Corporal H Gibbons 16th Bn. Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, France.

Lance Corporal Thomas Davenport (Age 22) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Mary Jane Davenport, of 124, London Rd., Northwich, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Arthur Ford (Age 23) “A” Coy. 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Annie Ford, of 71, North Side, Knowl St., Stalybridge, Lancs, and the late Henry Ford.

Private Daniel Lowe (Age 20) 16th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France. Son of George and Ruth Lowe, of 21, Lonsdale St., Crown St., Liverpool.

Private H Hatton (Age 28) 13th Bn. Mobberley (Ss. Wilfrid and Mary) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of Henry and Hannah Hatton. Born at Mobberley.

Private Joseph Potts (Age 18) 2nd/7th Bn. Old Warden (St. Leonard) Churchyard, United Kingdom. Son of the late Joseph and Lilian Potts. of Macclesfield.

Lieutenant Alfred Cornwall Styles (Age 26) 16th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Son of Mrs. Styles, and the late Captain Styles (D.C.L.I.); husband of Blanche Styles, of 50, Blessington Rd., Lee, London.

Private Herbert Makin (Age 33) 11th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Elizabeth Makin (now Lamb), of 47, Grafton St., Hyde, Cheshire. Born at Westleigh, Lancs.

Private Samuel Bell Smith (Age 27) 10th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Husband of Mrs. Smith, of 3, Heap St., Cockerhill, Stalybridge.

Private T Smith 10th Bn.                St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France.

Private Victor Albert Anderson (Age 19) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Wallace and Alice Anderson, of 31, Enfield Buildings, Aske St., Hoxton, London.

Second Lieutenant George Frederick Austin 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Thomas Ayre 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Michael Vincent Francis Benson (Age 25) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. C. Benson, of Staplestown Rd., Carlow.

Private Frederick Bosson 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Frederick Charles Brazil 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private James Lacey Buck 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Thomas Burns 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Walter Calvert 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Eadeauf Chadwick 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Albert Joseph Cooke 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Albert Davies 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private James Dolan 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lance Corporal Herbert David William Duncombe (Age 29) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. Florence Duncombe, of 107, Hazelbury Rd., Silver St., Edmonton, London.

Private Gilbert Garner 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Joseph Gormley (Age 23) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John and Mary Gormley, of 28, Edge Green St., Stubshaw Cross, Ashton-In-Makerfield, Lancs.

Lance Corporal John Hogg (Age 33) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas Hogg; Husband of Alice Hogg, of 5, Stanley Terrace, Preston, Lancs.

Private Arthur William Honeyball (Age 25) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Honeyball, of 25, Jupp’S Rd., Mile End Rd., London.

Private William Hurley 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Serjeant Albert William Kyne 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lance Serjeant Philip Lake 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Matthew Lee 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Joseph Bowery Lincoln (Age 39) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Barbara Lincoln, of 2, Woodbine St. East, Hendon, Sunderland.

Private George Lowe (Age 34) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Catherine Lowe, of 17, Marsh Rd., Little Lever, Bolton, Lancs.

Private Thomas MacDonald (Age 36) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William and Jane MacDonald, of 76, Shamrock St., Hebburn, Co. Durham.

Lance Corporal William McDonald 19th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Dougald McEwan 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Corporal Charles William Mitchell (Age 22) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Frederick Aubrey and Charlotte Mitchell, of West Cottage, Eastoke, Hayling Island, Havant, Hants.

Corporal John Niblock 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private John Rowley 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lance Corporal Frederick William Sibbert (Age 20) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Frederick Williara Sibbert, of 34, Gordon St., Preston.

Serjeant Harry Slingsby 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Lance Corporal Leonard Smith 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Robert Smith 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Henry Soper 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Frederick George Souls (Age 30) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William and Julia A. Souls, of Great Barrington, Oxford. Four of his brothers, Albert, Twins Alfred and Arthur William, and Walter Davis Souls also fell.

