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(1891 - 1918)
Lieutenant
3rd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment
Bernard was born on August 20th 1891, the elder of two children, and only son, of William Skipworth, who worked in the dry goods trade,…
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2nd Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps
Harold was born on November 24th 1893, the youngest of six children of a carman, Henry Smither, and his wife, Louisa. He came to the…
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Lieutenant
Royal Air Force
Born 12th February 1896 in Oakland, California, Louis was the second child, but first son, of Philip and Fanny Solomon. Not long after his birth…
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Captain
1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
Hans was born in Calcutta, India, on November 2nd 1876, the eldest of four children of a German-born merchant, Johan Sparenborg, who would go on…
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Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Wiltshire Regiment
Born on March 24th 1897, in Bangor, North Wales, Wilbert was the fourth of five children born to Frederic Spencer, a modern language teacher and…
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