The Roll of Honour

Category: 1917

Full Name:   Algernon Frank W KINGSNORTH Nationality: British   Rank:  Private Service:  Army Service Corps Unit: Mechanical Transport Spare Parts Department Age at Death:  36 Date of Death:  19 September 1917 Service Number:  M2/194805 Cemetery:  Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania Memorial Reference: 3. A. 7. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/898525/KINGSNORTH,%20FRANK%20WESLEY EVERY MAN REMEMBERED:  http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/898525/ Algernon was born on 15 February 1881 in Faversham, Kent, the second child born to Alfred Kingsnorth and his second wife, Vashti Wilmot. Algernon married Ada Dunn in 1910…

    Full Name: Albert Edward HOPPER Nationality: British   Rank: Lance Serjeant Service: Northumberland Fusiliers Regiment: 27th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Age at Death: 34 Date of Death: 11 March 1917 Service Number: 27/320 Cemetery: Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, Arras, France Reference: II. F. 11. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/284466/HOPPER,%20A%20E EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/284466/ Albert was born in 1883 in Dover, son of James and Emma Hopper (nee Ovenden) and enlisted in Sunderland. In the 1901 Census – at the age of 18 – he was…

Full Name:  Archie Gammon Nationality:  Australian  Rank:  Private Regiment:  Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Unit:  23rd Battalion Age at Death:   23 Date of Death:  02 October 1917 Service Number:  4398 Memorial:  Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium Memoral Reference:  Panel 7 – 17 – 23 – 25 – 27 – 29 – 31. Military Records:  View Archie’s Military Records AIF Project entry: http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=106913 CWGC Entry: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/923665/GAMMON,%20ARCHIE EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/923665/ Archie was born in 1894 in Sellinge, Kent to Edwin and Grace Gammon (nee Stokes)…

Full Name:  Lyle George HOPPER Nationality:  Australian   Rank:  Lance Corporal Service:  Australian Infantry (AIF) Unit:  8th Battalion Age at Death:  24 Date of Death:  20 Sep 1917 Service Number:  439 Cemetery:  Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Belgium Memorial Reference:  XXIII. B. 17A Military Records: View Lyle’s entry in the Embarkation Roll View Lyle’s Service Records AIF Project entry: http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=142920 CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/431281/HOPPER,%20LYLE%20GEORGE EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/431281/ Lyle was born in 1893 in Majorca, Victoria, Australia, the fourth of 10 children born  to Henry and…

Full Name:  Leonard John Burton Nationality: British  Rank: Able Seaman Service:  Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Vessel:  Hood Battalion, Royal Naval Division Age at Death: 21 Date of Death: 22 April 1917 Service Number: Z/413 Cemetery:  Duisans British Cemetery, Etrun, France Grave reference: II. P. 5. CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/168921/BURTON,%20LEONARD%20JOHN EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/168921/ Leonard was born in 1896 in Fairlight, Hastings, England, the last of 5 children born to Charles and Annie Burton (nee Hopper).

Full Name:   William John ARNOLD Nationality:   British   Rank:   Able Seaman Service:   Mercantile Marine Vessel:   SS Achille Adam Age at Death:   28 Date of Death:   23 March 1917 Service Number:   n/k Memorial:   Tower Hill Memorial, London, UK CWGC Certificate: http://www.cwgc.org/search-for-war-dead/casualty/2979126/ARNOLD,%20WILLIAM%20JOHN EVERY MAN REMEMBERED: http://www.everymanremembered.org/profiles/soldier/2979126/ William was born in 1889 in Dover, England, the third of 6 children born to Edward and Elizabeth Arnold (nee Fisher). In the 1901 Census William was 12 years old and living…

1 2 3