Serjeant James Christopher Speight (Age 23) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Alice Speight, of 23, Dodworth Rd., Barnsley, And The Late Thomas Speight.

Private Thomas Speight 6th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Alexander Wandless (Age 36) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Cecilia Wandless, of 235, Raby St., Byker, Newcastle-On-Tyne.

Private John Welsh (Age 33) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John and Mary Welsh; Husband of Margaret Campbell (formerly Welsh), of 66, Field St., Everton, Liverpool.

Lance Corporal Hubert Wilden 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Charles Henry Winfrey 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private George Woods 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Ernest Wrigglesworth 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private Albert Williams (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Alamein Memorial, Egypt. Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Williams, of Oldham, Lancashire.

 

VC Winner…

NIL

Also…

1545 – Mary Rose sinks

1870 – France declares war on Prussia (wonder how that’ll go)

1900 – first part of Paris Metro opens

1916 – Battle of Fromelles (Australia’s worst military day)

1972 – SAS Battle of Mirbat

 

July 18th

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101 years ago today 18/7/1915: Private William Alfred Edge (Age 21) 1st Bn. Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Son of John J. And Mary Edge, of Collyhurst, Manchester.

 

100 years ago today 18/7/1916: Private John Harrison (Age 42) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Jane Harrison, of 30, Coronation St., Great Harwood, Blackburn.

Private William Holmes (Age 28) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Amy Edser (formerly Holmes), of 2, Mount Rd., Lower Wortley, Leeds.

Private Peter Holt (Age 34) 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William and Isabel Holt, of 6, Ransome Terrace, Haswell Moor, Co. Durham.

Lance Corporal Samuel Johnson (Age 20) 15th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France. Son of Samuel and Margaret Johnson, of 106, Denison St., Burley Rd., Leeds.

Private  P Powell 16th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France. Husband of Mrs. E. Powell, of 106, Portland St., Everton, Liverpool.

Private H Riggans 17th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.

Private C Saunders 16th Bn. Peronne Road Cemetery, Maricourt, France.

Private John Charles Saven 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Charles and Eliza Saven, of 10, Leigh St., Stanley, Liverpool.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1941: Private Stephen Byrne (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Tel El Kebir War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of John and Catherine Byrne, of Nelson, Lancashire.

1943: Lance Corporal John Keavney (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of John Keavney, and of Lily Keavney (nee Price).

1945: Private William Naylor (Age 35) 6th Bn. Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria. Son of James and Bertha Naylor; Husband of Constance Naylor, of Littleborough, Lancashire.

 

VC Winner…

1916: William Faulds of 1st South African Infantry Brigade in WW1, Delville Wood, France.

Also…

64 – Great Fire of Rome (Nero fiddling?)

1925 – “Mein Kampf” published (it’s a real page burner…geddit?)

 

Happy birthday…

1848 – WG Grace

1887 – Vidkun Quisling

1918 – Nelson Mandela

 1930 – Burt Kwouk

1957 – Nick Faldo

 

July 17th

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101 years ago today 17/7/1915: Private William Bell 8th Bn. Helles Memorial, Turkey (including Gallipoli).

 

100 years ago today 17/7/1916: Serjeant Frank Nevel Coops (Age 28) “D” Coy. 11th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Husband of Alice Ann Coops, of Hawthorn View, Lindow, Cheshire. Eight years’ service in India.

Private J Cox 15th Bn. Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.      

Lance Corporal Edward Dolan (Age 25) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Michael and Ann Dolan, of Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Fred Edge Edwards (Age 23) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of John and Jane Edwards, of Long Lane, Over Peover, Cheshire.

Private John Greenlees 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.        

Private Walter Gregory (Age 21) 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. Mary Jane Gregory, of 13/16, Solby St., Sheffield.

Private JH Horan 15th Bn. Quarry Cemetery, Montauban               , France.              

