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On this day in 1917, William ‘Willie’ Henwood Johns (1891-1917) died in Palestine in the Great War. William was a lieutenant in the Auckland Mounted Rifles of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force when he lost his life. He was 25. Official records show that he was ‘killed in action’. However, … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 31, 1917: William dies in Palestine

On this day in 1944, Gordon ‘Jim’ Streets (1919-1944) died of wounds sustained in action in Italy in the Second World War. Jim, a trooper in the Reconnaissance Corps of the Royal Armoured Corps, died on October 30, 1944 in Cesena. He was 25. Jim – previously wounded three times in 1944 – was … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 30, 1944: Jim dies of wounds in Italy

On this day in 1917, Percival ‘Percy’ Charles Worle (1888-1917) was killed in the Battle of Passchendaele. A corporal in B Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Canadian Mounted Rifles, Percy was 29. He emigrated to Canada in 1914 and was working as a farmer in Caron, Saskatchewan when he … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 29, 1917: Percy is killed in Battle of Passchendaele

On this day in 1917, Walter Tucker (1876-1917) died of wounds sustained on the blackest day of the Great War for the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. He lost his life after an attack at Gheluvelt in Flanders on October 26, 1917 in the Third Battle of Ypres. Walter was among … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 26, 1917: Walter dies after blackest day of war for two Devonshire battalions

On this day in 1916, John Lee White (1893-1916) died of wounds sustained in action on the Western Front in the Great War. John was 24 and a private in the 4th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment when he lost his life on the Somme in France on October 25, 1916. His death was announced nine … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 25, 1916: John dies of wounds on the Somme

On this day in 1918, Edward Bawden (1890-1918) was killed just 18 days before the Great War ended. Edward was a corporal in the 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment when he lost his life in the nine-day Battle of the Selle on the Western Front on October 23, 1918. He was 28. His death was … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 23, 1918: Edward killed in final days of Great War

On this day in 1914, Charles Henry Salisbury (1886-1914) was killed in action in France in the Great War. Charles, a private in the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, died on October 23, 1914 in one of the great defences of the war – at Givenchy. His battalion were attacked by German … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 23, 1914: Charles killed in epic defence of Givenchy

Between October 21 and 25, 1914, William James Roberts (1889-1914) was killed in a shell attack in the first year of the Great War. Just a day after arriving in Belgium in August 1914 with the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, William, a sergeant, found himself caught up in the Great Mons … [Read more...] about BETWEEN…October 21-25, 1914: William killed in shell attack

On this day in 1917, Herbert Henry Kentsbeer (1881-1917) died of wounds sustained in action in the Third Battle of Ypres in the Great War. Herbert, a private in the 7th Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, died on October 15, 1917, aged 36. The battle – also known as the Battle … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 15, 1917: Herbert dies in Battle of Passchendaele

On this day in 1916, Henry ‘Harry’ Thomas Churchman (1895-1916) was killed on the Western Front. He was 21. A private in the 8th Battalion of the Somerset Light Infantry, Harry died just 27 days after his older brother, William John, lost his life in the war. Harry’s death was reported in The … [Read more...] about ON THIS DAY…October 13, 1916: Harry killed on Western Front