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(1895 - 1915)
Private
18th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Born on April 19th 1895, Eric was the middle of three children of Frederick Herrmann, a German-born ink manufacturer, and his British wife, Alice. He…
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Captain
2nd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
Rodney was born in Devon on May 25th 1883, the younger son of Archibald Hewitt, 6th Viscount Lifford, and his wife Helen, Viscountess Lifford. He…
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Captain
9th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Douglas was born on March 31st 1880, the second son of George Higgins, one of the managers of Jones & Higgins Ltd, a drapers and…
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2nd Lieutenant
Royal Army Service Corps
Born in Garston, Lancashire, on New Year’s Day 1895, Cecil was the youngest of four children of Frederick Hobbs, an Irish-born Admiralty clerk, and his…
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