Private James Joyce (Age 29) 11th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Son of the late John and Catherine Joyce.

Private W Leslie 15th Bn. Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France. Son of Peter and Ann Leslie.

Private Andrew McBrides (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Struma Military Cemetery, Greece. Brother of Mr. J. J. McBrides, of 64, Hope St., Hurst, Ashton-Under-Lyne.

Private R Ord 15th Bn. Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.     

Private William Richardson 15th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Harold Stocks 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.           

Private S Taylor (Age 26) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. C. Taylor, of 20, Church Rd., Barnton, Northwich, Cheshire.

Serjeant George Caldecott Taylor (Age 26) 2nd/5th Bn. Whitchurch Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Arena Taylor, of 69, Talbot St., Whitchurch.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private Percy Bowen (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Hugh and Sarah Anne Bowen, of Chester.

1943: Corporal Samuel Alfred Latham (Age 20) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Latham, of Liverpool.

1943: Private Charles Matton (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Richard Henry and Hilda Matton, of Islington, London; husband of Grace Hilda Matton, of Islington.

1943: Serjeant Thomas John Pierce (Age 34) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of J. Thomas Pierce and Elizabeth A. Pierce, of Widnes, Lancashire; Husband of Florence Pierce, of Widnes.

1946: Private Samuel Whiteley (Age 30) Liverpool (Anfield) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whiteley, of Tue Brook, Liverpool.

 

VC Winner…

1857: Richard Wadeson of 75th Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Delhi, India.

1918: Albert Borella of 26th Battalion, AIF in WW1, Villers-Bretonneux, France.

1944: John Cruickshank of No. 210 Squadron RAF in WW2, Atlantic Ocean.

 

Also…

1945 – Potsdam Conference

1976 – East Timor annexed by Indonesia

1981 – Humber Bridge opened

 

Happy birthday…

1940 – Tim Brooke-Taylor

1952 – David Hasselhoff

 

July 16th

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101 years ago today 16/7/1915: Private GD Want 6th Bn. Stockport (Willow Grove) Cemetery, United Kingdom.

 

100 years ago today 16/7/1916 (14):  Private Wilfred James Allen 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.    

Private WA Daly 13th Bn. Serre Road Cemetery No.1, France.     

Private GH Durant (Age 43) 10th Bn. Valley Cemetery, Vis-En-Artois, France. Son of James Hugo Durant, Husband of Mary Durant of Marley Green, Whitchurch, Salop.

Serjeant J Eaton 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.     

Private John Henry Sellers Fielding (Age 23) “B” Coy. 6th Bn. Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Son of Joseph and Emma Fielding, of Marple, Stockport; Husband of Dorothy Fielding, of 201, Wellington Rd. North, Heaton Norris, Stockport.

Private William Harrison (Age 26) “D” Coy. 6th Bn. Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Husband of Annie Mulvaney (formerly Harrison), of 8, Carlile St., Edgeley, Stockport.

Private Henry Jones (Age 32) 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Henry and Ellen Jones, of 8, Oakleigh Grove, Lower Bebington, Birkenhead; Husband of The Late Ellen Jones.

Private B Jones 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France/

Private Alfred Moore 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. V. Clewes, of 312, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport.

Serjeant William Pickering (Age 24) 11th Bn. Northwich Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of William and Jane Pickering, of 119, Manchester Rd., Lostock Gralam, Northwich.

Private Ernest Henry Poole 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private George Stokes (Age 20) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. Son of Charles and Matilda A. Stokes, of 13, Brinkway Rd., Heaton Norris, Stockport.

Private John Webster (Age 20) MM 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Bentley Webster, of 12, Greenbank Avenue, Wallasey, Cheshire.

Private William John Williams 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.           

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Private Roy Bernard Izzard (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Bernard George and Rebecca Izzard, of Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire.

