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(1895 - 1915)
Private
7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
Born July 7th 1895, Walter was the fifth child, and second son, of German import merchant Rudolph Boecker and his wife Lina. During his time…
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2nd Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
Born on 16th August 1890, Harry was the third of seven children of meat-merchant William Bowyer and his wife Elizabeth. The family was an absolute…
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Sergeant
25th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Born 6th December 1861 in India, Edward was the son of Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon, the Premier of Tasmania and Member of the Commonwealth…
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Private
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
Born on the 7th of December 1880 in Liverpool, Percy was the son of Alfred and Elizabeth Bright and had three siblings, two of whom,…
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Lieutenant
Royal Army Service Corps
Oswald was born on November 14th 1875, the second child of salesman Henry Vincent Briginshaw and his wife Jane. After he had left Dulwich he…
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2nd Lieutenant
27th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Born 29th November 1887, Arthur was the only son of Arthur Brown, Sr., a commercial clerk in the City, and his wife Susannah. He came…
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