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(1883 - 1917)
Lieutenant
2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
John was born on June 12th 1883, the only child of a hatmaker, also called John Preedy, and his wife, Emily. He was at the…
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Captain
18th (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Born on January 26th 1882, Owen was the middle of five children, of whom he was the only boy, born to Edward Price-Edwards, principal clerk…
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2nd Lieutenant
25th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
Arthur was born on September 14th 1893, the eldest of four children, of whom he was the only boy, born to financial journalist James Probert…
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Captain
10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
Born on January 17th 1894 in Meerut, India, William was the son of the Rev. William Proctor who was at the time serving in India…
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2nd Lieutenant
1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Oscar was born Oscar Percy Pulvermann in Forest Hill on May 26th 1892, the third son of German hardware salesman Martin Pulvermann and his wife,…
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Captain
8th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment
Roy was born on October 29th 1888, the eighth child, and the second son, born to Sarah Quilter and her husband John, an architect. He…
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Private
Middlesex Regiment
Born on June 27th 1898, Eric was the fourth, and youngest, child of German furniture salesman Otto Quitmann, the second with his then wife, Lucy.…
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Lance Corporal
8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Thomas was born on June 18th 1898, the fifth child of an insurance broker, also named Thomas Radcliffe, and his wife, Sarah. He joined Dulwich…
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2nd Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, Northampton Regiment
Born on October 15th 1894, Reginald was the third of four surviving children, of whom he was the only son, born to civil engineer William…
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Flight Sub Lieutenant
Royal Naval Air Service
Lionel was born on May 3rd 1899, the eldest of four surviving children born to Amy Ransford and her husband Robert, a patent agent, who…
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