1943: Private George Edward Shakespeare (Age 25) 7th Bn. Heliopolis War Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Edward and Lily Asenath Shakespeare; husband of Mary Shakespeare, of Bolton Lancashire.

 

VC Winner…

1857: Henry Havelock-Allan of 10th Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Cawnpore, India.

Also…

1945 – USS Indianapolis sets sail carrying “Little Boy” atomic bomb

Happy birthday…

 1872 – Roald Amundsen (well done on that whole South Pole thing)

 

July 15th

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100 years ago today 15/7/1916 (17): Private W Adshead 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

Private Fred Bradbury 11th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.          

Private R Buckley 10th Bn. La Neuville British Cemetery, Corbie, France.

Private Frank Corke (Age 22) 10th Bn.     St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Son of William and Sarah Corke, of 37, Stafford St., Market Drayton, Salop.

Private Ernest Craig (Age 22) “C” Coy. 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France, Son of David and Alice Craig, of 33, Bankbottom, Hadfield, Manchester.

Lance Corporal William Crowton 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.     

Second Lieutenant Hubert John Goss (Age 25) MC 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Adolphus W. H. and Sarah Ellen Goss, of The Old Villa, Alsager, Cheshire. Enlisted Aug., 1914.

Second Lieutenant Frank Harris 3rd Bn. attd. 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.             

Private T McDermott 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. A. McDermott, of 53, Duke St., Stockport.

Second Lieutenant GF Oliver 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.     

Private A Riley 11th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery, France.

Lance Corporal Reginald William Roberts (Age 23) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Henry and Elizabeth Helen Roberts, of Runcorn, Cheshire. Late of Newcastle, Staffs.

Private William Francis Sampson (Age 39) 11th Bn. Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, France. Husband of Ellen Sampson, of Red Hill House, Brixham. Devonshire.

Lance Corporal Charles Smith 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Tom Spencer (Age 19) 10th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Son of Matthew Spencer, of 7, Hunt St., Brinksway, Stockport.

Second Lieutenant Sydney Henry Thrift 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Second Lieutenant Raymond Walter (Age 25) 10th Bn. formerly 20th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Edward Charles King Walter and Lucy Marsden Walter, of 50, South Drive, Charltonville, Charlton-Cum-Hardy, Manchester.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Serjeant Samuel Patrick Conlon (Age 26) 1st Bn. Pembroke Military Cemetery, Malta. Husband of Ivy Conlon, of Mashaba, Southern Rhodesia.

1943: Private Harold Joseph Hornby (Age 22) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Frederick William and Sarah Jane Hornby, of Lostock Gralam, Cheshire. His Brother, Dvr. Frederick William Hornby, died in England.

1944: Private Harry Cowell Kewley (Age 43) 30th Bn. Rome War Cemetery, Italy. Son of Charles E. and Louisa Kewley, of Douglas. Isle of Man; Husband of Florence Winifred Kewley, of Douglas. His son Charles Henry Kewley also died on Service.

 

VC Winner…

1855: John Sheppard of Naval Brigade in Crimea, Sevastopol, Crimea.

1942: Keith Elliott of 22nd Battalion, NZEF in WW2, Ruweisat, Egypt.

 

Also…

1799 – Rosetta Stone found

Happy birthday…Ian_Curtis_Joy_Division_1979

1606 – Rembrandt

1911 – Edward Shackleton

 1926 – (President) Leopoldo Galtieri (Argentina)

1956 – Ian Curtis (Joy Divison)

 

July 14th

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101 years ago today 14/7/1915: Private John W. Hinchliffe (Age 23) 2nd Bn. Liverpool (Everton) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Richard and Elizabeth Hinchliffe, of Liverpool; Husband of Elizabeth Goldsmith (Formerly Hinchliffe), of 32, Clifton St., Prince Edwin St., Liverpool.

 

100 years ago today 14/7/1916 (56): Private John Adamson 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.                

Private Bertram Barnes (Age 24) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Arthur and Alice Barnes, of 46, Wellington Grove, Stockport.

