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(1892 - 1916)
2nd Lieutenant
Royal Field Artillery
George was born in Jamaica on March 19th 1892, the eldest of four children born to a white father, George, and a black mother, Minnie.…
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Gunner
Royal Field Artillery
Harold was born in Jamaica on 17th October 1897, the second of four children born to a white father, George, and a black mother, Minnie.…
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Lieutenant
15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
Alfred was born on December 14th 1892, the eighth and youngest child of civil engineer Charles Bender and his wife Nancy; he and all four…
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Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
Risdon was born in Kent on February 12th 1900, the son of Dr. James Bennett and his wife Lucy. He at first attended the Prep…
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Captain
5th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
Arthur was born on 11th July 1896, the first of two sons of journalist Bernard Bernard and his wife Mary, both of whom would go…
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2nd Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps
Victor was born on December 16th 1892, the elder of two children of Charles Berridge, a Stockbroker’s Clerk from Balham, and his wife Grace. After…
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Captain
4th Rajputs, Indian Army
Claude was born on 10th February 1886, the second child, and only son, of William Bignell, a member of the Indian Civil Service, and his…
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2nd Lieutenant
10th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
Robert was born on March 8th 1880 in Buenos Aires, the second son of Joseph Blagden, a stockbroker. He and his elder brother George were…
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