4^thAugust 1914 In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empire declare war on Germany

24 Lost

4/08/1915 Private Joe Dewsnap (Age 25) 2nd Bn. Loker Churchyard, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘18383’ Son of Mrs. Dewsnap, of 408, Hadfield Rd., Hadfield, Derbyshire, and the late Joseph Dewsnap.

4/08/1916 Private Cecil Swiffen Capel (Age 23) 13th Bn. Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme France. ‘24700’ Son of Thomas and the late Annie Capel, of 142, Kingston Rd., Oxford. Born at Eynsham, Oxon.

4/08/1916 Lance Corporal Reginald Jack Dewsberry (Age 23) 11th Bn. Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No.1, Somme France. ‘10857’ Son of Thomas and Sarah Dewsberry, of Station House, Congleton, Cheshire.

4/08/1916 Private John Edward Jones 6th Bn. Dive Copse British Cemetery, Sailly-Le-Sec, Somme France. ‘1342’

4/08/1916 Private H O [George] Krug [Mooney] (Age 22) 8th Bn. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq. ‘S/10595’ (Served as MOONEY). Son of Harry and M. A. Krug, of 97, Brook St., Birkenhead.

4/08/1916 Private Arthur Robinson 1st Bn. Bronfay Farm Military Cemetery, Bray-Sur-Somme, Somme France. ‘4554’

4/08/1917 Private James Cliffe Arrowsmith (Age 36) 9th Bn. Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension, Bailleul, Nord France. ‘50232’ Son of the late Samuel and Rachael Arrowsmith, of Eaton, Congleton, Cheshire; husband of Muriel Arrowsmith, of 1, May Terrace, St. Asaph, Flintshire.

4/08/1917 Private Joseph Bartley (Age 19) 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘59255’ Son of Mary Bartley, of 10, Capenhurst Lane, Whitby, Birkenhead, and the late William Bartley.

4/08/1917 Private Martin Donnelly 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘49484’

4/08/1917 Private Edgar Francis Hamlett (Age 21) 13th Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘10316’ Son of Ernest and Annie Hamlett, of 9, Shaws Lane, Wharton, Winsford, Cheshire.

4/08/1917 Private John Leather 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘21965’

4/08/1917 Private Arthur Luff 11th Bn. Perth Cemetery (China Wall), West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘50697’

4/08/1917 Private Walter Lumsden (Age 32) 13th Bn. Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme France. ‘3/266503’ Husband of Mrs. A. Lumsden, of 50, Mellor St., Portwood, Stockport.

4/08/1917 Serjeant Joseph Mandeville DCM, MM 1st Bn. Roclincourt Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘10313’

4/08/1917 Private John William Sandham 10th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘202043’

4/08/1917 Private Thomas Schofield (Age 30) 10th Bn. Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais France. ‘50477’ Son of John and Sarah Schofield, of 33, Gorsey Brow St., Stockport, Cheshire; husband of Jane Ellen Schofield.

4/08/1917 Private James Shaw (Age 26) 10th Bn. Mendinghem Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘36553’ Son of John and Isabella Shaw, of 50, Market St., Hoylake, Cheshire.

4/08/1917 Lance Corporal Thomas Yearsley (Age 25) 11th Bn. Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen Belgium. ‘15227’ Son of William and Catherine Yearsley, of 361, High St., Winsford, Cheshire.

4/08/1918 Private Frank Byron (Age 22) 23rd Bn. Borre British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘65359’ Husband of Mrs. E. Byron, of 122, Cobden Street, Bradford Road, Manchester.

4/08/1918 Private Fred Evans (Age 35) 23rd Bn. Borre British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘292379’ Son of Hannah Evans, of 206, Chorley Road, Swinton; husband of Emma Evans, of 242, Moorside Road, Swinton, Nr. Manchester.

4/08/1918 Private Joseph Green (Age 30) 12th Bn. Sarigol Military Cemetery, Kriston, Greece. ‘243715’ Son of James and Margaret Green, of Stockport.(pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)

4/08/1918 Private Thomas Patrick Tynan 23rd Bn. Borre British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘77555’

4/08/1918 Private Frederick Richard Wright (Age 26) 23rd Bn. Borre British Cemetery, Nord France. ‘60962’ Son of Richard and Mary Wright, of Morris Lane, Halsall, Ormskirk, Lancs.

4/08/1920 Private Ernest Meakin (Age 19) 1st Bn. Stockport Borough Cemetery, Cheshire United Kingdom. ‘86552’ Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Meakin, of 1, Harriet St., Newbridge Lane, Stockport. (pic from findagrave.com – with thanks)