Private Bert Bennett (Age 32) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Benjamin and Ann Bennett.

Private Albert Beswick 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Corporal Joseph Blackburn (Age 25) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Blackburn, of 160, New Bridge Lane, Stockport; Husband of Mabel Bowden (Formerly Blackburn), of 259, New Bridge Lane, Stockport.

Private James Buckley (Age 23) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Elizabeth Burford Buckley, of 34, Woolley Bridge, Hollingworth, Cheshire.

Private John William Buckley 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.            

Private B Bunker 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

Lance Corporal Samuel Coombes (Age 28) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France/ Son of James Coombes, of The White House. Waterloo Rd., Castle Northwich; Husband of Maud Cain (Formerly Coombes), of 23, Waterloo Rd., Castle Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Charles Cryer 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.            

Private Joseph Dermott 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.       

Private Joseph Riley Dickinson 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.          

Private George Fail 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private John Flaherty (Age 21) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John and Annie Flaherty, of 33, Whalley Rd., Northwich, Cheshire.

Private George Forster 110th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.      

Private G Fowles 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.             

Private John Gerrity (Age 31) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Brother of Mrs. Hallworth, of 166, London Rd., Hazel Grove, Stockport.

Private Charles Goodall (Age 21) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John and Susan Goodall, of 50, Church St., Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private John Gordon (Age 26) 11th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Son of John and Emily Gordon, of Onchan, Isle of Man.

Private J Hampson 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.         

Private William Harrison (Age 34) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mr. J. F. Harrison, of 3, Milltown, Glossop, Derbyshire.

Private Ederton Heath 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.         

Private G Henshall (Age 32) 11th Bn. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of John Henry and Sarah Henshall, of 20, Duchy St., Edgeley, Stockport.

Private George Hewitt 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.         

Private Fred Hill (Age 25) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Edward and Mary Hill, of Gorstella, Dodleston, Chester.

Serjeant William Edward Horton 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.     

Private Joseph Jolley (Age 19) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of John H. and Emily Jolley, of 37, Canal St., Runcorn, Cheshire.

Private Harry Jones (Age 22) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of William Owen and Martha Jane Jones, of The Rough, Llanferres, Mold, Flintshire.

Private Frederick Joyce 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Thomas Albert Knowles (Age 27) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Philip and Elizabeth Ellen Knowles, of 137, Hempshaw Lane, Stockport, Cheshire.

Private John Lewis (Age 21) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Robert and Mary Lewis, of Delamere, Cheshire.

Private G Mainwaring 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.   

Private John McCann 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.           

Captain Norman Cuthbert Ross Merry (Age 31) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of the late Col. James Merry, of Glasgow.

Private Albert Moss 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.              

Serjeant Thomas Neill (Age 24) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Janet Martin Neill, of 276, Dundas St., Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

Private William Nelson (Age 22) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. Janet Bell (Formerly Nelson), of 167, Brook St., Birkenhead.

Private Joseph Noon 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.             

Private Frank Ousey 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.              

Private William Robert Penton (Age 210 10th Bn. formerly 11th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Alfred and Angela Penton, of 6, Darlington St., Egremont, Cheshire. Previously Wounded Dec., 1915.

Private John George Perks (Age 37) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Emily Perks, of 27, Brady St., Portwood, Stockport, and The Late Thomas Perks; Husband of Lucy Perry (Formerly Perks), of 15. Victoria Rd., Turncroft Lane, Stockport.

Private James Potter (Age 29) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of James and Martha Potter, of 34, Rankin St., Poulton, Wallasey; Husband of Mary Gertrude Potter, of 4, Rosalind St., Wallasey, Cheshire.

Private Benjamin Prichard (Age 21) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Prichard, of 89, Wilfer St., Edge Hill, Liverpool.

