Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and London Regiment, 17th Battalion. Died age 20 in 1917.

Lieutenant, Royal Flying Corps and London Regiment, 17th Battalion. Died age 20 in 1917.
McDowall’s widow died soon after he did, leaving 5 children orphans.
One of two brothers remembered on the Memorial. Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9 April 1916, aged 19.
“Harry got his wishes. Harry got one stripe. He got to fire the machine guns.” Read the intriguing story of an inscription in a book, discovered by chance.
Died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, age 29. One of the Missing.
38-year-old engineer and architect, who died in 1916 after the Battle of the Somme
Killed in action in Belgium on 25 April 1915, age 31. May have witnessed Christmas “truce” of 1914
Killed in action in France on 30 May 1918. Read one of his last letters home.
Killed in action on 1 July 1916 (the first day of the battle of the Somme), aged 19
Died in London on 7 May 1920 from illness
L. F. BaileyMidshipman, Royal Naval Reserve, H.M.S. “Bayano”Died on 11 March 1915, aged 19Son of Frederick Harvey Bailey and Maria Bailey, of 11 Belle Vue Gardens, Clapham Road, London. Served on H.T. “Huanchaco” on which he continued to serve when it was taken over as an Admiralty Transport in the first months of the war. […]
Killed in action in Belgium on 27 September 1917, aged about 28. Clerk and turf accountant in civilian life.
Killed in action, age 18, on 15 October 1915
Killed in action on 26 May 1915, aged about 22.
A grocer. Killed in action in Italy in 1918, aged 32.
Killed in action in France on 25 September 1916, aged about 37. Amongst the Missing.
Died in a flying accident on 20 June 1918, aged 21
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