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Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft | Graves
CORPORAL 17166 H. C. MEADOWCROFT Name: Harold Chadwick Meadowcroft Regiment & Unit/Ship: Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Date of Death: 1 July 1916 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ III. F. 10. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]
Continue readingEvelyn Henry Lintott | Graves
LIEUTENANT E. H. LINTOTT Name: Evelyn Henry Linott Regiment & Unit/Ship: West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own) 15th Bn. Date of Death: 1 July 1916 Age at Death: 33 years old Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 2 A 2 C and 2 D. France Awards: – Additional Info: Former professional […]
Continue readingOscar Horace Stanley Linkson | Graves
PRIVATE F/1723 O. H .S. LINKSON Name: Oscar Horace Stanley Linkson Regiment & Unit/Ship: Middlesex Regiment 17th Bn. Date of Death: 8 August 1916 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL Pier and Face 12 D and 13 B. France Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record
Continue readingMemorial to the Missing of the Somme, Thiepval
MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING OF THE SOMME, THIEPVAL The Memorial to the Missing of the Battle of the Somme is located in the French village of Thiepval, 4.5 miles north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately 20 miles northeast of Amiens. Designed by celebrated British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial […]
Continue readingThe Story of Donald Bell VC
THE STORY OF DONALD SIMPSON BELL VC When the British Army launched its great Somme offensive in the summer of 1916, few people could have envisaged the devastation battle would bring. The opening day alone saw British casualties of almost 60,000 and by the time the slaughter had ground to a bloody halt in the […]
Continue readingThe Story of Clapton Orient in the First World War
THE STORY OF CLAPTON ORIENT IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR A recruiting meeting was organised by the FA and the War Office at Fulham Town Hall, Harwood Road, almost five months into World War One, with a view to raising a which would specifically comprise of footballers, club officials and supporters – the 17th Battalion […]
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