Lance Corporal Ernest Prince (Age 23) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of of Mrs. B. Prince, of 83, Huxley St., Castle Park, Northwich, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Frederick Robinson 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Frank Rogerson (Age 22) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Robert and Mary Ellen Rogerson, of 3, Wilbert Terrace, Stockport Rd., Timperley, Cheshire.

Lance Corporal Henry Scheers 13th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.          

Private George Southern 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.    

Private R Summerfield (Age 24) 11th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas and Susannah Summerfield, of Pendlebury, Nr. Manchester.

Private J Tobin 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France. 

Private Arthur Unsnorth 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.     

Private WI Watkinson (Age 20) 1st/5th Bn. Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, United Kingdom. Son of Isaac and Martha Watkinson, of 6, Heyes Terrace, Heyes Lane, Timperley, Cheshire.

Serjeant Joseph Weatherby 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.               

Private E Woodcock (Age 29) 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France. Son of John and Mary Woodcock, of Great Barrow; Husband of Hannah Elizabeth Woodcock, of Oaklands, Little Barrow, Chester.

Private Frank Woodward (Age 18) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Percy and Annie Elizabeth Woodward, of 9, Moreton Grove, Wallasey, Cheshire. Enlisted.

Private James Henry Yarwood 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.          

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1943: Major Astley John Cooper (Age 31) AFC Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Maj. A. S. Cooper and Evelyn E. Cooper, Of Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Irish Republic.

1943: Private Norman Albert George Cox (Age 20) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy.  

1943: Private John Donald Elson (Age 21) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Charles William and Lily Elson, of Winton, Bournemouth, Hampshire.

1943: Private Thomas Gibson (Age 30) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Alexander and Mary Gibson, Of Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

1943: Private William Henry Goosey (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy.

1943: Private James Walter Way (Age 27) 2nd Bn. Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy. Son of Harriet Amelia Way, Of Clapton, London.

 

VC Winner…

1916: William Boulter of Northamptonshire Regiment in WW1, Trones Wood, France.

Also…

1789 – some prison in Paris has a spot of bother

1881 – Billy the Kid shot dead

 

 

July 13th

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100 years ago today 13/7/1916: Private F Atkin 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. A. E. Atkin, of 102, Newbridge Lane, Stockport, Cheshire.

Private E Bardsley (Age 20) 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Ralph and Alice Bardsley, of Go, Woolley Bridge, Hollingworth, Manchester.

Private J Heath 11th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of E. Heath, of 34, Bennett St., Stockport, Lancs.

Private JH Jones (Age 22) 13th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Son of Ellen and the late William Jones, of 15, Adelaide St., Poulton, Wallasey, Cheshire. Native of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll.

Lance Serjeant W Midwinter 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Mr. F. Midwinter, of 36, Sweetman St., Wolverhampton.

Private William O’Grady 16th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.     

Private F Riley 10th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France.          

Private Joseph Morton Unsworth (Age 20) 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of Samuel Morton Unsworth and Sarah Ann Unsworth, of 15, Lilac St., Heaviley, Stockport.

Bandmaster Richard Wilkinson (Age 22) 1st/6th Bn. Gorre British and Indian Cemetery, France. Son of William and Mary Wilkinson, of 4, Hyde Rd., Woodley, Stockport.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1855: George Dowell of Royal Marine Artillery in Crimea, Fort of Viborg, Finland.

1855: George Ingouville of HMS Arrogant in Crimea, Fort of Viborg, Finland.

1900: Basil Guy of Naval Brigade in Boxer Rising, China.

Also…

1793 – Jean-Paul Marat killed in his bath (I know this guy thanks to Mike Duncan’s “Revolutions” podcast http://www.revolutionspodcast.com/ )

1985 – Live Aid

 

Happy birthday…

1960 – Ian Hislop

 

July 12th

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100 years ago today 12/7/1916: Lance Corporal W Ashley (Age 28) 10th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Son of Joseph and Agnes Ashley, of Barnton, Cheshire; Husband of Annie Tomlinson (Formerly Ashley), of 9, Forest St., Weaverham, Cheshire.

Private Charles Bancroft (Age 32) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Husband of Florence M. H. Bancroft, of 5, Churchgate, Stockport.

Corporal Wilson Barlow 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France.      

Private Samuel Barnes (Age 26) 10th Bn. Thiepval Memorial, France. Son of Mrs. M. E. Greenway, of 7, Jubilee St., Northwich, Cheshire.

Private Charles Ernest Bickerton (Age 28) 13th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Charles and Emily Bickerton.

Second Lieutenant James Cooke Chandler (Age 20) 17th Bn. attd. 11th Bn. Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of Mr. J. W. and Mrs. S. B. Chandler, of 22, Holly Bank Rd., Birkenhead.

Private James Evans (Age 21) 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France. Son of Mr. J. H. and Mary Evans, of Brodawel, Berthengam, Holywell, Flints.

Serjeant G Hughes 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

Private WA McGibbon (Age 31) 9th Bn. Bordon Military Cemetery, United Kingdom. Husband of Laura McGibbon, of 3, Lower Harding St., Northampton.

Private Henry Hubert Sparkes (Age 26) 9th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Son of John and Emily Sparkes, of Portway, Burghill, Hereford.

Private Raymond Stokes “D” Coy. 11th Bn. St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen, France. Son of John Henry and Clara Stokes, of 19, Moseley Rd., Camp Hill, Birmingham.

Private A Tomkinson 10th Bn. Pozieres British Cemetery, Ovillers-La Boisselle, France.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

1942: Private William Josiah Smith (Age 20) 2nd Bn. Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Son of Josiah and Mary Smith, of Birkenhead.

 

VC Winner…

1857: Abraham Boulger of 84th Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India.

1857: Patrick Mylott of 84th Regiment of Foot in Indian Mutiny, Lucknow, India.

 

Also…

1543 – Henry VIII maries Catherine Parr (as well, sixth time lucky)

1690 – Battle of the Boyne

1963 – first Moors Murders victim (Pauline Reade) goes missing

 

July 11th

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101 years ago today 11/7/1915: Private Thomas Green (Age 19) “D” Coy. 1st/7th Bn. attd. 1st/5th Bn. Spoilbank Cemetery, Belgium. Son of Michael Thomas and Margaret Green, of 136, Chester Rd. Macclesfield, England.

 

100 years ago today 11/7/1916: Lieutenant Harold Ernest Dewar (Age 27) MC 11th Bn. Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L’Abbe, France. Son of Thomas Dewar and of Constance Wharton (Formerly Dewar).

Private  W Price 13th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Private GF Reeves (Age 25) 10th Bn. Puchevillers British Cemetery, France. Son of Mrs. E. Reeves, of 18, Hampson St., Sale, Cheshire.

Private Thomas Reid 10th Bn. Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension, France.    

Private James Shirt (Age 19) A Coy. 6th Bn. Le Treport Military Cemetery, France. Son of Benjamin and Annie Shirt, of Glossop.

Lieutenant Frank Gorden Stott (Age 23) 5th Bn. Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Son of William Midgley Stott and Maria Stott, of 34, Elmfield Terrace, Savile Park, Halifax.

 

Meanwhile in World War 2:

NIL

 

VC Winner…

1882: Israel Harding of HMS Alexandra in Occupation of Egypt, Alexandria, Egypt.

1900: William Gordon of Gordon Highlanders in 2nd Boer War, Krugersdorp, South Africa.

1900: David Younger of Gordon Highlanders in 2nd Boer War, Krugersdorp, South Africa.

Also…

1940 – Petain becomes French PM

1979 – Sky Lab burns up on re-entry

1995 – Srebrenica massacre

 

Happy birthday…

1274 – Robert the Bruce

1916 – Gough Whitlam

1920 – Yul Brynner